The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-18

Mission was TO take De sylvia ana his
companions on board. The garrison. fore
warned by the central government and al
ready on the qui vive owing to the disap-
pearance OF their important prisoners
from their usual quarters. opened fire on
the Andromeda as soon as she revealed
her purpose by lowering a boat
The steamer, being unarmed, made no
attempt TO defend herself and was speed
lily disabled She sank within five min
utes off the Grand-pere rock with all or
board. With reckless bravado her COM
mander ran up the vessels code signals
and house flag while she was actually go
fng down. thus establishing her identity
beyond shadow OF doubt. A note Of
pathos Is added to the tragedy by the
undoubted presence OF lady on board.
probably De Sylvas daughter, though it
was believed here that the ex-presjdent' S
family were I'm Paris. kilograms from
the island are strictly censored, and the
foregoing statement Is unofficial. but your
correspondent does not question It's gem
eral accuracy. Indeed. he has reason 10
credit a widespread rumor that the island
Is still In very disturbed condition. No
one knows definitely whether or not De
Sylvia has been recaptured. 1t is quite
certain that he has not landed In Brazil,
but the reticencc Of the authorities as 10
the state OF affairs on Fernando Noronha
leads TO the assumption that he and a
few stanch adherents are still In hiding
In one OF the many natural Businesses
with which the island abounds.
The British community on the littoral
Is deeply stirred by the drastic treatment
received by the Andromeda. II Is pointed
out that another ship. the Andros- -Mela,
believed to have been chartered by the
insurgents. Is under arrest at Bahia, and
the similarity between the two names Is
regarded as singular, to say the least.
Were II not that Lloyd's agent. whose
veracity cannot be questioned. has stated
explicitly that the Andromeda put into
South bay. a point significantly far re-
moved fror, the regular track Of trading
vessels II might be urged that a terrible
mistake had been made In any event,
the whole matter must be strictly In
Quired into. and one Of his majesty's ships
stationed In the south Atlantic should
visit the island at the earliest date possi-
Bile. Delayed in transmission.
Something buzzed inside Veritys
head and stilled all sense of actuality.
He gazed at the reporter unblinkingly,
as though thought itself refused to act.
'Is that the lot?" he inquired me-
chanically.
Nearly all, at present. Here, how
ever, Is a short telegram from Paris
which is of minor interest"
And Verify read again:
Paris. Sept G.
The members or Dom Corria de sylvia
far!ily. seen early this morning at the
Hotel Continental. deny that any lady
connected with the cause Of Brazilian
freedom took part In the attempted rescue
OF the ex-president. They are much an
noyed by the unfounded report and hold
strongly to the opinion that the revolu-
tion would now have been a fait accomp,i
had not traitor revealed the destination
or the Andros-y-Mela and thus led to that
vessels detention at Bahia.
The lady! Iris Yorke At last Da-
vid's supercharged mind was begin
ming to assimilate ideas. The journal
lists voice came to him as through IL
dense screen.
You will observe that the former
presidents relatives tacitly admit that
there was a plot on foot" the other
was saying. 1T Is important to note,
too, that the long message from Per-
nambuco, marked delayed in trans
Mission seems to imply a prior tele-
gram which was suppressed 1t Al
ludes to revolt of which nothing is
known here. Now. Mr.. Verify, want
to ask you
The door was flung open. In rushed
Dickey Bulmer. In his hands he held
a crumpled newspaper.
"You Internal bIackguard. have YOU
seen this?" he roared
David stood up. He held on to the
table to steady himself. Even Bulmer,
white with rage, could not fail to sec
that he was stunned
But Dickey was not minded to spare
him on that account.
Answer me, you scoundrel!' he
shouted. You are glib enough when
1t suits your purpose. Were you in
this? Is this the reason you didn't
tell me Iris was on board till | forced
the truth out Of you last night? Now
let's have iti No more ~ your ho MINI