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Show WHAT A YANKEE CArlTAIN DID - - ..i ..'f- -ft t fc i Cap. Codder SalTeti Into.fllo Janeiro " Amidst Shot and Shell,., and ? "BobEvi'nA'pprQvsd, t Captf Henn;B('ichfrdjlwa one of those old''New;Efliyandne(captaln wtiow"llv'od betterstwjfhe nor-, 'oilstiCan.make up.Vasfliiebodf Jias, 'said. CapUlnBlfordydlKai,the ragepf eighty-three at WestTanawuth 'remlndsme of an Incldenf ft hta ca-;reor' ca-;reor' that was typical of the old Yankee Yan-kee 'ai'lners ofpair g;eOTatiKk',V wrfter in the Bo'stbn v6fitilM,v, OiP'one'oyagb' ti"o .irrly'eCWiRfo (jSKciroWlo Bafbbelllon Vaf(OlHg ,on, und wifllo'n rebel flocl VasT)lock-, oding the p"drt. .He was notlnJoth'at If lio tried to enter lio 'would jbo sunk.' Thtud hundred other yeBseta layout-) sld6, overawed by Ao samothVeat; but tho Capo Cod mariner refused to bo bluffed. ' j Hoisting an American flag at each masthead ho started to cntcfjthe' harbor. har-bor. A shot was fired across1' tho ship's bow, but Captain 'Blachford sailed steadily on. Ho triumphantly entered tne harbor; har-bor; tho other vessels followed; the blockade was ended1; that ended the rebellion, and "Fighting Bob- Evans, who hadwitnessed the affair, personally person-ally visited Captain Blachford to congratulate con-gratulate him. They were mea. after each others hearts, that Cape Cod mariner and that naval hero. |
