Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-05-04
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clear ner Tor some western port, and l
| will sail away with the senorita, and
she will become my wife,"
But we shall be pursued said.
He shrugged his shoulders and smil-
| ed
"And II captured it win mean years
of imprisonment for me-"
"Your pay with be commensurate
with the risks senior. Let us waste no
more time. Set forth at once and find
a craft"
At the end of another half hour we
had the details arranged as far as pos
sible, and was ready to begin my
share Of the work. Within "a hours l
had found a schooner yacht from the
Mediterranean, an English built craft
whose owner had tired Of playing sail
or and left her in the hands of bro
ker for sale. It required week to re-
paint, repair, find crew and put provi-
sions aboard, and Da Costa was ready
with 50 wherever there was need for
81. 1t was given out that yacht had
been bought for a resident Of the
Azores and was to be delivered there,
and there was no trouble about her
clearance.
While knowing, Of course, that Da
Costa was in Cadiz, it appeared that
Don Raminez had neither imprisoned
his daughter nor set an extra watch, on
her movements. To dodge her duenna
and escape from the house and grounds
and make her way to an appointed rem
devious must have been difficult mat
ter, but she accomplished it, and two
hours after dark one evening a boat
brought the pair Of lovers aboard. Ten
minutes later we were under way. A
fairer girl never looked upon, and she
was as brave as she was fair:
We left port with fair wind and
carried it all night as we headed out
into the Atlantic, and the yacht slipped
along as if driven by steam. We had
got away so quietly that did not look
for pursuit, but daylight had scarcely
broken when we found steamer in
our wake AS / afterward ascertained,
the girl had been missed early in the
night, the sailing Of the yacht discov-
cred, and while one steamer was head
ed for the Canaries second took the
course for Rio and was soon overhaul
ing us.
At noon the steamer came up with !,
us. The brother was aboard Of her,
while the father had taken the other
route She came slashing alongside,
with shouts and yells from her. crew,
to make an easy capture, but
as there were no. armed men aboard
she quickly sheered off before our RI
des. Within the next two hours she
made three different attempts to crash
into us, but each time our fire, which
was not meant to kill. drove the men
from the pilothouse and confused all.
Then she settled down to pursue us,
and, as matter Of fact, she hung. to
Us for 4S hours. She had come out IN
with fuel or provisions, how :
ever and at last had to turn about and
head for Cadiz. By the time she reach
ed port it was too late to think of. fur
ther pursuit, and we were left to make
OUR voyage in peace and land our pas
3engers in due time at Rio. ] learned
hat Don Ramfnez and the Spanish
government kicked up great row over +
he affair, and there was lot of CORE
'pondence and demands and red fire.
but Da Costa won his bride, and the
rest Of us got safely away with our re
ward, and the obstinate old father had
nothing to do but chew the rag and
yell "Carambay' >~x4asasssasss
Died Whistling.