New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

AOlDlltl NJQtNO4d NNN b4eNN Nll'N'S Si4' 'HN
murder was such an ordinary occurrence IN
| his own particular set that he quite credited
| Lord Georges threat to blow his head of
! if he refused to carry out orders. So he
shrugged his shoulders and did as he was
told. There is always an afterward for ven
geance.
SO once more Dona Carmencita climbed
ND the steamers side; but this time her
progress was more slow.
"Bnenos diaS. Seloyitd, said Lord George.
81 think. if YOU will, YOU had better 60 below
till finish my talk with Colonel Qucsada,
whose boat. as YOU see, is rowing away. And
now. Colonel Oucsada, he smlingly nodded
tothat official, IF YOU Il recall your boat, You
mavtakc delivcryof the cargo hcrcand now.
Colonel Oucsada did so. But, Scnor,
do no, understand how the guns are still on
this steamer. Surely that guerrilla scoun-
drcl Ortiz, searched her;
down to the last rivet. But didn't say
thew were on the steamer. Wnen my crew
had lcyantcd, and | saw the o'acr fellows
were making up their minds 20 board, !
thought it wise TO cache the cargo 1T
that time they were dancing about on tha'
strip of beach to port there. We'll, this httIc
packet has an entry port just above tne
watcrlinc on her starbOard side, out OF sighl
Of where Captain Ortiz and his friends then
were. | opened that. ranged the cases along
the lower deck, and made fast the whole lol
Of them to a long warp. When they were all
lasbed on | launched the first overheard,
and that pulled the rest like string OF
brobdinqnagian beads Finally ! buoyed
the end of the warp 50 that it would hang
fatbon beneath the surface, and threw that
over too.
But didn't Ortiz look over the side;
"Hc did. He asked me where ! had
slowed the stuff, and told him, truthiuH{
enough. overheard. He was foolish enough
10 disbclcvc me.
"Scfior. ! still DO not see
"Wcu. Colonel, perhaps | might nave
added that when the cargo was under wafer
r,,t over the steamers helm 10 StarDoard
,i1I the stream Of the estuary canted hcr
aLout two degrees out Of her natural po,,
.;,;or. 60 that YOU see she was then ana
for tba, matter is now-lying right over me ID
,o,, of the cases. didn't mention tins TIME
~ Canta;n Ortiz. and unless he lad DoIcd a
hole through the steamers bottom G"h
eca very well how he could have found out
what Law Immediately underneath IT,.
Colonel Oucsada looked on the tau Eng
1iebnaD with dawning admiration. ociIoI'
Won know well how 10 look after youl y..,'.,i OWL
i,yc heard il is a trait Of your countryinehl'
am not sailor: but suppose 1t IS easy u
move the steamer back till the boAcs "i0
''a Gpcrfrc,lv." said Lord George, and WcnI en-,
or the bridge and ground over the "hecI ''I
thc helm was amidships. .,..-,,,
Thc vessel swung promptly IN the culIoI,,'
and as ,hcv looked over her sldG thcIc .iid IP
nnarcd out OF the shadow the much slIuSt'[6c ,6a
Tor cases living in heap on the ilud nue. Jc,,'. W WV
gs,u"'y sue Go which they were lashed was shoi5
";orc ", of light line made fast TO an oar, "',.'
,%c oar noatcd within six feet OF the SolI,J, ',I,gf
aEaeirst thing in the world 10 TO-, "V,6, t6r
,bcn.~ said Lord George, mo" '''' "
know where they are. c.,.,1 Orceada
N"@% aSc6or thank YOU Colonel :! Qu'iI,,"f' Icof
-o,c 3e';n IN his pockctbook and tore out IG'r ,
~ bayr the honor TO present you "ill q ccn. i|
,Ii i'. rccciDt in the name Of my master Cr' c%li
nrai r laredo And now, if You pleas ,r"u. @,',,,
call nv men and take possession "l m "u' mnc5 for
r,y c%, '' Nv party has desperate il''V W,I III
Lnfb the ammunition and 'he mn o., least
,bcm n,rl even if We do not win' we ''''' ''
carry on the war.
ORD GEORGE thought that that v was ,5c oi'g nnsi- 81
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