Gunnison news-champion., 1911-08-11

ian -se a-azi-si and 7 an sAhs -
70 tEe-. w3-e yosr lace TO ee1"
YES
pap Sahas hsr turned and uasse
his hand. ~ish ringing laugh. s"~ere
hsS fcssa~ fss9itiVes TO yoa. caoef
,.rss. have resztaa the history q
thai banasete when se issued ~
oh. SO ridiculous cosaassssson- IN
srush. oar ssss has been turned against
az Banoid the Frankcnssein raoer
ster Ne have croaied''
Don s@bas glanced toward ~
shore The lights Of soiitas sere
erasing nearer he could Sss the
beach. the warehosse OF the boasGA
Nscional. tho hong. io~ cuartsi occar
pDd by the soldiers sad. behind shst-
cleaning IN the moonlight. . strssca
Of high dote wall he had seeH nses
stood with their faces 70 thai ssA
and shot dead.
Again he addressed sho exsrasaGaos
heare st the helm.
1T is true he said. that ! sn
fleeing the country But. pecesve she
assurance tha; ! care very httlD -
that Courts and camps everywhere
are open TO Sabas Placido. vayei
~hat is this nolehill of . republic
this pigs head of q coaBtry-te . usaa
like me7 ! am a paissno Of every
where. In Roma, Londres. viennAs
Nueve YORK. Madrid. yoa will hear
them say: Welcome bach. Doa -
has Comet tonto-bsboon Of . boy
-sdmiral-wh whstever you call yourself
turn your boat Put us on board
the Salvador. and here Is your pay
fve hundred pesos in money of the
Estaaos Unidos-more than your lying
government will pay you In 20 years
Don Sabss pressed . plump purse
against the boys hand The admiral
gave no heed to the words or the
movement Brsced against the helm.
he was holding the sloop dead On hee
shoreward course His aull face wss
lit almost to Intelligence by some In
terRal eonceit. that seemed to AFFORD
him JOS. and found utterance In -
other parretlike cackle.
THAT is why they do IT. he said,
so you will not see the guns. They
ire-boum,-and you fall dead. With
your face to the wall Yes"
The admiral called a sudden order
to his crew. The 1.-the. silent Caribs
made fast the sheets they held and
slipped down the hatchwsy into tho
hold Of the sloop When the last ops
had disappeared. Don Sabas, like .
big brown leopard, lesped. closed sna
fastened the hatch. and stood. smiling.
No rifles, If You please. dear ad-
mirsl II WAS a whimsey of mine
once to compile a dictionary of the
Carib lengua. So ! understood your
order. Perhaps you will now"
He cut short his words. for -
heard . sharp swish" of iron scra-
ping along tin. The admiral had
drawn his cutlass. and was darting
upon him. The blade descended. and
1t was only by a show of surprising
agility that the large man escapsd,
with only . bruised shoulder, ths
glanctug weapon. Ne was drowinG
his pistol rs he sprang and. the nest
instant he shot the admiral down.
Don Ssbas stopped over him "a
rose again.
u.
"Senores. the navy Is abolished"
Colonel Rafael sprang to the heln;
the other officer fastened to loose the
mainsail sheets. The boom swung
round; FL Nacional described a fluent
curve and began to tack industriously
for the Salvador.
Strike that nag. senor." called
Colonel Rafael "Our friends on the
steamer will wonder why we are sail.
inS under it,"
We'll said" cried Don sabas A.
vancine to the mast he lowered the
nag to the deck where lay its too low.
al supporter. Thus ended the minis
ter Of wars little piece of afterdinnes
drollery, ana by the same hand that
began It,
Suddenly Don sabas gave great
cry of joy. and ran down the slanting
deck to the side OF Colonel Rafael
Across his arm he carried the nag
Of the extinguished navy
"Mire, mire' senior. All, Dios, Al
ready can l hear that great bear of =
oestreicher shout: 'Du hast mein h0ys
gebrochen,' Mre, OF my friends,
Herr Grunitz of Vienna, you have
heard me relate. That man has trav-
eied to Ceyion for an orchid-to Pat
agonia for head-dress-to Benares
Tor slipper-to Mozambique for .
spearhead to add to his famous cob
lections Thou knowest, also. amigo
Rafael, that ] have been q gatherer
OF eurios. My collection Of battle
hags of the worlds navies was the
most complete in existence until last
year Then Herr Grunitz secured
two. oh, so rare specimens One of Q
barbary state, and one of the Maka-
rOoroos, a tribe on the west coast Of
Africa have not those. but they can
De procured. But this nag. senor-
DO you know what IL is9 Nam. OF
Cod do you know? See that red
cross upon the blue and white ground,
You never saw II before? Segura-
mento no. II Is the marine flag Of
Your country. Mire, This rotten tuh