Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-06
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'oh1Iohlet by . coalition e.
Nssa FAl!io sai D0n Jl.a ta.. 80
'Al' 10 defeat his own sss.et p,.--e--s
30. HAsh tAs eoatsae. vas d.
Don jnaR WEHt To a eertsi- 7r---.-,-,
man Ia New YORK Who fgsaue,t-y bs.
eaias the hacker Of shady szss-Dr..s-
invariably sSaeting great TesGEn 70.
MS '."ney; and this person. upon Tia
promise OF Don Juan to furnish a
contract, signed by Philip of Arage..
20 give him. SOlimA. the hacker OF les
s'ate, the tlll eOatTOi OF all trade b.
tween Nraszusla and the United States
agreed 10 furnish twenty Thousand
tihes' millions Of cartridges. and a mil
Iioa dollars 10 promote the success lSi
the royal cause.
ne plans worked smoothly without
break. The AgOsIuEa vas chosen a.
ths vessel TO carry the arms out O.
NeN York; and this Was where Gomez
proved himself to be the masteF-hand
In the whole conspiracy.
Up TO this time the success had al,
depended upon him. with the ons sI-
esPtioaAl instance of GaFza's aid imam
eially. But then. Gomez had chosen
Cara.
lie had selected his agents shrexi-
~. managed their movements, and
guided their hands. lie had been all
over the ground to prepare the VA
for his s'nissaTies. lie had met Pedro
Francisco. and had trusted him. He
alone. Gomez. controlled the situation
\; the same time the AsostdEa was
being laden With arms In the EaS;
River. the Turtle. a ship in the carry
Ing trade between Boston and the pen
!ns1ln, lay a, her dock In BOSTON re-
ecIylns a earso o. boaa-nd. asEirui-
iuFal implements. osisHsIbly for Me.
aFasua.
The Invoices OF tho Turtle and the
AgostuEa. one false. the other true.
wcrs IdsHtieaily the sane, The Inyoies
Of the AsoS;uTa Tailed correctly with
the invoice Of the Turtle.
Tn. morning OF the 9Th was n mem
oTablc one 10 Lola Cara.
She had been awakened before day
Hight by her father and ordered &c
dress.
Come" he said. I'VE so TO place you
on n throne"
She had rcbcllcd. 4 struggle had act.
ualiy taken place. Lola had been
dragged forth against her will. thrust
into n carriage with her father.
Gomez and Philip OF Arason. and TAX.
en- to Port Morris.
They boarded the AsoEtura. The
ship sailed ut I've O'Clock.
Gomez was radiant. His plans had.
SO far. been sIsnally successful. His as.
soeia;es wondered nj HID hopcfulnsss.
They knew nothing about the purchase
OF The Turtle.
But Gomez had n surprise in store
for thea.
when the Agostura had reached o
point about Ave degrees east OF Wash
Ing,on and thirty-ayc degrees north
latitude, she hung about as II waiting
for something.
That something was the Turtle.
We are lost!" Don Juan had eS.
claimed when he saw the strange
steamer coming toward them.
We govern" Gomez replied. "Veno'
zuela is ours from to-day"
The two steamers were iashed to-
gcther.
Each had been furnished with dom
key-cnglncs 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 Mcdworth and Tempest
10 leave before El Callao sailed. which
would be In Ave days. Castle SalvaTe'
was only twenty miles away. They ae'
cepted the offer OF hospitality Salvare'
held out to them, and accompanied
him up the CoronI valley.
In the meantime. the Turtle. free
from all hindrance, had followed the
Arostura. 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 Mt n shorter distance below the
mouth OF the Coroni River than Boil
var was above II. Gomez had outwitted
them all.
ITO be continued)