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A CAPTAIN UNAFRAID

A CAPTAIN ONAFRAlD
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with bad scare. But for this mistake his
friends would probably have been called on
to mourn his loss; for the first train was
well broken up and most of its passengers
were killed.
GENERAL WEYLER went into frenzy
~ of rage when he discovered how my
promise to him had been fulfilled. He
threatened to have his commanders at the
Moro, Cabaflas, and the shore battery
courtmartialed, and his naval chiefs were
hauled over the Goals in way that put gray
hairs in their heads.
The Cubans, on the other hand were i'm
mensely elated, and the delegations in the
United States made the most of the event in
their educational campaign. The unop-
posed landing of an expedition within pistol
shot of the Moro was evidence to the Amer
lean people, who always like to see the little
fellow winning out in a fight, that the re-
belliOn was a real war and that the CubanS
were rapidly gaining ground.
The effect of the cordial sympathy thus
created was soon made apparent to the
Spanish Minister at Washington, and as a
result of it we were not surprised to learn,
through our agent in his establishment, that.
in the most diplomatic language but none
the less plainly, he had advised his Govern
ment that the recall of Weyler would create
favorable impression in the United States
and 90 far toward counteracting the gains
that the Cubans had made in public senti-
ment. To some of his influential friends in
Spain, to whom he wrote urging the recall of
the Captain General, de Lone used stronger
language. He told them, in effect, that we
had "made monkey of Weyler," and said
he had abundantly demonstrated his unfit
ness to command in Cuba.
The fact that we had landed every eX-
petition we took out had counted against
Weyler, and there is no doubt that the one
we put ashore in response to his threat to
have me hanged contributed largely to his
downfall Though he did not leave Cuba
until the middle of September, when he was
succeeded by Ramon Blanco, who attempted
too late to inaugurate conclliatory policy,
his recall was decided on soon after General
Rodriguez welcomed the arms and men
that were landed by the Dauntless.
THE Jones towed the John d. Long to
Cape Canaveral, Florida, where she
turned her loose and returned to Whining
ton The schooner sailed to Southport, and
the Dauntless returned to Jacksonville 1t
was known she carried no arms when she set
out, and as there was no way of proving she
had been to Cuba she was not molested.
The officers told us they knew we had tricked
them; though they did not know nor sus-
pect just how it had been done.
EDITORIAL NOTE.-In the next install
- ment of excerpts from Dynamite Johnny's
adventures as related to Horace Smith for
historical purposes he tells of an exceedingly
thrilling experience with of Uncle Sans
detectives, who came aboard just filibuster-
didn't succeed, for he summarily fired from
the vessel; but later the ship was over
hauled by United States cruiser, which forced
it to proceed to Key West. where the Collector
of Customs obligingly failed to see the arms
and ammunition on board and released them all