La Junta tribune., 1901-09-07
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himself confronted by . coaIltioa f-,i
tvee, Philip and Den Juan That "a:
fai- to defeat his own secret pur7 =
So. when the contract was sis->'
Don Juan went TO certain w--...,1
man In New York who frequently o..
came the hacker of shady eate.p-iS
invariably. exacting a great return fc.
his money: and this person. upon TIE
promise OF Don Juan to furnish o
contract. signed by Philip of Aragc1,
to give him, Solima. the hacker of tha
state. the full control OF all trade be-
tween Venezuela and the United States.
agreed TO furnish twenty thousand
rides. millions of cartridges. and mil
lion dollars to promote the success oil
the royal cause.
The plans worked smoothly without
a break. The Agostura was chosen as
the vessel to carry the arms out O!
proved himself to be the master-hand
! in the whole conspiracy.
| Up to this time the success had all
| depended upon him. with the one ex-
| ceptional instance OF Garza's aid finan-
! cially. But then, Gomez had chosen
Cara.
1 He had selected his agents shrewd-
| ly. managed their movements, and
| guided their hands. He had been all
4 over the ground to prepare the way
/ for his emissaries. He had met Pedro
| Francisco. and had trusted him. He
! alone. Gomez, controlled the situation.
| At the same time the Agostura was
I being laden with arms in the East
River. the Turtle. ship in the carry
Ing trade between Boston and the PEN
insula. lay at her dock in Boston re-
ceiving a cargo Of bona-fide agricul-
tural implements, ostensibly for Mic
/ aragua.
| The invoices OF the Turtle and the
| Agostura, one false. the other true,
we're identically the same. The invoice
of the Agostura tailed correctly with
the invoice of the Turtle.
The morning OF the 9Th was q mem
4 orable one to Lola Cara.
| She had been awakened before day
light by her father and ordered to
dress.
Come" he said. I'VE go to place you
on throne"
She had rebelled. A struggle had act
ually taken place. Lola had been
dragged forth against her will. thrust
! into a carriage with her father.
| Gomez and Philip of Aragon, and talk
en- to Port Morris.
/ They boarded the Agostura. The
ship sailed at Ave O'Clock.
Gomez was radiant. His plans had.
SO far been signally successful. His as
socia.es wondered at his hopefulness.
| They knew nothing about the purchase
OF .he Turtle.
But Gomez had a surprise in store
for them.
| When the Agostura had reached a
point about 1--WE degrees east of Wash
ington and thirty-five degrees north
| latitude, she hung about as II waiting
| for something.
| That something was the Turtle.
I'VE are lost!" Don Juan had ex-
claimed when he saw the strange
steamer coming toward them.
I'VE govern" Gomez replied. "Vene-
xuela is ours from to-day"
The two steamers were dashed to-
gether.
Each had been furnished with dom
key-engifes and hoisting apparatus
The cargo of. the Agostura was trans
ferred to the Turtle.
The Agostura unloaded at Bolivar
as we have seen. General Salvarez had
started for home in disgust. There
was no way for Medworth and Tempes,
to leave before Ell Callao sailed, which
would be in five days. Castle Salvarez
was only twenty miles away. They ac-
cepted the offer OF hospitality Salyares
held out to them, and accompanied
| him up the Coroni valley.
In the meantime. the Turtle. free
from all hindrance, had followed the
Agostura, and at the very hour the
| Agostura was unloading at Bolivar.
the Turtle. loaded with twenty thous-
and rifles. came to anchor In the Or
inoco at shorter distance below the
! mouth of the Coroni River than Boil
I var was above 1t. Gomez had outwitted
them ALL.
| CTo be continued.)
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