The sun., 1901-10-26
The AEOLIAN COMPANY, IS ". 25d St., n Y.

of her helm ! never saw the .tafHYa-J
side Oi the Texas al all We wef, over
across her team ] never saw h"f fUu
side, and she never approached arv pos.
tlon that was within oDO yards She vas
~ distant that II never entered n, hcsi
nj all that she vas a danger. a sclat.
We passed around the circle The a.r
range that was gwen W. vas .l0p Yard.
Tie feature Of th. nearnes- of that ship
which had impressed itself uoou NV wIrl
and will never be forgotten Wa, hat /
could -ee men running from tho -y,ef-
strlCtur" 20 the military mast of tl., Second
Spanish vessel, and ! could ~.se oavtgt
betNcen their legs a. they ran We turned
immediately abOut. and ] haN. aiv.ys
been under the impression that the Kr.ps-
lyns starboard engine was backing o.
cause ] was standing on the staftuArI
side, looking toward tho stern | -av
that she was churning the water I never
made that impression matter uf re-. 20,
bul was Tor some time under that Il.
precision
During tho turn Mr. Hodgson mad.
some allusion 90 look out. perhaps Tor
the Texas but there was never any c1llo-
guy of any character between Mr. H0dysou
and myself. hrst because he vas too Iusr.
az ofhcer 10 have transgres-ed ~ that
time one Of the plainc-t duties of an -
Ger, and, secondly. n be- had undertaken
Il ! would not for a moment have por-
mitted It, A. s"y. that Il fiction
MOST FURIOUS PAEl or THE RArrlEu
Before Ne turned. the leading ship vas
abeain or little abaft aheam When vs
turned alout. she wa ahead 81 IL that l..
on the S,arhoard how. and ali -Four siI y,
and the forts wer" firing ~ the SAM 10"
] !ookad over and saw III" forts hnug rom
that moment, for ten g. fifteen mnui.a,
Wa the most furious part of thi- er'.-N
combat, ] reincmier. very DISTINCT y ~',-
ing from time Ia time. a. NV aitrntiou va'
attracted for a moment. the Jet of wa'"-
ahead and sS'srr. and over and shorf, and
tho roar 81 projectil,~ was one Of tap-'
things that a man hears bdt once in a life
'ne and II j. never forgotten J. appsarc'
10 me ~ that moment tha, all four of th.-o
ships were a. work upon the Brooklyn
and NJ Ia the moment of the turn, 80 tar ~
W" could perceive. there wa uut IN" slight
~ evidence tina, they had even been i.-
'ur'd thought pa---d through r'
mint that after all our precau'ior ani
waiiing these follows would e., away y
that mon"ut ! remarked 90 Cap tooD
that We were alone and would perhaps hay"
Tho most of thu iigh' upon ourseIyrs
did no. know then hat the hai'l"s 'Ip.
could keep up their rp"''d. but ] said 20
him. We will -iav IN tm. crowd ] hat
no idea that We would escape thuHght,
OF course, that II hey could shoot - vol
r. our p.ppl' d'l they certainly would ha .
gotten ~
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