Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25

| itation. There was no thought of de-
manding her surrender or any quixotic
nonsense of that sort.
! As it was, every gun scored, though
the elevation was rather high. The
shells made a sad mess of the super
structure, but left the engines intact
Though winged, she still could fly.
The second salvo of proiectiles was
less damaging. Again the gunners
failed to reach the warship's vitals.
Her commander got his own arma-
ment into action and managed to de-
molish warehouse and a grain ele
vator. Then he made off down the
coast toward Rio de Janeiro.
The sudden uproar stirred Maceio
from roof to basement. Its inhabit-
ants poured into the plaza. Every
man wed with his neighbor in yelling:
"The revolution is here! Viva Dom
| Corriar'
The one incident of a political ma
| ture in which the victors of the tussle
on Fernando Noronha were publicly
concerned was the outcome of mes
sage cabled by Dom Corria while the
smoke of Russo's cannon still clung
about the quay.
1t was written in German, addressed
to Hamburg shipping firm and ran
as follows: "Have sold Unser Fritz to
Senior Pondillo Of this port as from
Sept. for 175,000 marks. If approved
cable confirmation and draw ON Paris
branch Deutsche bank at sight Franz
Schmidt, care German consul, Maceio"
This harmless commercial item was
read by many officials hostile to De
Sylvia, yet it evoked no comment. Its
first real effect was observable in the
counting house Of the Hamburg own
ers. There it was believed that Cap
tain Schmidt had either become a lu-
natic himself or was in touch with a
rich one. Schmidt was so well known
to them that they acted on the latter
hypothesis. They cabled him their
hearty commendation, drew" on the
Paris bank by the next post and await
ed developments. To their profound
amazement the money was paid. AS
they had obtained fS,750 for vessel
worth about one-quarter of the sum
they had good reason to be satisfied.
1t mattered not jot to them that the
sale was made ''as from Sept. II or
any other date. They signed the de-
sired quittance, cabled Schmidt again
to ask If Senior Pondillo was in need
Of other ships of the Unser Fritz class,
and the members of the firm indulged
chat evening in the best dinner that
the tiptop restaurant Of Hamburg
could supply.
They were puzzled next day by GER
tain statements in the newspapers and
were called on to explain to a num-
ber of journalists that the ship had
left their ownership.
Hozier, of course, had forgiven Iris
for her aloofness, and Iris, with that
delightful inconsistency which ranks
high among the many charms of her
sex, found that "Philip, DEAR" though
she might not marry him, was her only
possible companion. He, having ac
quired an experience previously lack
| iuS, lOOh IdlC W ldil III Win LioOu
She, weary of painful self repression
cheated the frowning gods Of "just
this one night" So they looked at the
twinkling lights, spoke in whispers
lest they should miss any tokens OF
disturbance on shore, elbowed eacf
other comfortably ON the rails Of the
bridge and uttered no word of love ol
future purpose.
Suddenly a lightning blaze leapet
from the somber shadows Of some
buildings on the quay lower down the
river. Again, and many times again
the sudden jets of fame started ou
across the black water. Iris, or Ho
zier, for that matter, had never seen {
fieldpiece fired by night, but before
the girl could do other than gril
Philips arm in a spasm Of fear thu
thunder of the artillery rolled across
the harbor, and the worn plates of tn,
3 Unser Fritz quivered under the mer,
!. conclusion.
"By Jove, they're at it!' cried Philip
j "Ohw she gasped and clung to hin
more tightly.
3 Under such circumstances 1t wa
only to be expected that his arm woul,
e clasp her round the waist.
!, Hozier strained his eyes through tn
: gloom to try to discover the effect o
the cannonade on the gunboat. HI
: was quickly alive to the signifcanc
8 of the answering broadside. Then til
e black hull grew dim and vanished. Hi
' sailors sympathies went with the es
: Gaping ship.
"She has got away! am jolly gla
n of it." he cried. 1T was dirty tric
: to open fire on her in that fashion
e Just how they served the Andromedi
j the hounds, only we had never a gu
! to tickle them up in return"
About o'clock a grand review wa
: held in the plaza, or chief square. Dol
+ Corria, a resplendent parsonage o
d horsehack.- made. a fine speech. a