Woman's enterprise., 1922-08-01
The Era of FillibuSterS
in Many Years Gone by

ny father to notify him Of my des-
:ination and to ask forgiveness for
The sorrow l have caused him.
Boarding the steamer on Saturday
we found the poor fellow sober, neatly
clad, shaved and quite presentable'
made so by funds sent him by his
father and later we found him a most
lovable comrade, refined gentleman
and brave soldier. A drink OF liquor
never crossed his lips from the day
he entered the ship until death over
took him in one of the battles at
Rivas.
Just before lines were cast Oft a
number of United States marshals
boarded the ship in search of vlolat-
crs of the neutrality laws but they
must have been careless in the dis
charge of their duty as theirs was
but a cursory search, if they searched
at all, for we had proceeded but a
few miles down the river when thirty
five recruits for Walker appeared on
deck, including our little bunch but we
were not recruits. Beside those
bound for Nicaragua, the ship was 50
crowded by passengers for California
that one could scarcely move around
and this crowded condition perhaps
accounted for the failure of the mar
shals to make arrests.
The recruits were fine set OF men;
clerks, farmer boys, lawyers, mo-
chanics and just such men as com,
posed the Confederate army at later
date. There was an exception, now
ever, in the person of one of those
small town bullies. BY his own ac'
count he was terrible fellow as ut
spent most of his time relating deeds
of bravery of which he was the hero
He had fought so many duals and hat
so many bloody encounters, according
to his own account, that he must hav'
commenced his career of frightfulnes
during childhood, and yet he prove'
a base coward at the first battle AM
deserted to the enemy not long afte
and just in time to escape trial an
a death sentence for cowardice.
! In due time the Daniel Webster ar
rived at Greytown one day earle
than a steamer from New York wit
passengers for California and com
pany of recruits from the slums Q
| New York for Walker. With the al
, rival of this gang of miserable, j
:, looking toughs from the Five Point
r river steamers lay alongside and a
+ from both. steamers were take
e aboard and the crafts started up tf
: river. These boats drew but a fe
+ feet of water as many shoals ar
h rapids were to be encountered ar
: overcome until the falls at Castil
7, Vijeo were reached.
v The place takes its name from {
s old castle on high hill overlookir
n the village and being the first cast
IS any of US had ever seen was quite
= curiosity. Lord Nelson, Of Trafal'
l. fame, captured the castle during
'e war between Great Britain and Spa
or Dominating the river it was said
'e have been erected as a prOtectl
IS against Morgan and his buccanee
b. Be that as it may, it fell before t
fierce attacks of the pirates W
e. then proceeded to and captured t
as city of Granada.
ge A boat of deeper draft was ne
Id boarded when we proceeded on c
ay journey and just before reaching F.
er San Carlos, situated at the head
hit San Juan river where it leaves La
a Nicaragua. two boats of sea go1
n build were awaiting our coming a
o. here a separation of passengers tt
;u- place, those for California going
,ut one to the transit route and those
nd Walker to Granada.
he An officer garbed in handso
to uniform who had been awaiting