The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

girl to David Malcolm, the boy son of
the judge, who, hearing that he was to
be arrested, had run to his home in the
clearing in order to warn him. Thus
Is the friendship between Malcolm and
the professor and his little daughter
established.
Eventually, after Malcolm has gone
through college and entered the career
Of Journalism. they all meet in New
York, and 1t is there that Penelope,
grown to refined womanhood under the
guardianship OF a wealthy uncle, renews
her friendship with her former knight.
But each is afraid to claim the other.
and a woman of birth, whom the uncle
has engaged to pilot his niece through
tine shoals of New York society, comes
very near to wrecking the young peo-
Pies happiness.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE DEWEY, AD-
AnRAL OF THE NAVY. New YOrk-Charles
S0ibner's Sens.
Chief interest in Admiral Dewey's auto
biography lies. in the accurate story Of
the battle of Manila Bay. Much as one
may like the sketch of the authors boy
hood. of his days at Annapolis. and of
his part in the civil war, one quite natu-
rally turns to the chronicle Of the first
conflict Of the war with Spain. Admiral
Dewey will be known mainly to history
as the Hero OF Manila"
It was toward the end Of April, 1898,
that Dewey received from Secretary of
the Navy Long this simply worded cable
message:
WAR has commenced between the
United States and Spain Proceed at once
10 Philippine Islands. Commence opera
tons particularly against the Spanish
feet. You must capture. vessels or de-
stroy. Use utmost endeaSor."
In Subig Bay Admiral Dewey sum-
moned the commanding officers Of his
fleet and said:
I'VE shall enter Manila Bay tonight,
and you will follow the motions and
movements Of the flagship, which viii
lead"
There was much anxiety whether the
ships would pass the batteries without
being fired upon, but about ten minutes
after midnight, when all except our rear
shf had cleared It, the El Fraile battery
opened with a shot that passed between
the Petrol and the Raleigh. The Boston,
Concord. Raleigh. and McClintock re-
turned the Fre with a few shots One
eight-I1ch shell from the Boston seemed
TO be effective. After firing three times
FL FraIle WAS silent. There was no
demonstration whatever from the Caballo
battery with its three sixty-one-inch mod
ern rifles, no explosion Of mines and no
other resistance. We were safely within
the bay. The next step was to locate
the Spanish squadron and engage it
THE misty haze OF the tropical dawn, "
write: Admiral Dewey, had hardly risen
when, at 5.l5, at long range, the Cavite
forts and Spanish squadron opened fire.
Our course was not one leading toward
the enemy, but a converging one, keep
ing him on our starboard bow. Our
speed was eight knots and our converg-
ing course and ever-varying position
must have confused the Spanish gunners.
My assumption that the Spanish fire
would be hasty and inaccurate proved
correct So far as could see, none OF
our ships was suffering any damage.
while. in view of my limited ammunition
supply, 1t was my plan not to open fire
until We were within effective range, and
then to fire as rapidly as possible with
all OF our guns. At $50, when we were
within a distance OF 5000 yards (two and
one-hdf miles), turned to Capt. Gridley
and said: You may fire when you are
ready. Gridley.'
while I remained on the bridge with
Lamberton, Brumby. and Stickney, Grid
ley took his station in the coming tower
and gave the order 20 the battery. The
very first gun to speak was an eight