Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-27

himself confronted by a coalition :
tween Philip and Don Juan thai hasy
fair to defeat his own secret purnosas
So, when the contract was signas
Don Juan went to certain wealth.
man In New York who frequently -.
came the hacker Of shady enterpriss.
invariably exacting a great return -,
his money; and this person. upon thu
promise of Don Juan to furnish :
contract, signed by Philip of Aragon
to give him, Selma, the hacker Of tho
state, the full control of all trade ba-
tween Venezuela and the United States
agreed to furnish twenty thousand
rifles, millions of cartridges, and mil.
| lion dollars to promote the success q,
the royal cause.
The plans worked smoothly withou,
| break. The Agostura was chosen a,
| the vessel to carry the arms out nj
New York; and this was where Gomez
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-
Cldl1y. DuI IACAl 1OAACA Adu CHOSEN
| Cara.
He had selected his agents shrewd-
ly, managed their movements, and
guided their hands. He had been all
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
! 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 men,
orable one to Lola Cara.
She had been awakened before day.
light by her father and ordered to
dress.
Come" he said, eve so to place you
on a 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 TAX
en- to Port Morris.
They boarded the Agostura. This
ship sailed at five o'clock.
Gomez was radiant. His plans had.
FIJI q
sociates wondered at his hopefulness.
| They knew nothing about the purchase
of the Turtle. ...
| But Gomez he'd a surprise in store
for them.
When the Agostura had reached a
point about five degrees east of Wash
| ington and thirty-five degrees north
| latitude, she hung about as if waiting
for something.
That something was the Turtle.
1--WE are LOST" Don Juan had ex-
claimed when he saw the strange
steamer coming toward them.
eve govern" Gomez replied "Ven1.
! zuela is ours from to-day.
The two steamers were dashed to-
! gether. {
| SNAs
key-engines and hosting apparatus.
The cargo of the Agostura was trans
ferred to the Turtle.
| The Agostura unloaded at Bolivar,
as we have SEEM General Salyarez had
started for home in disgust. There
was no way for Medworth and Tempest
to leave before Ell Callao sailed, which
would be in five days. Castle Salvarez
was only twenty miles away. They &C
copied the offer of hospitality Salvarez
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 a shorter distance below the
mouth of the Coroni River than Boil
var was above it. Gomez had outW9tted
| them all.
| (To be continued)