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Show i( B A DESPEKATE EIGHT. 5 I M A MODERN VERSION OF AN OLD 1 I' Kg STORY ADOUT COLUMDU3 W ff As Aeroanl mt llit ITi Wltra tfirlita- ; W purr Cwluuibti 1 Uy I lh Halo t m H , A llfjlvltuw lla Cmlu Nltt lu U- jB ' SLf bort A !!( nltlf iilf S M H 1 oiio of tliosoUlm that Ulustrnto W ; IF the niftimem of UiU rniol age Tlio ftf . 16 ptrntc hnil long been ttio couro of tho a hoiiMt. cnotUn traJcn. Humettrar j M tljejriouUilLRuI tlictuslua at lutr- SK St ckADtmeu trwlfng i-cori rullj-toCan.lla K n or wino.ftud ihon throwing vS their V I W digulacK, woull ircyujwn all nroanj Bfc II' tin in o mercy wm nkon-u In tlicw H IA f ruf ul contok-W. Iltitwocu thonraiob- fM ' 8HI ten an! llir lurrclumU tlicru vu a nty JfcX lasting and tlrlv hoitllltr. It vas to R I fir the iiirate clau that tho Columbi tw 7, m longtil, an 1 of nil tho cortmlni if tho !, B day thty vrcro thu inoHt rwiovneJ Tho fW K tliler Colotnlma w Bpparf ntly lain In !jt H vralt In aln t or the rich fliit that uillrd M B yearly to Uio north, tint hoha4 aron 1 M-m inown as Columbna Junior, who fol 8$ QJC lowed tho tamo irufclon and whoa ffj V truo rnunowu Nicola Orlogo, or Mch- & j f olai thoCtreclc HoatliwtBUcccvdMl!. flv & tho rrojrct which his father had o long m J M eMaeainvatn The J rlxo wm a teini t- vjb&il V ' Ing one to the tuld buccaneer Iho tlt . to1 Flamlcni galleys with thilr freight were KJ ''I K I TaluMat00,0(JOducataiicrlinpeit2 000f- w HA 0X) anlwould luuprovtil anhnmenco fffffl ; i fortune to tho cnjUra could thty hare 2S I n talnc4 the iull PflltK Id 1 the galleys were rqnlpix! with wl i unusual euro, "o liave thodfereoof JlirT tlie M,,ute ufcr which they Kt sail VBr L v 1 URV 'ovann Monccnlgo n points fBi 4r J tho uoble Iiartolouiou Mlnlo taptalu fmr$ ' w UU u salary of COO durats Tour gTea; Wrj t galleys are provided, ami ttitathcap- Bi t tA'n a bounty of unoogollcndncatils ifl r& I romlKod npxn their safo return to en ate J Ice. This ujoney w as to bo ild unt of Sft f it the tax on tho Jews, an 1 calls up nuew Pi bh-tUfpearu s anre il kturej It U lain Wf a that the merchanU of tnlce wcrotho V Wl tmo Bhylocks i tho time Ainodlcd hj U 4 !nsriwu4uutgne4tuthtflnt: hUsular) (J' "' f was only nluodncatsntnoiitlL Jy ' Minute rules cro gini for tho con 7fi duct of tho expedition. Tlie fnlghtls hrt f i to bo paid to tho utate NoiUxkluiuls i-H fc of tin ur powttruarn aro allow edf do w J v currauti nor inolawes aro to Ito stond nM f ' in tho hold Two galleys w t ro V go to m t B London or tho Lngllsli ports, tho rvst to W ! swl bluys or Itrugm On their paasngo Utcy l l Bj tnlght touch at Ifltagu and other purtv jl m lubiuilu; on tliclr iitumafthlpwasdo- ni ' f tut lied to trado with tho Molinjiunedans mi h along tho Ikirbary short Tho Veno- Wi ' ' tlatutwero too Vein tndirs not tq find 4o9, . M irotitabluinittkotdOMnln tho lands of ' V f thtfinttikl i fr , Tl.o CotnruU or the Ortegon wrm at Bt 1 lait to dcUo their 1 riro They watclwd flg' with so.cu thlps powerful, no doubt, ra 1 IT