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Street and Smith's New York Weekly : a journal of useful knowledge, romance, amusement, & c. , v. 53, no. 44, August 20, 1898.
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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs., 1843-.
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New York Weekly. A Girl in a Thousand; or, Imogen's Intrigue / by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon. Imogen's Intrigue.
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NEW YORK WEEKLY.
hen Admiral Cervera’s Cupe
VOL. 583—No, 44.
THE
vessel's Planking considerably below the| with such a man, upon whom some rays of |ly regretted w slowed Jack Winthrop’s thoughts turned | did not allow himself to hope it could be ac-
bh ed.
- eon the opposite side, unless by bound to fall, even| Verde squadron played hide-and-seek with | m 7 city | he had left under| complishe:
some p rare chance it struck one of the boat's ra] neared overwhelming. the Yankees among the islands of the Car- ts He expected arm receptis an
knees. Once the tine ttle Cuban found iodg-|ibbean $ Bunerous heavily forti-| Not that. the. memory of Havana had | might mect the fate of the Winslow; but
i Hence he turned to that wat, and he touse water fied port: a into which they were at liberty to| man: harm Jue —his experie ences n sucha dire prospect no terrors
4, His | guess hit the bull's wave, rer it was fn ‘Almont unbroken plunge for coal and supplies, there had no: ole jeusant; but the for this bold son o the great republic.
easy to fin the sea watér gushed i jiaguisitive search woutd | Peaceful blockade may have its uses, but | thought of the little Cubaa muid concerned ryand love led him _oumssith, euch
| flowing like a young ge ye ont stain hort time all |the majority of the American people believe him bencons ahead he many aman fought the
Having thus located the “Teak Pepito was| might yet forgiven-s0 long as they fin- in a more vigorous policy, expecially when e was Mereedes?—pray Heaven not| good fight, and found either viewry or
. again equal to the occasion. ally reached | one of the ‘veusels in safety, pitted ag gainst so crafty an stil in the beleaguered city, subject to the dew b.
; A bowtman “all his life he had long ago/ the loss of the sloop would give them I little | Spain. strict discipl: Hine that jhy thi time must have wt exactly nine o'clock the order came to
f learned how to meet such emergencies as| concern, ‘The splendid armored cruiser New York | become n ir y with Blanco,
were likely to crop up in the pursuit of his] There were others just as speedy, and immediate ncighborhoo And Surme | “Nothing had been neglected that could
calling. True, it was not a part of his pro-| money would sooth Pepito’s injured feeling als were exchanged with her. thought of the charming widow cir safety. Carefully was the whole
fession to be under fire, and perhaps he jlike a bulm, since it might enable him to| The result was that Jack received orders prone that old fecling of uneasiness back. | f cid surveyed hile daylight lasted, and
had never before had a boat perforated by | procure a boat even more to his Ii to report on board without de! ‘ould fortune have soni tore | Jack had his earings down to a dot.
«2 a Mauser ball, but the rapidity with whi wled into the ding! From the gunboat a little nap hia launeh | for him, or, wo ti he| He was ready to declare his ability to |
, 4 he pounded a wooden plug into the yawn- he task to continu dipping | put out, and in a brief space of time the two loved, which disuster it was fated should | take his boat straight up to the Spanish |
3 ing opening spoke eloquently with regard | out process while the skipper used the oars. fugitives were alongside the fighting New | come through the hand that had once saved gunboat, no matter how dark the night |
j to his forethought—Pepi d@even| Over the heaving pasta ave of the sea they his life e
whittled out a pine stick at his leisure, in| rode, heading directt abin, warmly greeted by| Jack groaned at the thought.
