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

Miles wa

d drawn close to listen, were loud

the skipper. "And these are the men for

id the lieutenant-commander, "sh

of them propose that they should have some rifle practice on us, but this was rejected, because it was too merciful a death. Fiv

crea

which he had listened had affected him de

, the name of the sh

h cruiser, the C

iend, until I have revenged you and your shipmates. Do you thi

rd of her to make me think so. Her mi

ll cat

rk, then dashes into the harbor

ind a way,

ed the men's passions to the boiling point. The Cristobal Colon

uised around Porto Rico. Not a

never have a

that,

ish fishin' vessels has seen us, and that's eno

ld not get near enough to the Cristobal Colon to attack her, yet he was able by remaining,

ay a ship

ooklyn, for she flew the Stars

" cried a sailor, "

u d

's the Nashville, and I was

d boat

smart

Brooklyn were exchanging compliments. The skipper of the gun-

Cristobal Colon, then

kson thought I might be able to help you. More than one ship has arrived in the gulf reporting a seve

" said Captain Miles, impatiently; "but just let him come

tir outside of San Juan it

es

tches like that should not be at large

venture i

y light draft. Supposing I have a look i

ast boat, and if she caught you, well, you know where y

heme will be to try and lur

means, but the fish

o somethin

ha

That is, if you're n

l, for they're all spoiling for a fight with this Sp

must ha

ll. Mr.

s,

hville. We can spare them, and

"give me a fair selection,

n are up to

send them aboard the bet

wenty men paraded on deck. Amongst them

son passed his

m," he said to himself,

a finer body of men never

whispered o

s some figh

so,

n, is not given to you because you have displeased the captain. On

ces fell at

e, and my last word is-but I know it's unnecessary-that you wi

ew minutes to collect their belongings, during whi

this fight,

ed Young Glory, hotly. "It's

like desert

asy. You have only to step over the ship's sides into

as too ma

ery soon found themse

n Long, whom they had not seen when he paid

g. "Well, this is a surprise. I can't complai

d during the war. He was only a young man, but he had on so many occasions displayed such conspicu

orse, Dan," sa

hy

ting. That's a dead sure thing, and I wouldn't

plased I am to

tain Long

n' lad. It's yerself

San Juan. The gun-boat did not mean to enter the harbor, but simply to cr

e weather wa

port without being seen, or even heard, for th

ing the weat

h duty and Captain Long

a word wit

rel

feel positive that the Cristobal Colo

ke that out? Y

, s

eard n

tle after midnight, when the fog was thickest, there was a great rush of water towards our boat. The wav

el

om a big steamer. I

e spoken

ttention of the officer of the watch to this,

d not agree

, s

ne. It seems reasonable. That boat's waited for th

w,

he Brooklyn at once, so that she may look afte

ng lost no

were calle

anged, and she steered straig

bound, and they knew it. The enterprise affected men differently. Some of the

lory, he was i

e regardless of the guns or the forts. Captain

eye scanned

xclaimed; "the Cristobal Colo

hville was once more steaming towards the

. She was steaming into the harb

sibility of escape. The Spaniard barred the w

gun-boat! That w

e a fight a