Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

trousers leg and said, Follow me,
colonel" and tho two escaped into a
| boat, where they drifted for three
days without anything to eat or drink,
and were finally rescued by some Gu
racao fishermen.
He had not been long in Guzman's
service when Pulgar was brought In a
prisoner. Guzman put him on parole
and detailed Boynton to watch him.
| Presently Boynton reported that Pull
gar had said he would kill Guzman at
| the first opportunity. well, he'll have
plenty of opportunity" laughed GuZ-
man when Boynton made this report.
"There was" relates Boynton, "a
reception at the Yellow House few
nights later. Pulgar was invited and
was present. Guzman soon found an
I, opportunity to engage him in conver-
sation. I have already found that be-
ing president of Venezuela has its OBJ
iectionable features sighed Guzman
after they had chatted lightly for a
few minutes One has to listen to Sc
many ridiculous tales. For instance,
I have heard so many foolish stories
about you. one Of them being an al
legged threat to kill me the first time
you have q chance
"I don't know about the others, but
| L T., L
| "GuZman shrugged his shoulders
as though wearied. How often,' he
responded, we say we are going to do
things which we may think we Will DC
but which we never do
| "'When I get an opportunity that q
gentleman can take advantage OF
| intend to kill you, General Guzman'
said Pulgar, still smiling.
"Iet that be the understanding,
them answered GuZman as he Waikeo
away, without displaying the sllgntes'
concern. .
"The very next day GuZman sent
Pulgar an invitation to come 10 the
nalace at three clock and go driving
with him. Contrary to his custom, me
ordered that no guards accompany
| them. They had not gone quarter u
| a mile, when one of the front Wheels
came off and both of them were
| thrown out in heap. AS they disen-
tangled themselves Pulgar drew re-
| volyer, but 1t was not well out or mis-
nocket before Guzman had him cover
ed with his pistol.
"Ah, you were prepared for me, !
see, general, said Pulgar
81 am always prepared Tor frlenus
and enemies alike replied Guzman.
"They put up their weapons ano
walked back to the palace.
81 am sorry our ride was SO snorl'
said GuZman.
reply, to convert an enemy ihto
friend. ,,. 10
Iightful.' responded GuZman. They
shook hands. and that was the END oi
the Pulgar revolution.
| The head Of the Chinese pirates
was a man named Moy Sen, who pos
ed as a respectable merchant In can
ton. Both Boynton and the young
woman known to the pirates as Tine
| beautiful White Devil had so inter-
fered with their trade that Moy Sen
| himself took to the sea. He was
afraid of the woman, but not so mucn
so of Roynton, who was newcomer
in those waters, and determined to
| wipe him out before tackling the
more experienced and dangerous pi-
rate parasite. Boynton's story OF ms
| killing really deserves to rank with
Andrew Langs collection OF FAMOUS
fights. It is too long to quote In tuil
here but a few paragraphs from II
| will give an idea.
Boynton has fought and defeated
Nov Sens consort and now Is boarded
by the men from the pirate chiefs
| own ship.
"It was such fight as one gets into
| in years, perhaps only once In me
time. The butchery was dreadful, Dul
the excitement Of 1t set ones blood
ablaze. A disarmed Chinkie seized
me around the waist and dragged me
in among his blood-stained fellows
but we were so closely wedged togeth-
er that they could not chop at me
without striking each other, and they
never thought Of stabbing me.
Morton and the mighty Lorenson,
swinging an enormous Chinese sword
which he had taken from one or mis-
victims. came to my assistance, and In
| a twinkling 1 was free, with dead and
manned pirates piled up around me In
| a circle. 1 could feel sword cuts now
and then, but they seemed like pin
bricks All of us were so covered with
blood that there was no telling wheth-
| er Ii came from our own wounds or
those we had inflicted.
| "a Chinkie who had lost his sword
seized my empty pistol from It's hois-
ter, pressed it over my heart, and pull
ed the trigger let him go that far
and then laughed at him as back
ed away and cut his head half OH
saw Norton go down and fought my
|
| slipped in red pool.
I'VE kept the pirates in front of us
and steadily forced our way forward.
| The Chinkies cut and slashed with all
their desperate savagery, but 1t was
imposSible for them to stand before
| the fury of our men, and though they
outnumbered us four or five to one,
they finally began to give away.
I'VE followed them to their own
deck and piled them up on top OF each
other. Finally lot Of them took to
the hold, and the rest, perhaps a hun
dred Of them, jumped overheard:
Those that foolishly fled to the hold
And so on. 1t Is great battle pic
ture, too long to quote.
His story about slave trading Is q
grisly thing, told without much touch
of shame, though once he does admit
| the business was a little "revolting."
1t Is difficult to think that this idea
ever would have occurred to him If
his pursuit by the British had not
made it impossible for him to keep on
with It, That pursuit grew so fierce
| that he finally had to destroy his ship.
Then he started dealing with Peru
| in its war against Chile Che had pre-
viously been engaged in the Russo
Turkish war; and finally got the itch
| to go back to the emma seas. Ihls
| time he stole British ship and was
caught, and the story Of how he hired
| double to go to prison for him Is
such a narrative as Charles Reade
would have gloried in. In the course
Of this conspiracy he hid in a grave
| for three weeks, with kindly Dutch
girl renewing his store Of canned
stuff" bread and reading matter,
while his double was undergoing trial
in his place. The double, poor man
was amply repaid by fortune when
he came out of prison.
MY best fight" he concludes, was
with old Moy Sen. the pirate king, in
the China sea, and my closest call was
when / was sentenced to be shot at
sunrise in Santo Domingo. These
events supplied the most delightful
feasts of excitement which my no.
ture ever has craved, yet 1 have lived
| well in that respect all along.
II have no disappointments and no
| regrets, except that this existence is
too short. II l had my life to live
| over again it would be lived in the
| same way, though 1 would hope for a
still greater share Of excitement be-
| cause 1t was for just such life that l
pranta6 What ha nprnnca Of it