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charge of them myself.
Escheverra only shrugged his epau-
ietted shoulders 1t was q bluff, AMI
he knew 1T. An inspiration came to
Mr. Hanna as he turned away, enraged
at his poWerless condition. He would
ask Eulate to land him some marines
The Lieutenant looked at the Consul
a moment, and exclaimed:
You are my dear friend. I will blow
the prison to hell if you say So"
True to his word, he trained his guns
on the fortress and gave it a blank
volley. The fort replied by running
out one gun and firing it. The shot
struck the bows, but glanced off.
1T was Eulate's turn to get angry
now. Putting on his full uniform and
taking his staff and a detail of men,
he went ashore. Consul Hanna marched
up to Escheverra once more and pulled
out his watch.
III give you just twenty minutes"
ne said, ito let those people out Well
stay here till you do it,
AIDED BY EULATE
The troops were instantly brought to
attention. Escheverra. although fright
ened, refused to yield at once. He
wanted to parley until he could get
word from Mendoza, he said. but
Hanna refused to give him more than
twenty minutes. The minutes were
slipping by. Five, ten, fifteen minutes
had elapsed.
l Will release the man you want,
said Escheverra, doggedly.
No; alIY'
Elgnteen minutes! Mr.. Hanna's eyes
were glued to his watch. EuIate stood
by in sullen silence
THE Consuls shall be set free said
Escheverra.
No; everybody, the whole caboodle.
orr
The twenty minutes were Just up, as
General Escheverra turned sullenlv and
unlocked the door of the Jail. The
elghty-fve prisoners lost no time in
gathering up their effects and scrarn-
pnng 10 the entrance. They were so
oNefJoyed that they marched out
Whlstling Yankee Doodle" and hugged
their rescuers- They wouldn't let Mr.
hanna sleep that night, nor would they
permit the Lieutenant to go back TO
ms ship. The celebration lasted all
night
If 1T ever comes my turn, Lieuten-
ant, said Mr.. Hanna, 'to do you a ia
vor, you can count on me-"
Little did either man think of the con-
sequences of the affair." The yenezue-
ian dictator, baked of his prey nv q.
desplsed American and a reckless. neu-
tral Spaniard, complained to Madrid
and to Washington of the breach of
international law. Washington only
took trivial notice of the affair writing
to Hanna for an explanation and fhen
TO Mendoza, telling him he had only
got what he deserved or less. Madrid
took a different view of it. Eulate was
stripped of his rank and put in the
guard house to await coult-martiaI.
Things would have gone hard with him
II Madrid had not soon received the
thanks of seventeen Governments for
the timely aid of Eulate.
Mr.. Hanna, as in duty bound. had re-
quested the Consuls to write home
about it, with the result that the raer-
cur1al Spanish Government officials re-
leased their man and promoted him %
the command of the Havana naval de-
pot, with the rank of Captain.
The incident was hardly noticed in
America, but it made so distinct an i'm
preston in Spain that it's memory was
powerful enough in 1898 to cause the
appointment of Captain Euate to the
command Of the Viscaya when that
snip was sent on an errand of peace
to the harbor Of New York in a futile
attempt to offset the Names 1estruc-
ton. Only the State Department knew
of the delicate adroitness of EuIate's
selection.
A DRAMATIC MEETING.
One fine day in April 1895 when the
two nations We're on the verge OF war.
the harbor of San Juan de Puerto Rico
was entered by the Viscaya and the
Almirante Oquendo. The town went
wild with delight. Bands Of music
played vigorously, and the crowds of
Spanish residents cried Down with the
Yankee pigs," The Viscaya came to
anchor, it's great thirteen-inch suns
trained on the American Consulate.
Amid the blare of trumpets and the
shouts of the populace the fleets COM
mander came ashore. He raid the
customary official visit to the Spanish
military commander, and in the course
of the conversation asked:
who represents the Yankees here?"
Philip c. Hanna was the reply.
My friendi" Captain Eulate turned
pale Fastening back to the fleet he
changed the position of the Viscaya.
Then he penned a note of invitation.
requesting the pleasure of Consul
Hanna's presence at dinner on boar1
the flagship The Consul, who had in
the intervening time been married to a
charming Iowa girl, responded in a
note, accepting the invitation on behalf
of himself and wife. The meeting was
a dramatic one, war being then a cer-
tainty, and, in fact, only a few days
off, and great was the establishment Of
the Spanish town and the Spanish fleet
to witness the triumph of friendship
over circumstances
While the ships were yet in the bay,
the Consul was ordered to leave San
Juan and take refuge in the Danish
Island of st. Thomas, less than hun
dred miles away His duties delayed
him until after the departure of every
vessel, except the war ships from the
harbor. So, with his wife and few
belated refugees, he went down the
coast and chartered a small sailing ves-
sci, manned by Spaniards, to take him
across. Only the presence of Mrs. 4
Hanna and another woman saved the
party, for the crew learned the iden
tity of their passengers, and wanted
to deliver them up, in the hope OF get
ting a reward, but one of their num-
Der deferred them, after an appeal from
Mrs. Hanna and the tender of gener-
Gus money bribe.
Mrs F,ulate remained in San Juan