Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-25

'ur was late. wert
TIC. sci ooI1ecc fagots; a large quantity o
dry wood was soon got together, and be
fore night they were ready for the second
| attack.
The white dresses Of the Ternates were
laid aside; with nothing on them but thei,
beltS, and scimeters, and creeses, and blue
Yndsrdrawers, they silently crept up to
the palisades, there deposited their fagots,
and then returned again to perform the
same journey. As the breastwork OF
fagots increased, 50 did they more boldly
walk up, until the pile was completed
they then. with loud shout, fred it In
several places. The flames mounted. the
cannon Of the fort roared, and many fell
under the discharges of grape and hand
grenadss. But stifled by the smoke,
which poured in volumes upon them, the
people In the fort were soon compelled to
quit the ramparts to avoid suffocation.
The palisades wero on fire, and the flames
mounting IN the air, swept over and be-
gan to attack the factory and houses, No
resistance was now offered; and the Ter
mates tore down the burning palisades,
and forced their way into the intrench-
ment, and with their scimeters and creeses
put to death all who had been so unfor-
tunate as not to take refuge in the citadel.
These were chiefly native servants, whom
the attack had surprised, and for whose
lives the Portuguese seemed to care but
little, for they paid no attention to their
cries to lower the drawbridge, and admit
them into tho fort.
Tho factory, built Of stone, and all the
other houses were on fire, and the island
was lighted up for miles. The smoke had
cleared away, and the defenses of the fort
we're now plainly visible in the broad
glare of the flames. "1f we had scaling
ladders" Dried Philip, "the fort would be
ours; there Is not soul on the ramparts, !"
True, true, replied Krantz, ''but even
A. it is, the factory walls will prove an
advantageous post for US after the fire ia
e{tinsuishsd; II we occupy 1t, we can pre-.
vent them showing themselves while the
ladders are constructing. Tomorrow
night We may have them ready, and hay
3pg first smoked the fort with few more
fsgoes, we may atterward mount the
Wh4lS anu carry toe place"
THAT will DO" replied Philip as he
walked away. He then Joined the native
chiefs, who were collected together outside
OF the intrenchment, and communicated
% them his plans. When he had made
known his views, and the chiefs had as.
sented to them, Schriftsn, who had come
with the expedition unknown to Philip.
made his appearance.
THAT won't do; youth never take that
tort, Philip Vanderdeoken. He, he!"
DRIED Schriftsn.
Hardly had he said the words, when a
tremendous explosion took place, and the
air was filed with large stones, viii ,h flew
and fell in every direction, killing and
manning hundreds. 1t was the factory
which had blown up, for in its vaults
there was large quantity of gunpowder,
to which the fire had communicated.
$50 ends that scheme, Mynheer Wander.
decksn. he, he'll" screamed schriften;
you'll never take that fort"
The loss Of life and the confusion caused
BY this unexpected result oocasioned
panic, and all the Ternats people fled down
70 the beach where their peroquas were
lying.
1t was in vain that Philip and their
chiefs attempted to rally them. Unaccus.
toned to the terrible effects of eunpowder
IN Any large quantities, they believed that |