anticipation of just such a use as that to od time ney! feit sure they must the genial admiral, Winthrop made his re-] He suffered more ago: when -
which it was now so aptly applied. hailed by merican scout | port and hande + the letter that had | cogitating over this Inatter than at thetime | the harbor. 4
{ When he crept back to the stern of the boats, ‘ing piaket date forthe battle ships come from Gomez, to await which he had | he was exposed to the withering fire of the ery m as at his |
boat Jack's first question naturally con-jand monitors, so that no ‘orpedo |lengthened his perilous stay in the be-| Spanish batteries while cutting the marine nthrop. ‘himself ston ride the man
i sisted of sn inquiry ns to whether they were / vessel could slip up and do them damage. Jengued capital, cables off Cienfuego at the wheel giving him |
{ o sink orswim, andthe speedy assirance| | Should they find themselves in the glar two hours did Sampson and some The p ment was about) | Thus they ddvanced, every nerve attained |
he received spoke volumes for the 1 skipper’ again while still off Morro Castle, it wits ae his captuina who had been brought on | to be suddenly changed. Peaceful blockade | to its utmost tension, wi th eves peering out |
_ ability to ov impending ranged that both should drop flat, and al-|board by signal for a consultation ply | must become ® thi e past, and active {into the gloom ahead. The jaws ef land |
By this time the last rifle thot Yad died | low t ¢ boat to appear emp ty. Winthrop with questions. result he operations be gun against every fortified sea- gompo sing the opening to the harbor
way. Thus they might eseape another bom-| was jointly and severally thanked by these | port town in Cul He loomed upon either Band. Still they glided
They. were some little distance from| bardment—by this time both were agreed |oflicers, who realized how important such|. When a Krappor Armstrong gun could| on almost noiseles
Morro Castle, and spinning along at quite they had experienced quite enough of this | authentic information at this our was apt| be disabled it weakened the foture Power of could we the lights on the gun-
amerry clip, every moment leaving’ the wished to be spared another in- | to prove. resistance, and counted som: and] boat, dead ahe
hore of Cuba farther astern, Knd Jack slept soundly on board the flag-| with the tatters Tendered uwekees’ dhere| Telwas an ‘Sching moment even to a
It really looked as though safety might adily the wiry little skipper tugged at] ship for the balance of that April night, would be no harbor of refuge for wander: | veteran; Juck remained apparently
be set down as assured, for really it must be the oars, gradually increasing the distance ing hostile squa calm and coltect led, knowing how touch de-
i ble to detect so small @ boat with | separating them trom th | ~ Every man heard the new order of things pended on bis retaining control of all his
dusky sails upon the waters of the sea, even w lights could be seen ‘save where the BOOK TWo. with exceeding jo: energi i
when assisted by the most powerful ‘night city “Jayssecure in the belief that. ‘those The Fortune of War. 0 little had been accomplished around| Fron smokestack (of the torpedo |
Chay and their ambition ran so
x it was not fair that Dewey
i t
very high. | boat a few sparks drifted,
-\fact that bet
and it was this
trayed their coming to
watchful Spanish marines,
who had gone to war for
slags.
manity would
&
Re
whose business necessitates a con- CHAPTER XV.
ATTACK OF THE TORPEDO BOAT.
mnues of electric light
miles moved back
and | i
forth, hither and yon, chasing over the | vario
rea
to believe there was much truth in nie
iy it bore so. little
place their papers never
dared to tell the actual facts—the most they
stant taking o chances with the ilis of out-| bardi ; tie the fighting when the balance of the
rageous fortune, finally learn never to crow | est capital on ere amusing THE ‘ican navy yearned so eagesly to en- mediately the alarm sounded, and the
until they are well out of the woods, elves pretty s usual, and letting fhe month of “May was well advanced enemy on land or i :
Winthrop knew he could not consider |each day take care of itse! en Jack Winthrop again set foot on 1e, they had sought that elusive Cape :
himself safe until aboard lone of the vessels This steady. work on Pepito’s part was fucred oil of the Never faithful isle” of Verde ' squadron persistently, but
of the blockading squac bound to tell, and yet the, minutes dragged Cub Servera had carefully avoided them.’ Like
Looking out to-vea they could notice that | heavily it was 60 niterly somes ey's astounding victory in the Philip- the mysterious Flying Dutchman of sea
those who manipulated the hlights o: to detect pi ieee electrified the world. It’s lore the Aare bobbed up serenely at
board the men-of-war were aroused to dis. mendous force w vb expected and | the
m departed again for another unknow
je hour came when Jack Winthrop once
more janded on Cuban soil, entrusted with
a secret mission of great import:
tumbling waves, and covering every fathom
ti
headquarters did not
of space along the entire sturdy d declaration. would confess was that their arms had met| Perhaps those at
Jack inwardly expre: cere hope | When men have led an active Jife in the in the “Philippines but, insisted | fully understand why he was so ea
that none of these phantom lights would be-| open dir, itvis astonishing the amount. of that the American once more, risk life among the Spanish
witality they manage to throw into all they nal annihijation ass hosts, but they Knew it_would be to| Manila, else how could the American squad-
fray their position to thelpns-eyed gunners
in the Spai S. "Then again the fine old Spanish metho ron have emerged scathless?
