Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-05

wildly. as 1t appeared sS Hoiton, for he caught fleeting glimpses of his three men fighting as American sailormen
 can
 In a flash of light Holton saw man bending at the stern. In his hand was the match whence the flash had come. , The officer darted swiftly toward him.
 He saw a sputter of sparks. Quick as thought he turned.
 Men of the Chat. overboard!' he ] roared. Dynamite. Suiting action to his words, he dived | swiftly into the dark waters, and the next instant the Port of Tampa was ! startled by an explosion which shat ! tered the windows of the hotel and i brought thousands rushing out into the night.
 1 Holton's first thought, as soon as his | head emerged above the water, was to make sure of his position. which for tunately was not ten yards from that occupied by the Chat. He made her in ] several strokes, and was fished over the side by sailor.
 The man at the wheel had lighted a
 red flare, and by this means the other
 three men in the water were guided
 to their vessel. Beyond few bruises,
 all were uninjured.
 In the meantime Holton was not too
 busy to notice that the explosion had
 thrown the harbor into wild confusion.
 Rovboats were everywhere, having
 sUrung on the water as though by | magic, and the decks of the transports
 were alive with figures. Search-lights
 were flashing in every direction; and
 mems voices arose in a babel of con
 fusion.
 As soon as practicable Holton chang
 ed his water-soaked clothing and went
 ashore. leaving the Chat to continue
 her patrol ..- --.'. There was little doubt in his mind
 that the men in the vessel were beni , on the destruction of the transports;
 that the explosives aboard her werg
 to be placed under tEe sterns Of
 dozen or more of the steamships. anC , then set of by a single electric spark J Holton believed that the tug had gon' a as near to the slip as she intended tC !. 20 when he discovered her, and tha 1. further operations were to have beei P. conducted from the TOW boat towint e astern.
 2. Dawn was approaching as HoltoI I-l waited for the Chat to make her in .e shore turn, and as the light was nov n Altering across the heavens he follow e ed his usual custom of putting out 0 .e the bay for a look at things on tn - open water. The air of the morning ' fresh and cool, blew against his fac ,t and flied him with inspiration. ,r Today the transports would leave fo e Cuba. his period of nightly grind woul .h end. and he, too, would start for tn m battle-ground; for in his pocket wer y, orders to report to Admiral Sampso se for further instructions the momeu IS the transports were safely on the CI ,li ban coast And then?
 " No such furor as attended the' ~ previous salIies from port marke .. their departure this time. The arder rs public had grown a bit weary of SUI - cessive good-bys, and remained ava 1. from the waterfront, go that the onl II eclat that marked the occasion va H furnished by the soldiers themselve II Holton, trailing along in the littl II that, viewed with joyous aTes the seer spread before him, and truly it va one remarkable in many ways. 0v' II seven miles of water stretched u
 fleet. the transports steaming in Ion stately fine. ianked by grim, leade
 hued torpedo boats and gunboat i which flew here and there, megapho N ing orders to the transport.
 lI On the third day. Romano Key aI II the blue mountains were raised to sta II board. On June 20 the fleet was ( II the Cuban coast, twenty miles fro II Santiago. Here the SeguTanca, | II headquarters shir. steamed away fro il the other transports. and vent up .H ws=S kserradeross q
 M Holtoue hardly knowing what VI II up, following his instructions not
 1 lose this vessel, steamed after her al