The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-03

win her. Victory fen to Amvaa lint
victory which left his shin 40 hsr.
tered and his crew 90 decimated that
ne nan IN to . little bay for repair,
and recuperatioa. Here, with their
euiverins and swtvels behind n stock.
ade. Don Guxman came upou. them. IN
force too strong for their shattered
numbers; 30. nrst burning the Rose, |
they turned their back to the sea and
marched inland.
And now came hope Of glory for
their queen and for themselves great
treasure In quest Of the Golden City
In the Kingdom Of Manoa, whereof
friendly Indians told them. Through
untrodden hills and forests they
marched. past the falls Of the Orinoco
and the upper waters Of the great
Amazon. from low swamps to high
plateaus. wherefrom they viewed the
eternal SHOWS Of Chimborazo towering
above the thunder cloud and the fiery
cone Of Cotopaxi flaming against the
stars; q region 800 miles In length by
400 miles in width they traversed.
Three years Of fever and cold and IA.
mine they spent on that trail, and once
q gold pack train loosely guarded fell
to their hands; but Of the Golden City
never q trace.
They came upon q white maiden,
Ayanacora. golden-haired. tall and
beautiful, treated a. q princess BY the
Indians with whom she dwelt. Amyas
was for leaving her, having witnessed
on former voyages the evil influence
Of women among lonely men; but she
by signs made 1t clear she would not
he left. He packed her Oh. She came
back, and she being by then far from
her habitation he had not the heart
to cast her adrift In the vast wilder
ness. So. every man solemnly pledged
to treat her with honor, she came to
be with them In the adventure where
Amyas, his crew much worn and vast
ed and he DESTROYS Of heartening them
up. set upon a great galleon In the har-
Dor of Cartagena. Silently. in two
canoes, they made the harbor. and, It
being night, boarded the galleon Sc
cretly by her stern gallery; and after
a short fierce fight the galleon, with
much treasure aboard, fell into their
hands. 1t was here in this fight that
Amyas would have been run through
by the Spanish captain but for Ayana.
cora, who came leaping from behind
and knitted the Spaniard ere he could
drive home the long blade.
But forty of their one hundred re
NAMED; Notwithstanding which they
sailed with much content in the great
| galleon to England. Ayanacora, sail
ing with them, did one day burst init
singing Of sea songs which only Eng
fish sailors knew; which caused Sal
walton Yeo to ask questions, to which
as she acquired the English tongue
she made answer; which answers re
called to Yeo that fair Spanish lad,
Of Panama who had run of with Cap
| tain Oxenham, and to whom was borl
the baby girl which was later mad
off with. Captain Oxenham had sui
fered death at the hands of the Spar
ish husband and Yeo himself had es
capped only with many cruel scars
but the SCARED old rover had spen
days enough with the lovely little gin
to know now, as in dozen way
he proved, that this was the daughte
of Captain Oxenham and his SPANS
lady, the little girl to whom he ha
taught the English sea songs befor
she was taken from them.
| Homeward the great galleon ran bt
fore the southwest breeze, and PROUD
ly into Plymouth sound she sailed on
day without yelling topsails or low
J ering the flag of Spain, for which the
. had like to get solid shot from th
. admiral of the port.
And so Amyas came home in homo
and glory, but with the lovely and To-
, ing Ayanacora he would have notl
ing to do, she having in her too muc
Of that Spanish blood which he hate
However, his gentle mother, unde
: standing better the worth Of loyal vi
. tue, took the girl to her bosom.
Once more Amyas took the sea, no
as an admiral under Lord Howar
, who had gathered all of England
J, stout ships and seamen to fight Spain
] Armada. Amyas won his share I
. glory in that fight and he might ha'
come home in safety; but there WI
4 Don Guzman, who had left Rose to
l put to death. even as he had his brot
J, er Frank, the one for traitor al
J. the other for a hereto.
Amyas must have his vengeance
+ Don Guzman, who was commando
y ship Of the Armada, and so he stro'
/ to hold close to him; but the tempe.
l. which seemed to bear hate for Il
a Spanish fleet. now cast Don Guzmar
h tall caravel to her death on the san
!, Of Flanders. The vengeance of Amy
= was stated, as was Yoe's; but almc
n on the instant. from the heart OF q
h tempest flew a white bolt OF lightnil
T, to strike down both him and fe
; Yeo to his death and Amyas to Z
70 blindness of both eyes.
!. So Amyas came home from MS 10
,,,co a oroat holDleSs hulk, as