ey were making good progress in the “Danger from the shore was now a, thing |of lo: ooking at everything through Toseate Through this storm of flying metal went
direction Pepito desired to go, when, with- | of ‘the past, and Jack's efforts were devoted hh the small, low lying craft." Fortune trailed
out warning'the littie boat was suddenly |to keeping’a shar ra lookout for gun Dew in her wake, for as yet not once ha
caught by the penetrating white glow that) A challenge might come at any moment, | hi een si
me from vessel's searchligh: nd must be answered quickly, uoleas they Not long before the torpedo boat Winslow vei wretchéd gunboat, on
Wi: throp ted his disgust while the desired to tal e the chances of being blown eon decoye within range of masked | which the excited Spaniards could be seen
more forcible Pepito started upon his vig-|out of the water. hore batteries which opened upon the de- and undoubtedly | |i
: orous vocabulary of Cuban expletives. he Americans were keenly on the watch | wounding n voted craft with an avalanche of shot and
v t was just what the gunners of M for just such small boats, Their monitors | without the loss of a alf | shell, “Ready, forward!” sang out the Yankee
had been waiting for, and immediately the | and battle ships, lying off Havana had to|a dozen or eight a| A shot pierced her boiler department, | licuten
heavy smo ores opened with savage] be protected st. torpedo throwers, and | vessel damage rendering her helpless—shells exploded | | Ay we sir,” he heard in reply, and
: emphasis, sounding like a kennel of -| with the coming of each night the utmost rely this wa: aboard bringing deat ounds to some| knew that ‘everything was in order,
. throated hounds. vigilance was observed, the gunboats and| naval battle of history—the a: 8] of her officers an and undoubtedly | They were now close in, and the side of
Around the little boat the water was in-|smaller cruisers circling around in the en-|of Euro e must have been sunk only that a rescue | the black gunboat presented a fair_ mark.
stantly churned at a fearful rate. deavor 0 overhaul any floating object that | lars with incredulity and _amaz ws effected through the gunboat Wilming-] From her funnel clouds of smoke and .
fack held his breath. might be located ugh means of the| began to t parks began to pour, but their attempt to :
If that wretched search light gould ont search li fits in order to see how well prepared they ‘since that day every man aboard the| get up steam came too late. \- | ——— Bi
be turned in another quarter, - they m: rvice the roving light had swept over | might be to meet this new. colossus e| other mosquito craft of the American fleet|” Jack now had the wheel—he rang the |
hare at least a chance to survive... em, butit was ata distance, and discov. |seas should some wretched freak of fortune had been burning to avenge the treacher-| bell and the boat's momentum suddenly |
Venmus sn -lery did nov follows Jnek knew iewas onis | bring them into Hick with the country |ous manner in which the Winslow had been | censed. Lo
led into a tra
So Jack received his orders with delight,
Inside the cove where he was to land lay
asmall but formidable Spanish gunboai,
stroyed before he could
Ther ere was a padden shock, a shout frot
allel ed circumstance
in the world’s higtory-aetanily entered into
a question of time, and prepared for the
decisive moment.
‘ust have mourned the loss of his| war in order to free a
yond an occasional male- |
of the ma
Let her go!” came the next order,
with that the forward starboard “oipedo
was launched on its direful missto
struction,
Pepito, and with her bow torn off the little
sloop plunged downy ‘leaving 1 the two men
hbo!
to battle with the se eighboring people
from the hatefal Shackles of bigotry and
diction upon the head a whose | cruel (10 BE conTINvED.)
CHAPTER. XIV. shot had sent her tothe bottom, he made| In the face of all this itis easy to under- venture ashore.
: mention of it. stand how the Spanish soldiers and civilians| Memories of Cushing’s daring exploit
ARD THE NEW YORK. No doubt, he was suffering more from the | were kept in “utter ignoran stag. | during the Civil War filed the Yankee lieu- PRAVERSE CITY,
hough nerved for such a sudden dip in | fact ‘Urata Spanish hand was concerned in| gering truth concerning, the gigantic task | tenant with a stro ire to emulate his OSKEY ana
the jue Jack @ near going down|the matt er) than Decause he no longer | which they had d, wh ch in-}example. The reckless, epirit was rampant an
ith the wrecked sloop, for he became en-|owne formation was given out by their papers,|—men will accept tremendous risks when MACKINAG
tangled ina Pe at the critical moment, |. Tt gave the boastful enemy something to | ealculaied to utterly deceive the eredulous| patriotism and glory are at stake,
and only rare good luck was he | crow over, and would doubtless form the / masses. So he awaited ‘the coming of night with the three principal obj points
enabled to free himself in time to avoid dis-| baeis fora’ dispateh 0 magnitu Four days after it was known throughout | considerable impatienee of the summer tiered ta Michigan, and in a
aster, . Madrid, describing the ‘sinking of at lenat a | the world that Dewey bad smashed the fleet | ithe young moon at marked the op rtain sense their names signify the divis-
It is no very pleasant sensation to find| torpedo boat by the eagle-eyed invin-|of the Spanish admiral in the Philippines, | ing of ‘the Sp
oneself afloat‘on the ocean, with the en-|cible gunners who fought for glorious Spain|a Puerto Mico paper of considerable in-| waxes
garments and shoeg seeking | under the bars of red and gold. Perhaps i¢| fluence published and scattered brondcast
by their weight to drag the frantic swim- ight even reach the size of a gunbosters an account of teneacement promis is| was very fi nate each, igewood, ete., are all resched ‘by
own, end was touched, for such a story grows | worth repeating, if only to show what san-|~ Tocreep into the harbor unseen would | bont of drive from Traverse City, Bay View
round Havana harbor many sharks |immensely when told by Spanish lips. Zine people these dons are. "Heaven help | be a consummation to be wished, but Jack | Harbor ‘Point, Harbor Springs, » Wequet on!
