Fighting in Cuban Waters

rain i

ushed upon the depot platform. In the distance they could see the

done their best to reach the depot in time. "What's to b

er's slow answer. "I-I almost wis

take a lat

e good. Certainly we'll have no sle

ress Monroe? Come on, let us see what can be d

ld get to him. "Yes, there will be another train in an hour and a quar

t intend to stop ove

eve the conductor

e've got to pay the fare from here to our destination?

tickets fixed up," said Walter. "Can't we

cket seller, and turned to a number of othe

, and hither they made their way. Inside, a young clerk learn

gentleman to whom they had been conducted. "W

his carriage," said Walter. "We got so interested we

he railroad official. "Let me see your tickets." And, taking them, he wrote upon the bac

estly. "We want to get there." And, after both had

owly down one of the broad avenues for which our Capitol city is famous. "Th

ing to desert!" cried Walter, to wh

ne of the western states. They got to Chicago, where they wanted to go, and that was the last seen of them. They were

l go to show what our intentions were, Si. However, we

ooking restaurant on a side street. They had just ordered a cheap mea

all about the Flying Squadron go

grasped the sheet eagerly, while Si also purchased one of another

SQUADRON RE

hips May Leave Hamp

t Said To Be On

a or Will It Bombard

trict Watch To Be Kept from Maine to F

bombard New York? Why, I heard tell that they could lay out in the harbor and plant a shell right on th

come so close, Si. But what I'm thinking of is, sup

wait some other time for to see the President? If we miss

r vessel. But my heart was set on getting a

mechanically. Then, without waiting, they hurried back to

Newport News. Soon the train came along and they got aboard. The cars w

and whites," observed Walter, after the journey

way, I see in this newspaper that among the first troops to be sent t

spapers through from end to end, and Walter learned that the volunteer regiments

stead of Cuba. If only Larry was with me to go into the navy. I am sure he would enjoy this sort of service." And th

g, and Newport News!" Such was the cry which awoke

and shook his companion.

, as he blinked his eyes in the glare of

other train leaves

the passengers that left the train. Soon the second train rolled in, and

ought of 'em before,"

ha

hat we left in t

ne checke

ok his head in dejection. "Say, but ain't I running up against the worst luck ever wa

Si. Did it contai

ing around for twelve years for luck, because it was given to me by a South American rain-maker, a kind

you know the truth," said Walter, trying to put a bright face on the matter, and

o miles and a half of Old Point Comfort and Fortress Munroe. The ride proved unevent

nner, as he caught each by the arm. "Misse

nswered Walter. "But what of the

at any hour. I made up my mind to wait for thi

y satchel?

very hour counts just about now." And he l

they left the station. "We'll ride down on that, for the s

n there came a crack of a whip, and they were off, down a sandy highwa

," said one of the soldiers, in reply to a question from Walter. "We've got some of the finest

rt," answered the youth. "The guns must be ev

til you were duly enlisted into the navy and had your uniform on. You know we have strict orders to keep all out

" asked Si. "'Pears to me that would

e cowards-even if the authorities are responsible for blowing up t

y are not as up-to-date as we are. I know w

Wait till the

ners on the Vizcaya, when that Spanish warship was lying off Staten Island this spring. He said they were-well tired, I rec

keep at his drills if he d

e ships like so many cattle, and they are lucky if they get away inside of ten or fifteen years. And in addition the cat-o'-nine tails is always dangling afore their ey

re stretching it a bit?" put in

en to a petty office. Now in our navy it's totally different. A man enlists of his own free will, he is treated fairly even though subject to rigorous discipline, and if it's in hi

"I have it from a friend who left Havana when Lee, our consul, came away, that the majori

were foreign born-Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Germans principally. Now those men won't stay on Spain's warships during this little muss,-at least the Englishmen and Germans won't,-and a gre