Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23

.Hailing to the engineer through the
lnpc discovered that after makinr a
twelve hours run of shore ani back
aga | would not have coal crouoh TO
tnrrt me bn k to Havana. as there was
hone TO be hal at Galveston. | was in
rHaniary: but no time WAS to be ,ost
Give her full head. sh ut, d 10 he
engineer. and casting my glass across
'he harbor l SAN the ie !eral cruiser
pre- aFin~ for action. There wa; only
one alternative. AMI in torlorn hone /
i'oN the desperate chance of IInnino
the Iuadr,n and b,eak ng the block
:"- It WAS then about noon. l hoa l.
cd the ship for Galveston and pas, cd
over the outer har into The SwaSh or
'"a h hanncl, haul NJ in south b . W, s
IN the very teeth of the gun, on the
gun boat >eminnlc, which had alrca "
"p"n"i fire. At this 20 Mt tie chase be
;-''n, and for an hoar we ran under a
heavy ire from the guns Of three ut tie
: 1iadro1, which were hcarin down on
is all the time.
'''fush her hari.' shouted again to
the cnginec". All + gllt. 81 came the
reply: and thc huge. !l ok volumes #
s'n"hc Tina. poured out of oar tunnels
and iaN i'll clouds on the watrr. the
tar"hhiny of The cngin" in the ho,d:,th"
strain ny of the wheels rs thry flew
:ruUni. .wing thv wat'r and leaving
4 track of boiling. fpaminw sea tar
@~t"rn, told that he was doing h:~ duty
It y al cAc.tiir time, but every man
wa n MS pot. and not 4 wrli was
spoken. The shell whzzal over u. a'.d
I spiaSa"'i and ircncheI oar decks rs
tex fri. ,lo-, lint,,.r orIr >dcs. Twn
solid -i.o, PASSED tn ru.ch oUr funne :
u ! ~t,"! on th,. b-i'.cr. and the fr; "
urntS Of she'll S!att"-cA our "w
Nh We water. l.ur rlhcr~ ac wr Were.
unhift | ccui Iya.ch the NOV .nlcnt~
uf the rl"n on The cruisers through my
2l;S~. - | stood on the bride. h"tnetn
;H.- ia~h "f -" gan AMI the clearing
AVA. oi the smoke.
.-ir w q" even now about ha'f 4
mile 4 stan. II III each other. an about
i."ii Il III. ." from tn" -h"r O.. ~! = "ht
ir'oN.' ! iugr! rcd a. ia lhynu j. the
pipe. NJ r.@ht. sir, was the aa-N"r.
al the ~h-I .s!~hcd through tn" va ct
q, tie hit f,I HEX an:i fat; hu, III
cha. WIS a'oI! up. Ih' ny WAS be-
;,v.."n H. and In" gun boat. anh h"
Il : ::ncr rev GREATER Il the ci:aIn".
Wi'!cHci. Ia zen m:nut'S more We
were or IF their rca h. and RAINING
tn. IN ,, Gr'I.r rcl:can Point, W. w''rr
al: or cove: nf ,sur oun guns. Sheltered
from tn" 81, my
We were now -a'r The open bIy
va~ i.clorc Us. with the whi.c samdhill>
D..yond The lo.t was Iyins below
al nit two miles. mi The s"rt and
wllar,c- a'"r.c the city Wee iin"d with
thousands -. th' >p -ctat:rS who had
Witnessed ii "..;-c. and VII" I cciIcj
IL With "..r. Il IN.
IT va :; uip-and-tu-> "a .. Cap
tam. r"r9a Led tie rep rte. low |
q e.. ynu feel with t.e shells bursting
about iou.''
-'WcI,. about = do row" was the |
reply. a the "ourla"rn' CAPITA = cd t
y /, his h."d, IA h.s packets. u;..e.,y y
-: king HI :.sar ''irlle. ttf".r W" q
nh,u, Two ius:ir-A pounds .: y r-,Irr
I'.i"t tn" h:i'i-" whrr" stood. but it . |
Ill IN u lif,t.in". There's no use Grj-l
in-c excited. We lay in Tort ah,,ii :
Eighteen day" nc resumed. ii s. ar
- on r;tr-o and I, Load IL VII cotE
,GH. VIII II W. a-rain pat to ~":t. and
passed th,' ~q!a iron witho.si being me-
!c~'cI er int rfc-cd with. Iyrr. thing |
wen >l."ulh until alnU. >iE'. miles on /
iIha. l,ir"n Wr hrol," our era k-;ia. |
"r;i - ';.,:, II were picked up hy III, |
irt!;'rIf raiser Nc;:lc III l. ru}umanird |
il. taHttin .Irw"t'. and taken To / hila- |
d., pl.;a. was tn. i there IN the led |
d"nhcd i, = Government rr. G.
iii" sem mole. winch iirjrrI in the |
ai"r affair. "as employed b. the |
u t"l states to.rrnn"nt Il r.ur g |
":.r in ,r i-:nc Il 'nur the Southern Al |
Ian,,e q: .tf I t',;f ~ i -: bcaIi,r, with
WINE. H." =. At md = est Indies wa.c.~ |
were inf.-,r,i. >h" 'a',u-cl and AZ !!
std IN th" Ca II -. 4 n,.!. h I of |
y,.- l. ia which .,,r | If our 1t; ems |
Hor,. in,-rs..t,..l u In: TIM. .tf C the !
war he. W:- 81 ! - th.. ..it.i."!snn l. II /
and Tar - - ~, r.iI':ut -tvrut..r h"tw -rn |
nu~t,m a:I Say.,unai, i"r 4 number OF F!
N,a--.
She WAS taken if' Il liz" over u year
a.ro to = y. in - to the new -ieaIn~E. :
itN Of tuluu:' Us an! ',a,' lty- Her
"uyinr~ We e. ia!.rn cut. and he MS
: ne h rn used a a h=r-c- Tn" fol
lowing a~a1raph of marine ntrllgcnc
records her last run:
-; re Sen mole frr;n I!"h"kcn TO
H,,~,"r coal In len. w.ile in t-w of tn"
-t"a,urr ro:s.-- o.: Morse, Su l. on the
morning f \uv-micr l.. foTr miles
f:nua li"urIb,'r, hrf lglt--hip. Crew
.aI.J ri ..-ll.,.,E Nr,s.=