hover, being enticed thither by the refuse| What Jack awaited finally came to pass ain when 8 nore suc sing and Roaring Brook are the handsome
that comes out with each ebb tide, so th: They suddenly found themselves in the |‘‘victcries."” Here then isthe glowing trib- CONSUMPTION CURED. resorts of Little Traverse Bay, which are z
the conditions are peculiarly unp! sant... | path of white light east from one of the war| ute to Spanish gallantry and honor paid by “we connected with Petoskey by suburban train
As he struggled to th e surface Jack di: leraldo - placed ath wee mast | Fila sh rainy the service ; while Mackinac Island
covered sever: ae wavering glow became fixed, and “GVictor es! cay for the speedy | Principality of itself.
The fitst of these was the fact that the Jack knew their presence had been discov- Our sory ari Composed of nine ships and un- ae inten. i diana Rail take:
search light had moved on, having suc commind of that brilliant and aMlus-| Si their direct line, with
ceeded in their undoing, which was vei "Hs immediately stood upinthe boatand|trious sailor and wa on, Patricio ity an trains carrying throu
: kind indeed of those who manipulated the | raise rm—a § handkerchief flut-| Montojo, has thrashed the Yankee. squad. | Wem! St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville
: fered in the wind and served as. rignal to | ron which eal ited from Hong Kong for ‘ihe and Yadienapotee with dining ‘and par :
i The batteries had also ceased firing, and| be respected. ‘pre. | 6
i loud cheers from the shore attested the sav-| Atabout the same time there came a “Michigan in Summer,’ illus- :
age delight which filled the Spaniards sharp report from on board the blockading | Yan’ trated descriptive of all these places, giving
hearts upon ahaa 7 ae warship whose searchlight had located ist of 1d boardin: with
endeavore em, c rates ani information of value to
their patrol This was intended as a signal to thes NOW RE ADY summer visitors, Copies will. be mailed .
yr smaller vessels cruising near and one —
little, being at of which would speedily bear own | upon | ou ‘recy on cppligtion Tockwoop,
tilehvor keene nent abe ‘ WAR ATLAS or
“Senor Jack ! i" Sack continue to Tet his white flag ater ry fyi
‘Some one was and calmly awaited the coming of this boat. | ships find American ships they can not but Four Dollars Worth of Maps :
nized the voic “To leeward,” said Pepito, suddenly. jestroy them.” for Twenty-five Cents, ‘
The skip} mas i quarter came a gurgli ‘No doubt should the evil fortunes of war a
4 wreck with his usual luck, aod “calintul fel |souhd that que ly increased to a rush. | go so severely against Spain er fe mate arrangements with Rand. MeNally & Co.
5 low that as, ie first thought seemed to | Then there loomed up a durk, moving bulk | ernment had to sue for peace, relinquishing hectian of maps whereby we are en Be omen. ist
be of his companion. with eyes of fire, that ‘bore do upon | ail authority over Cuba and’ Puerto Kk wr veaderaat se pouuaery price rand new modeln
j ‘o Jack managed to answer the muster| them es, and even the Philippines, her people United States and Spain
3 roll, and was rejoiced to hear that Pepito ‘ourse it was a gunboat, and J: ould in some mysterious manner be hyp-| Sic "4a we ss and urope te eareibx up Np Momey tn Ad,
} | | had’ hold of some floating object that gave heart beat gladly at the prospect of again | notized into the belief that they had is and’ porn almost sr an of te 8 re ina watd 12th erSehe
era pros mine of bearing them up. ig himself under the beloved stars and} Really, the credulity of the Spaniard Toevery reader of a newnpapen, clear, modern, | ShopedanrwhereC.0.D.with privilege
ruggling in the sirection of the voice, np nes ages ordina anderstandin | Pextona gr eponi dred ameter Sani Taree ile Catsiogve Freee, CASH PUVERS” UNION
he presently ipper, an experience of the last few days had in had battered the Sortifieations cof | Rery jmariotic Aimerien snout have ose stot] 163 W. VanBiaren :
* oe him in pomeesion of the email not served to enchant him wit the colors san Juan and scoured the Caribbean Sea i dork Brekiy.
