The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-29
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK

So->AASOSA c1HSS0 LADY "6hh q w.
so far as I knew the entire Spanish
%llny was arrayed against me, with every
probability Of the battle going in its favor
Immediately i lost all interest in Santi.
ago city or the Spanish squadron. NV
.uAlo was centered on the problem OF how
70 get under cover in the. les.t possible,
tlme. and I believe 1 solved it. :;
MI Just now my guides acted never knew.
1Hey mad led the way up the mountain
IL was falr and proper that should have
the advance in making the descent
had 1T.
That afternoon I was content to. he
ABOARD the Mindora. My work was with
the american fleet, and there Remained
How Santiago appeared during tha s;s.sc
Know only from hearsay Veterans toll
me that nervousness leaves a man after
ne mas been under fire. 1 hope it is So. =.
On outpost Duty With Comnanx l.
., II IS a quiet night, and the scene ia
locateo near Moro castle. Company I.
" ne oeventy-f1rse regiment, creep SLOW
~ through bushes and dark woods and
now out into the open, showing onlv
the dark silhouettes of their heads and
shoulders above the deep grass
IT is their first night at outpost duty.
ana each man feels. that some terrible
responsibility rests on his shoulders alone.
Hoarse whispers can be heard all along
the line. which finally comes to a hall
MEN slip out of ranks and make a fas.y
out quiet break for a mango tree. The
order is given to fall in," the men Ieav-
ing the fru1t very reluctantly. The in
tense strain relaxes and they move about
with less caution. and-"Halt! Who goes
there? Halt, I say! Halt, or III firer'
Far over to the right comes a challenge
deep and clear, Halt! d-n you, or I'll
blow your "Dago' head OFF, 1t comes
from one of our REGULAR outposts.
Bang. bang
fields, Pop, pop! from the distance, and
all is silent again. Not a sound can be
heard but the deep breathing of the men
and that cracking, crawling sound of
something in the front. 1t comes nearer
and nearer The minutes seem like hours
The company breathlessly wait the
charge that is expected soon to come.
but no sound or sign is heard or seen
of those in advance. The suspense is
terrible; it is only relieved by a loud
gunaW from Corporal OFT and a "Well
I'll be ID" from the thicket beyond
They all move to see what The excitement
is about, and suddenly halt to see before
them an enemy IN full retreat, carrying
their weapons over their heads and each
Individual striving to be the first out of
sight. The Spanish army? Why, no.
Only an army OF land crabs.
Why the Colon Was Caught
There was dramatic little incident
down in Annapolis a few days ago. 1t
was just before the captive Spanish Off
GERS sailed for their homes in Spain. Chief
Engineer Milligan, late of the Oregon
now of the flagship New York, was living
in Annapolis. He had gone there to visit
his family.
II want to Introduce you to Senior b.
net" said fellow officer. as they ap-
preached dark-visaged Spaniard. who
was lolling comfortably across the gate
separating his quarters from the road
Then the chief engineer of the Oregon
clasped hands over the wooden gate with
the chief engineer OF the Cristobal Colon.
Pursuer and pursued were face to face
The man whose energies had made our
great battleship leap after her prey like
hound after rabbit was soon chatting
amicably with the officer who had driven
his engines III the vain race to escape
after every other ship of the squadron had
been lost go.
GLOW did it happen that we overhauled
YOU so easily?" asked the American engf-
neer. "The Oregon is a sixteen-knot ship
at best. while yours was commonly cred
tied with speed of twenty-five knots"
ALAS" said the Spaniard, "she never
made that speed, even at her trial trip.
She was rated at POP knots at her best.
1t is an error to suppose she ever made
twenty two knots" ..,..a
But, even So" said Mr.. Mllligan, you
should have escaped us. You were driv-
ing her hard ta.. :
Eyes, for the first hour we did WELL
Bonet replied; but after that bad, bad!
I'll tell you, senior, we had just about
enough good coal in our bunkers to last
us for one hour under forced draught.
That was the last of the coal we brought
with us from Spain. After that we had
to use the poor. miserable stuff that we
took aboard at Santiago All. maledleto!
1t was not COAL it was dirt. We might as
we'll have put this on our fires,' and the
::sgusted Spaniard kicked contemptuousiy
at the yellow dust in the road. you did
not gain on us that first hour, senor
After that, pouf! we were all Uut standing
stll! - .as - y,
Chief Engineer Bonet ranks AmericA
has a white elephant on l:s hands In the
capture CO Cuba'and Porto Rico: IN part
inC with Chief Engineer Milligan the
Spaniard said most solemnly: Il con-
graduate tho American navy, senior, but
I cannot congratulate the American ma
tion.' y .l.- .r-