and well efpilipid off tho tjjuinlih coast iaj i I p to Intercept tho tluct of IUrtoloioio cB " I Minto Tho commiudirbf tho jlratts ( f waalcoloOriogo, tho son, wo aro told, t ' I of tho tllorUlumbns Ills father had fn J dLiappeartd from night liutwlthhliu fB fe, in the Irate ships w oa another Culum OTi f bus, tho futuroUiKotrer and almtral WlJ V f" , of tho Indies. In lit Llfo ' Fernando isR ' I Columbus Iwasts of his father ssharo In fa, this famous cngugeuient famous bv ttSll t, B causoitlcd to tho svttl-inent of Col am- vskV- f ill bos at Lviiion, his marriage and hu fa !' ' H turocxtlolu. jJfV ; w U (ui uowmnan of at leant fifty, j ' t c hardened by thirty-aU ears of r aw Uti Baj t adventure liat poJtlou ho hel In ft IJ the jlrutottect, wlwthtr as cimmanlir l1 1 or seaman, Hi ton does not tell ,v r Ijl only ltnuw tint bo Mined undiv his i ulatire, Columboa or (Irleo, und that 5 I lio fought with dekiHrutoiturgy In tho f 1 famous ne fight of Capo St 'N IncuiU Bi Tho corsairs, or Columbi ajjirotWicl t their 1 1 y in tho c onlug Thoy w altod S all night on tho ttill Atlantic, and In t 3 tho morning ruthed upon tl o Venotlans i m It v. as k en, jk rhap4 ight, slili against j Hi four Tho galkjs wero htavy laltu ; K mil unutauntablo corapnreil to their F 11 sav ,ttift arAlliI ,,lt" Tlw Columbi lm 1 tvl J1! Tfi dMlyreoUed to uako suro of their jW Is I.). They salkd unler tho Trench f 33 g liar, ant maylno 1hm.h fltud out in h na Uenoa Itwas thoaistomuf thopirates i Tfl w it set mi, to nssumo fabki colors Itut I ffl m dnadful was tho contest and lltno tho ! TO lij,ht that raged all itaj.ai Culumbua ' tr lnd told his sua, bn tho tranquil Ma ' I tho scone, nearly fuur tenturlos latir, of tho batUo of bt iucetitand )U narru- tltt is continued by tho ouetlan ar ' 'J (.hives. The four gnat gulleys tinder 7" liartolomeo Mlnlo difmdod thtmselvea ' with unfailing courage j. -?romtUo first to tho tweatieth hour they beat off tholr wivan owaiianu Tho nhtpi grnpplM with each other nn 1 fought halt 1 to linnd They wed, wo aro toll, Artificial mp, nn 1 the pirn leu fatenedthelr shlpii to tho galleys b hot Its and iron thains Tlien, no doubt, they IwirdM mil were atlatpucce-f atlatpucce-f ul And then Ic man lo Colon relates tho romantic Incident that led, )in thtnkit, to tho afocovery of a now worll Tho uhlp in which hi it father fought mm lafthed by chains and hooVs to n great Venetian galley. Tho Vinttlam seen to liavo set Columbus ship ou firt Tlio flames consumed but h ttfiels. flio only rcnoura left to the survivors was to loop Into tho pou Columbus, an excellent swimmer, seized an oar that floated near him, and partly resting on It mid partly swimming, sustained hlmwlf la the water, lie knew that ho was aboutslxtutlei from thclati 1, thd coast of Portugal, an mado hi way towanl It enrled, half inanimate, ho was dathM upon tho shore. Ho luid much difllcnlty in reviving hlmwlf liutho was mar I Ubrm mil malo hli nyt a shipwrecked iennIb- waman, to tho Portuguese car lul Lueuu Law-renco Law-renco lu Uaricr s. |