oat or dinghy which had been trailing in| of Spain, knowing ashe did what, burbar- | search of Cervera and his flee
wake of th ous cruelty they represe In other places operation: n con- NEW COLORED MAPS OF WORK FOR YOU,
ihe boat’ was almost awash with| “A hail rang cverthe wat , quick and im-| ducted looking to the complete isolation of We Pay G009 WAGES a
water, but it still floated. perative, which Winthrop immediately an-| Blanco from the tof the world. detailed plan of View. “Wee teach yoa how to make
Between them they began to violently | swere: ‘ables were cut at Cienfuegos under a wing the Ferts, Public
rock it back and forth, thus dislodging | “Who are you? galling fire from the land batteries, which
- much of the water until it floated sufficient-| Lieutenant. Winthro ‘op, U. S._N., with|in turn were bomboarded by the nkee Amer
ly to enable one to climb aboard and bale dispatches for Admiral Sampson from Gen-| war vessels, and tremendous execution ac- “an 2 surcpear Diplo.
lishes ‘n this little engagemen’ macy In the eT
everly was this accomplished while “HiCome aboard,” came the speedy reply, Winthroo ha ands being. with the Tanaf tie Bilinnines oer to
they, floated there in farkness, still] That was ‘ivitation enoug’ 1 Who 50 ly carried out their work Atiantic Gove
wit hin easy range Of Mostore frowning) |The rowboat ilea storm of shot and shell churned th Acie OF National Fes
red by fte ind them, and some of their com-| Fach map 14x21 Inches in sine, except United States
piten the sloop took her last plunge tol by faithful Pepito clambered aboard. tades fell dead or wounded in the boate, whieh we 1axi4 Al are Sramadieefpetel te ie bet pr
Jones? locker, the little dinghy was] Jack was personally known to the Tha f genuine Hanke R comet 12314 Whee 6,08
Dar ene at the sam ., but such was in, and most cordially received. luck, without'a tinge of Spanish bra: made In America; and expa- ke ttwiocs
the resistance offered that the painter by| No questions were asked about his mission |docio—-such grim courage as the whole w eee
Which the eoralles craft, had. bede draged |in Havana, butas the gunbont herded for | gorkd respectsne martes ‘rhether shown by | Sem 12 Twenty-five Cents and, we will malt this
rn was snapped asunder, giving the|the flagship New York Jack was compelled | Anglo-Saxon, Teuton or Gaul.
1 Moresaid dinghy a chance to float.on the |to relate how matters were at present inthe| The leopard cannot change his spots. It} sponcee.
surface, thanks toan air chamber in her| Cuban capit is utterly impossible for even a Spanish STREET & SMITH,
chBilind to tell convinced his hearers | matutor fo slay the ulti the arena with: BIFULTON STREET, _NEW YORK CITY.
had been a remarkable Piece of good nat ‘Havana as yet showed no signs of | out a seri astful gestures, as though ee — fo . -
fortune that Pe epi t sith | dewpair— tha at Blanco’s soldiers were filled Sesirons of emphasizing th ct of his ow Lebanon, Ohio,
| the floater, else their He have | with, confidence enthusiasm, being | individual prowess. We who speak the Eng- - Ry
‘ assumed even greater ready to fight like tigers should Americat’|lish to: longue have little syrapathy for men of Monthly Remulator. Never falle. Neud 4
‘Under the single ti war “im the smal! |fand fo eee rouge against them, at proud calibre. rene tis htiadeipbtas Bas Wilco:
boat they short oars firm ‘ould fticers 0: ject have been may be assumed that during the ina eiphias Bs
lodged, just as sagacious Pepito had placei| given a free they would have had Ha-| sage of these exciting weeks, when with the
va wi
the Ameri-
can fleet unde: er Sampson prayed that they Tage alt pe
might meet the enemy ere another day ‘ Y fir dlasthana, "35 ceuts a bottle
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o
he
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vented this, orders that were later on decp-
darare head, that same. Pepito, arters_pre-
and ie wae really a pleasure to do business
ay
days; but
motte
the a