The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-11-05

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) long, indeed, to maneuver with the
I nimble Rose. Two gaileys were also
! with her. Victory fell to Amyas. but
I a victory which left his ship so bat
tered and his crew so %decimated, that
he ran in to a little bay for repairs
and recuperation. Here, with their
culverins and swivels behind a stock
force too strong for their shattered
numbers; so. first 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 C~himbCrazO towering
above the thunder cloud and the fiery
cone of Cotopaxi flaming against the
stars; a region 500 miles in length by
400 miles in width they traversed.
Three years of fever and cold and IA
mine they spent OF that trail, and once
a gold pack train loosely guarded fell |
TO their hands; but of the Golden City
never a trace.
They came upon a white maiden,
~AyanacOra. gOlden-haired, tall and
beautiful, treated as a princess by the
Indians with whom she dwelt. Amyas
was for leaving her, having witnessed
Of women among lonely men; but she
by signs made 1t clear she would not
be left. He packed her off. She came
back, and h being by then far from
her habltatiOn he had not the heart
10 cast her adrift In the vast wilder
ness. So. every man solemnly pledged
TO treat her with honor, she came to
De 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.
)or OF Cartagena. Silently, in two
they made the harbOr. and, IL
being night, boarded the galleon Sc
by her stern gallery; and after
short fierce fight the gaIIeOn. with
much treasure aboard. fell into their
lands. 1t was here in this fight that
Amyas would have been run through
" the Spanish captain but for Ayana-
ora. who came leaping from behind
nd knitted the Spaniard ere he could
home the long blade.
But forty of their one hundred re-
Notwithstanding which they
allied with much content in the great
alleOn to England. AyanacOra, sail ,
lg with them, did One day burst into :
Of sea songs which only Eng r
sh sailors knew; which caused Sal !
alton YeO TO ask questions, to which.
3 she acquired the English tongue,
made answer; which answers re-
allied to YeO that fair Spanish lady =,
Z Panama who had run off with Cap :
in Oxenham, and to whom was born /,
Re baby girl which was later made
I with. Captain Oxenham had suf- 4
red death at the hands of the Span \
h husband and Yeo himself had es- 9
ped only with many cruel scars. =
1t the SCARED old rover had spent -,
lys enough with the lovely little girl
know now, as in a dozen ways !.
proved, that this was the daughter 8,
Captain Oxenham and his Spanish
dy, the little girl to whom he had >,
light the English sea songs before -
e was taken from them. n
the great galle0n ran be-
re- the southwest breeze, and proud
into Plymouth sound she sailed one
y without yelling tOpsails or low Sc,
ing The flag Of Spain. for which they l.,
d like to get a solid shot from the :
miral OF the port. .,
And so Arnyas came home in honor 70
d glory, but with the lovely and low 20
Ayanacora he would have moth
to do. she .aving In her too much
that Spanish blood which he hated.
'wever, his gentle mother, under -,
nding better the worth Of loyal vir-
!. took the girl to her bosom.
Once mora Amyas took the sea, now
an admiral under Lord Howard,
o had gathered all of England's
ut ships and seamen to fight Spain's ac
NADIA. Amyas won his share of
~ in that fight and he might have
ne home in safety; but there was
n Guzmap, who had left Rose to be
to death. even as he had his broth
Frank. the n for a traitor and RI,
Other for a hereto.
must have his vengeance on 70,
Guzman, who was commanding
Of the Armada, and so he strove r
hold close to him but the tempest,
Ich seemed to bear hate for the II
lnish fleet. now cast Don Guzman's Il
caravel to her death on the sands
Flanders. The vengeance of Amyas
!, stated, as was Yoe's; but almost
the instant, from the heart Of the