Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-15


strip the prisOnersr' he cried
Take their arms and ammunition,
but bind them back 10 back with their
belts"
Butt in there. ME lads. vOciferated
Coke. who had accounted for one of
the BrazilianS with an AK. "Step live
y. Now we've got some uniforms an
guns We can rush that cittydel easy
HOZier was busy relieving his man
Of his coat When the prone warrior
realized that he was not 10 be killed
he helped the operation. but Philip
was thinking more OF Iris than OF
deeds OF derring-io.
Why attempt 10 capture the citadel
at allf" he asked Now that we can
make sufficient display. is there any
reason that We should not go straight
for the launchT''
Il think il is n good suggestion"
came the calm answer, provided, that
is, the launch is in the harbOr."
A bell began 10 toll in the convict
settlement Lights appeared in many
houses scattered over the seaward
slope HOzier. never for an instant
forgetting Iris. saw that Marcel still
remained with his leader. Under these
new circumstances IT certainly would
be piece Of folly TO send back until
they We're sure of the launch.
Happily the launch was there. moor.
ed alongside 4 small 9uay. From the
nearest building it was necessary TO
cross low wharf some fifty yards in
width. and De Sylva'S whispered com
mands could not restrain the eager
men when escape appeared no longer
problematical, but assured They
broke and ran, an almost fatal thing.
as it happened. since the soldiers
whom Philip had seen from the rock
Were still on board One of them no
ttced the ine1plicable disorder among
body OF men some of whom resem-
bled mis- own comrades. He had heard
the firing and was discussing il with
others when this strange thing hap
pened
He challenged San Benavides an
swered, but his voice was shrill and
unOfiicer-like.
The engines we're started A man
leaped To the wharf He was in the
act Of casting q mOoring rope of
fixed capstan when De sylvia shot him
between the shoulder blades.
ION board, all of your' shrieked the
ex-president in frenzy
AT 'em, boys" gasped Coke, though
scarce able 10 stagger another foot.
The men needed no bidding. Sheets
of flame leaped from the vessels deck
as the soldiers seized their rifles and
fired point blank at these mysterious
assailants who spoke in q foreign Ian
guage. But fame alone could not stop
that desperate attack Some fell. but
the survivors sprang al the Brazilians
like famished wolves on their prey
There was no more shooting Men
grappled and fell. some into the water.
others on deck, or they sprawled over
the hatch and wrought in frantic strug-
gle in the narrow cabin. The fight did
not last many seconds. An engineer.
inding lever and throttle valve.
roared 10 a sailor to take the wheel.
and already the launch was curving
seaward when HOzier shouted:
Where is Marcel?"
Lynn dead ON the wharf" said
Watts.
Are you certain:'
HE was alongside me, an e threw
is ands up an dropped like a shot
rabbit"
Then who has gone for Miss Yorke:"
"NO one. Dye think that this blamed
president cares for anybody but his
self:".
Philip felt the deck throbbing with
the pulsations Of the screw. The lights
On shore were gliding by The launch
was leaving Fernando Noronha. and
iris was waiting in that wretched hut
beyond the hill, waiting for the sum
mons that would not reach her, for
Marcel was dead, and Domingo, the