The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-13
raturn from the railroa'

On Meals return from the raiiroa'
tation at La Plaza he found an uiiu
urrent of excitement present upon ~.
cruiser Albany Halt an hour aitei n's
return the captain OF the cruiser nau
received a wireless from Washington
II was significant in Its tenor ne
wireless operator handed it to MIN do
it was received.
The captain glanced at it. 1T looks
important" he said, "decode ! q
nee ;,
# was decodeu. This is what II
said:
GENERAL ORDERS FROM NAV
DEPARTMENT.
Deciphered From Code &C."
War Imminent with AlIemania. zee
all ships prepared for action. trans
fer all possible men to Pao'fo squau
ron. Recommend meritorious warrant
officers for promotion to commission.
HUTCHINSON,
Chief Of Staff.
An order from Washington is an
, order. An order when war IS imminent
is a double quick order. The captain
of the cruiser Albany mad been walt
ing for double quick orders ne hau
smelled them in the air tie mad leit
them in his bones. In one hour ne nad
picked his men. The first man ne
summoned was Neal
Neal" he said, calling him oy
name, I've recommended you tor
commission"
Neal jumped out of his shoes al
most. la commission he gasped;
WHY thought can't understand
-"
Don't think" said the captain
sharply; we've got to act"
! He handed Neal typew 'itten instruc
tions. You'll get your commission
in due form. My recommendations go
particularly at time like this. Take
fifty men at once-and proceed to join
! the battleship Missouri at Chantlllo
| That's all"
Neal saluted and swung about
wait" said the captain. Neal waited
Il Just want to shake hands, old man,
said the captain, You deserve your
luck if ever man did Good-by."
| An hour afterwards Neal and his
/ squad were at La Plaza once more,
/ consulting the railroad master.
I'VE want a train, and right away
said Neal. The road will make rs
| fortune. 1t will declare a dividend.
/ WtnN does $ . 20"
! %ot TO, a or -. h. m
zinc the good on 81 . a. ~ air.
/ What can we do? SAID .>,.u.
The station master frightened. He
desired at all costs to get this squad
! of Americanos out of town, They were
rioters at least so Ponto had in
formed him Yes. they must go.
All, senor,' he said. Il have idea.
There are dirt train cars--n0 engine
but what you call, almost gravity road
from here to Chantillo-all downhill
almost all the way.
Show me-" said Neal
He was shown Nv ell" he said to
his men, what do you say, boys
! They'll rock us some, but they're the
best we can do Is the road clear?'
Clear all the way, senior. The last
train the little train-she have ar
rived at Chantillo now.
We're game, said his men; come
on"
They came on-that is they got on
the whole squad, \ crowd OF natives
saw them off One of these natives, hid
den from view by the others, craweC
under the foremost car and did some
thlng tie crawled to the second anC
did something to the third and die
something. What he did no one knew
Down the line at the deserted shacl
labeled "Montrada," Hernandez cam,
out from within. with complete salts
faction written on his face
hernandez sauntered out ant
i glanced up the track The track wa.
straight and downhill all the way. 4
was like canyon cut through a mas.
OF underground and heavy trees. There
was nothing to distract the attention
1t was a clean cut avenue as far as
the eye could reach. He watched
Up the track somewhere the trool
train was shooting curves with spright
ly lurches. Getting a bit too lively
said Neal; better apply the brakes.
The order was obeyed far as the
VIII was concerned. But the man al
the brakes shook his head. Brakes
won't work" he said.
No matter said Neal, we reach
the bottom of this hill three mile,
out OF Chantillo Then we 20 an
We're bound to slacken up some
time"
One of his men plucked MIN by the
sleeve. What's that" he cried, point
ing down through the canyon, thanked
/, oy trees. Look ahead.
BY George" said Neal "a train
The brakes every man Jack OF YOU
the brakes"
The brakes wouldn't work Funny
said Neal; we tried before we started
Funny they won't work. 1t NAV o,
may not have been fUnny-but it was
ne TACT, The brakes would not work
We're in for it, said Neal. Bows
very man jack of ycu-youye got Il
ace this That jung e is soft stuff
IT'S velvet lining We NAV gel
scratched. but We can't get nurt Ever,
man OF you get ready and when say
the word slide of-as easy as YOU
can-out slide. Guns and equipmen,
| flrSf-fh hon Nn,, rcnlr..--.