The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-28

Stop there. Come back here" he
yelled, but TO this command 1 naturally
paid as little attention as 20 the first; and
a second later I heard the crack Of his
Mauser and the Simultaneous whistle Of
its ball over my nead-how far above
was not sure, and I do not know now
whether ne fired to hit or merely TO fright
en- me and 10 alarm his companions AT
all events several OF the latter came run
ming out of the chateau, and upon the
sentry's pointing and running in my direc-
ton three of them started without rifles
to head me off from the woods
again the sentry fired, but I was still
further away by this time. and zigzagglng
from sand mill TO hand hill with little else
than my head exposed. The Spanish tao
tics were bad. The sentry should have
betaken himself to the top of the battery.
whence my whole person could have been
covered.
zone of my pursuers rightly judging
that my object was TO gain the shelter OF
the wood, ran straight in that direction
to head me off. and nearly succeeded in do
ing so. Indeed. he might have caught up
with me, as he was nearer the wood than
myself, had I not paused an instant 10
cover him with my revolver, a movement
which caused him to stop in his tracks.
and before he had recovered himself
was well among the trees and out Of sight
Of the gallant defenders of the Bota, bat
terry forever"
Az Barcelona, Cadiz and Ferroe the
American spy buncoed the officers in
charge of the fortifcations into themselves
conducting him through the Notifications,
but at Cartagena there was trouble.
He was interested in learning all about
a new battery in course of construction.
From behind an unmounted Krupp
gun" he wrote, II watched the construc-
ton Of the battery for at least five min
utes before my presence was discovered,
when a perfect storm of astonished abuse
was hurled at me. I shrugged my Shout
ders and spoke voluble French and Ger
man. but the officer IN charge evidently
thought he had TO do merely with a COM
mon tourist trespasser, and was taken by
the two shoulders by couple Of soldiers
and Unceremoniously showed out of the
battery"
Later, with the help Of General Wey-
er's letters, Breck was a guest of Admiral
Camara on board his flagship in the har-
Dor Of Cadiz.
IT saw things not even shown to sub |
altern officers in San Sebastian and other
works" says Mr.. Brock What harm in /
proving 70 an innocent German doctor, a
specialist in mental diseases, that the city
cared no attack from the Yankee squad
on?
Nevertheless there was a most unmis-
akable panic in the city when the coming
# Watson was first announced, no fewer
han ten thousand tickets being sold at
he railway station in one week. while
apartments and villas in the vicinity were
t premium
It was at Cadiz he was arrested. He
vas caught in the very act Of phctogra PHI
ng one offhe new batteries by municipal
-uard. A captain had him handsuffed
nd thrown into a cell. How he got out
e tells in his story.
IT remained in my suffocating prison
Dom for the best part of five hours, until
be colonel in charge turned up, when I
Tas fetched out and examined again.
This time thought It wise to change
~ tactics, and started into an indignant
arangue in French, which the colonel for
Inately understood, TO the effect that
ad already explained the act for which
as arrested, and that I had not been +
wen the opportunity to fetch documents
hich would prove that 1 was not only
ot what was suspected to be, but, on the
an intimate friend of some of
lie most distinguished spanlards living.
THE colonel gave me an incredulous