The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20

bad shape. Her mast had topped over
like a crumpled geranium one tunnel
was missing so that the dense, black
smoke from its ragged stump poured
down along her decks. Her port engine
had a shot in it's bowels and there was
an ugly fire In the after compartments
The Salamanca, well crippled. hung deep
down BY the head, with deadly star
board list.
But from around the Salamanca's tilted
stern there darted the greenish body OF
a fresh destroyer which bore down on
the Mariposa at high speed. She was ny
ing special signals and wig-wagged others
violently from her deck. A few OF the
remaining American guns We're trained
ON her. when from the coming tower
came a cry: 49,
.Hold upi She's flying y flag of truce!
The blear-eyed gunners made 1t out and
all ceased firing. The Mariposa pitched
ungracefully, the desperately battered
remnant of n ship. There was strange
and inharmonous silence at the end OF
the battle line. The destroyer came
close down to port and hove to. To the
weary crew the smart, Immaculate white
duck of the three young fellows on her
after deck was a hellish aggravation. one
of them hailed In English. excessively po-
lite:
as the Honorable William Anchester
on board?"
The gun crews were for opening fire at
short range, but Captained Maxim
gro led in spirit and put his head out
of the coming .ower to get at Goliath
"Tell those youngsters to run along
home" he called. 1--WE can't transfer
passengers in the middle of a fight Tell
them to get out of the way.
rod f.ttf m
of the forward turret and shook MS
head. The destroyer hailed again:
rs the Honorable William Anchester
on board your
Goliath lost patience He was tired.
He grabbed a megaphone, tasting the
battle dirt on 1t as he did So
1.-THE Honorable William Anchester, he
bawled. Us at present closeted with a
deputation of the naval engineers inter-
national union, and begs to be excused
Good morning.
The destroyer's people, evidently unsat-
isfied prepared to hail once more, when
there was a noteworthy stir among the
live men clustered in the Mariposa $
citadel, and another man came out and
stood by Goliath on the forward turret
He was stripped 10 the waist excepting
n thin silk shirt. and his hands and arms
were covered with a sooty dust His
white hair was sooty, too and scragsled
down over his head in gawlSy wisps
which would have been pitiful at some
other time; and his face was streaked
with muddy sweat. But in his lips was
n full half of long black cigar, and as
he stood there with his smooched hands
resting on his hips he looked like tri-
umphant ward politician after success
full caucus on the water front. There
was a pretty general jump OF surprise
when he said In most unseamaniike
WaW--hp punt as the
butt of a 12-inrh- shell:
whats wanted of me2
"Who are you-who is he?' called the
destroyer's people. evidently concluding
rot to trust him.
"fm Anchester," he said. "Who wants
me?"
It was the tone of a man not accus-
toned to being sent for.
1--WE have special orders" said the tor
redo lieutenant through his megaphone'
ito take you off, sir. and remove you TO
a place of safety. If you are being forei-
bly, detained we will capture that SNIP
otherwise we shall sink her as soon as
YOU have left her. We are here on be-
half not only of your daughter. the
Duchess of Brew. but also Of His Males
" himself, who begs to be of this small
service to you
Anchester rolled the half of his long
black cigar over In his mouth, and then
said:
"Thanks.
cantain Nraxim felt the inadeauacy of
+ha4 and came out of the coming tower
..Afr Anchester.,' he said II shall have
.. asi, yo,, what Won have been doing
$50 tbe herinning of~this action. and
what you propose to do
Jest then the dispatch boat hailed
10 ..yvi1I Won nIease send your pas
sa,a1,ar on hoard9 shall we come along
side and take him off?
w., ,,oed not F." replied Anchester him
,,,f rhen no grabbed Colbath's mega
So, 20 ain,od ~ straight at the de-
etrover
D,ebess of Prov or whoever wants to
do me favor, that Mr.. Anches.er ; VIII
Is mace. anu ti'at i ne a., 49,, ~ ttao