The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-16


co., tho longcoveted crown OF Spain. His chief
arout mad bought all of the arms and ammuni.
10, IA could nay for from Kynoch & Co, oil
S,t,ingbam and had contracted with Nickel
g Son for their delivery on the northern coast
:, c,oIn They had lost one cargo through the
w,o,cbfuluess OF Spanish wnrshlp, ana nao
nearly come 10 grief with another
Tho pretender's agent then proposed that
- C,rIos nav for the arms when they were
deIivered. instead Of at the factory, aS oeiol1'
ola man Nickel was considering thiS p''p's,
t,on when met him. and he tolu me Houu,
{, after we had come &c know and understands
zach other bit, and 1t was agreed that Nicasn
should buy the arms whlle "ou'u '"'
uhip and deliver them ,
II was stipulated that the first cohsiRhn,en.
.,a,,1 no delivered to Don Carlos himself VI
his headquarters near Bilbao'
OnIv n small and lght.dreft ship could get up
tho river and did not care to Try WI" ~.
IeckwIth. 30 I chartered smaller steamer
which greatly resembled the santa Na''n'
spanish coastwise ship. To avoid suspicion'
tho rifles and cartridges we're shippeu u NN'
werp and picked them UP there
Az soon ms we we're out Of sight oil lanu !
ronotnted my ship and made some shsn'
changes until she looked aiii''s' 'N">'''
the Santa Marta. -,
We cot over the bar ut Bilbao with very III
ue to spare under our keel and went on up 'he
river TO the appointed place. a band Oh uyP
sIes-Gitanos--werc camped close ny ana Ill
ton minutes they were all over me snip
Among them was a sngularly beautiful girl 10
whom | was strangely drawn. She ioho"cu
mo around the ship which did not annoy me
nj all and insisted on telling my fortune. Wheh
I consented she told me, among lot OF otheI
things. that ! would be paid large sum OF
,alv nv,l
Tho Carlist camp was located well up In the
mountains nearly twelve miles away After
short wait I was tremendously ushered into
the august presence OF the Pretender He
greeted me with frgid Formally In contradic-
ton to the warm welcome ! had expected, ms
due n savior OF the Carlist cause, and his first
words spoken in fair English, we're a curt
statement that he had no money but would pay
for my cargo through his London agent within
two months.
pointed out TO him. as dlscrccty as posi-
Bile what the result OF such course would be
Failure to keep the agreement made by your
agent would destroy your excellent credit with
all dealers In revolutionary supplies, and that,
Of course Is not to be thought OF. On the
other hand by paying for this cargo you Will
establish your credit more firmly than ever.
know that your majesty Is not only very hon.
est but very wise"
This argument appeared to convince him
and with a smile as though he had really been
only Joking, he summoned a venerable jew,
evidently his treasurer, who looked like the
original of all pictures of Shylock and ordered
him to pay me E2S,000 the amount called for
By the manifest. The Jew returned In few
minutes with the exact amount With the
transaction completed Don Carlos dramatically
waved me out.
The officer who had piloted us to the camp
suggested that we could find our way back 10
the ship without any trouble, as the trail was
clearly defined md We started back alone
Before had gone twenty steps Brown. my
sailing master. asked whether | had been paid
In cash pointed to my bullying pockets and
told him | undoubtedly had. He then con,
fessed that he thought we were "in for It." Six
Cavalrymcn. he said had started down the
trail not long before I left Don Carlos tent
and he believed they had been sent out "a
waylay, rob and probably murder us in the
deep canyon into which the ravine from the
camp turned.
In fash I recalled the prediction of the
Gypsy girl | laughed at myself for the spasn
of something like fear that came into my mind
yet was undeninbly nervous for Brown was
not man to form foolish fances or becom,
unduly alarmed about anything And none o
was armed
We had turned corner that put us out o
sight Of the camp when | saw a dark fac,
pecrng ut us through the underbrush that mat
ted the trail on both sides At the first glanc,
the face looked like nothing but one Of tn,
troopers We had been talking about but In al
instant ! recognized the Gi.ano girl who ha
'e!d my fortune and begged me not to go int
the mountains. She beckoned to us and. with
out saying word. plunged OF into deep woods
in which we, ungulded. would have been hope
lessly lost in ten minutes.
She led us over n hill and across wide do
preston and then over another much hghe
mountain. There was not so much as a su,
gestion Of path and II was hard going ye
none OF us complained She brought us out
the trail at the point where we he'd made on
first turn into the foothills. From there It wa
n straight road to the ship with no fear OF IN
buscade or attack
The rest of the cargo was jerked out wit
all speed and as soon as the last box was O
the bank we got under way. Greatly to m
surprise we were not even hailed by the To-
at the mouth Of the river. where had locke
for some serious business and We continue
HAPPILY IN our vav to London.