Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser / A Brave Fight Against Odds

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actions had te

nce more began to move. Young Glory, torch in hand,

d about like a ma

cried. "The general will h

ed on, despite

rted up when he

n," he said, "though it's his n

Jose C

ha

There's no k

' there's

t lay at the bottom of the boat. It was lo

a

ok another

. He had no desire to become a tar

shore behind, and fortunately the waves had fa

that seeing the torch burning, he might show a light. This, of course was doubtfu

o

shouted Young G

t's sinkin' u

ot across our bows. I'l

's little goo

not an enemy, for enemies don'

wave the torch, and the

see

Young

n, you can just make i

an' ye'r

them a

ere! Shi

are

s Dan Daly's sq

ughter. Evidently the people there

hey appeared to be, and a few minutes after

Daly bounded u

n D

Dan, saluting. "It's

you, Daly," answered Cap

mostly on deck, for the light shown near the shore had excited their curiosity,

e below, sir. It's meself

o

up lively, ye spalpeens. It's the s

Spaniards understand, but Young Glory i

they slowly file

m, and it may be imagined that their

aptain Miles. "Why,

said Dan. "It's meself h

xtraordinary, a

myself ret

ng G

d back a few paces,

fles and as many cutlasse

brought on b

s not a

more, Yo

wo large boats also fi

be brought

lieutenant-commander, and

y will come to my cabin at once. I

ted the whole story, beginning with Dan's esc

, sir," said Dan, "but faith

no good now, Da

of it. "This letter shall be preserved. It will be a memento o

that Dan and Young

etail of their marvelous adventures, and t

eat exertions, and when they awoke and went on deck, the shores of Cuba had faded from sight, a

nd?" was the univ

ows everything," laughi

to," cried one of the sailors

ngs to Spain, eh?" ask

, no! China

, h

the work of the past few days, cruising about off Valmosa and

Captain Miles, a first-class officer, sa

he said, "it will not be

orto Rico to

the alert, expecting to

was a shout f

!" cried one of the

cried the

he

e port

op with his binocular, bringing it to bear

y," he said, "

" shouted C

a sai

make of it,

ly not a battle ship,

t, t

aps there may be people aboard, but

battle ship Indiana. There Young Glory had served under him, and had learned to a

ed the deck now, talking

send a b

at is best to be done, Mr. Robson.

sir!" cried Mr. Ro

a b

N

t, t

raf

look. "A raft, sure enough, and what's more, is

s,

art for the r

antly

ng on board a man-of-war. Every man knows his pl

e raft. Very soon they saw it was crowded with people. Some

ly. "It's shipwrecked the

ke many minutes to

r. Robson. "Every minute c

t the eyes of t

ors seemed to be, many of them, at the point of death. Very

said Lieutenant Robson. "Get

he dea

r. It's all tha

ooklyn was reached one of the men had recovered sufficiently to talk. The

very much," said Ca

troubles are

trong enoug

t ship bound from Rio Janeiro to New Orleans. We were

s done w

e part of it-was taken by the S

ame you on

would not take us on board. The captain said

wre

would save time, they said. Sometimes I think it would have been better if they had

s merc

at the carpenter should rig out a raft in a hasty fashion, and that we were to be put aboard it.