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Harrow Escape in Havana Harbor
By william drysdale
IT begins to feel like home
already. Here is the hilly
coast of Cuba to the south of us.
By to-morrow we should see the
broad white Florida beach; then,
in three days more, New York.”
The American steamship City of
Matanzas, which had left Progres
so, Mexico, forty-eight hours be
fore, was bound direct to New
York. Walter Layman, as he
leaned against the rail watching
the receding Cuban coast and
reckoning the distance from home,
was in great spirits; and certainly
he had every reason to feel happy.
A bright, frank, good-looking
American boy, eighteen, perhaps,
with good friends at home, good
clothes, money in his pocket, on a
good ship, sailing over the smooth
Gulf of Mexico, homeward bound.!
More than this, he had the satis
faction of feeling that the delicate
and difficult mission upon which
he had been sent to the tropics
had been well managed, and would
soon be successfully accomplished.
But this was Walter’s first long
voyage, and he had not yet heard
the true saying that “no voyage is
ended till the ship lies safe in
port.”
While the young American still
stood watching the hazy Cuban
shore another steamship, that for
some time had been growing up
out of the horizon, bound to the
westward, cam# within speaking
distance, and Walter, like the
other passengers on deck, turned
his attention to her. The stranger
blew r two blasts from her whistle
and hoisted an odd-looking Hag.
“What ship is that?” Walter
asked of the second officer, who
stood near.
“That is the City of Tabasco, of
this same line,” the mate replied.
“And what is that strange flag
she has hoisted?” he asked.
“That means, ‘We have orders
for you’ ” the mate answered.
While they watched the first flag
was lowered, and three others took
its place, one over another. As
soon as they could be read, the City
of Matanzas blew two blasts, and
lioisted a small flag which meant*
“Your signals are understood.”
“And what are,the orders?” ask
ed Walter, when it was all over and
the ships were drawing apart—
“that is, unless it’s a secret.”
“No secret at all,” the mate
answered. “The orders are that
we are to touch at Havana on the
way home, so we shall have to alter
our course.”
“What?” W alter exclaimed.
“Havana? You’re going to take;
this ship to Havana?”
“That's about the size of it,” the j
mate replied, surprised at the boy’s J
excited manner. “We have to I
obey orders, you know, and we’ll j
be iu Havana harbor before dark.
No wonder the mate was sur
prised at the sudden change in the
young American. The boy’s face
had changed color, and he trem
bled with excitement. He ran
down into the cabin and exchang
ed some hurried words with a
wounded man who lay in a state
room berth with one arm bandag
ed, then hastily sought the captain
in his room.
“Captain Coffin,” he asked, try
ing with some success to calm
himself, “is it true that you are
going to take this ship into Ha
vana?”
“Quite true,” the captain answer
ed pleasantly. “The order was
cabled to Havana and the City of
Tabasco has just signalled it to
us.”
“Them I shall have to ask your
advice and assistance, captain,”
Walter said, and his voice now was
! as calm as ever. "I am taking a
wounded gentleman home with me,
as you know. We waited some
lays for this ship in Progresso,
because she was advertised to go
direct to New York, instead of
stopping at Havana, as most of the
ships do. The gentleman with me
is my uncle, General G. Menendez
1 Palacio, the leader in last month’s
unsuccessful revolution in Cuba.
The Cuban authorities have offer
ed $5,000 reward for his capture,
and it will be almost certain death
for him to be taken to Havana.
He is—”
“But his name is not on our
passenger list,” the captain inter
rupted.
“He is on the passenger list ns
G. Menendez; using simply his
middle name. Besides, captain,
he is an American citizen. Here
are his naturalization papers.
'‘Ah!” the captain exclaimed;
“that puts anew face upon the
matter. You should have come to
me at the beginning: but since he
is an American citizen, 1 assure
you he shall have all the protection
that 1 can give him. An Ameri
| can ship is American soil, and
none of my passengers shall be
interfered with as long as I can
prevent it. But this is a strange
yarn you are spinning me, lad.
You are evidently an American,
and General Palaciois as evidently
a Cuban. How does he come to
be your uncle? And how do you
happen to be taking him to New
York?”
"I can easily explain that, cap
tain,” Walter replied. “General
Palacio is, of course, a Cuban; but
he came to America some years
ago, became a naturalized citizen,
went into business in New Haven,
—where I live—and married my
aunt. When news came, a few
weeks ago, of anew uprising in
Cuba, he was off for his native
island before his friends could stop
him. The next news we received
was of the total defeat of the revo
lutionists, the wounding of Gen
eral Palacio, and of a reward for
his capture. It was impossible for
my father to leave home at the
moment, as he is a very busy law
yer, and he sent me to Cuba to find
my uncle, give him what assistance
I could, and, if possible, bring him
home.”
“You are young for such a mis
sion," the captain again interrupt
ed.
“But I have almost succeeded,”
i ,v,dter vvertt on. “I first went to
i EJavana, with good letters of intro
duction, and learned there that my
uncle had escaped in a small
j schooner to Progresso. 1 follow
ed and found him there; and we
waited for this ship to come from
Vera Cruz, as she was advertised
to go diret to New York without
touching at Havana.”
At three o’clock that afternoon
the City of Matanzas swept into
the harbor of Havana, saluting the
grand old Morro Castle at the on
trance with a dip of her flag and a
shot from her gun as she passed:
but the Morro gave no sign; it is
only to war-ships that she con
descends to return a salute.
“There is something in the man
ner of these fellows that 1 do not
exactly like,” Captain Coffin said
to Walter, after the health and
customs officers had been on board.
“They seem to be looking for
something, and T half suspect that
some little bird has told them of
your uncle being on board. How
ever, keep him close in his state
room, and we’ll see what turns
up.”
They had not long to wait for
something to turn up. Before the
sunset gun was fired in the castle a
beautiful white boat pulled out to
where the City of Matanzas lay
anchored a boat rowed by eight
men in uniform, and with a uni
formed officer in the stern. The
officer boarded the ship and had a
long conversation with Captain
[Coffin in his room. As soon as
the officer was gone the captain
sent for Walter.
“Well, young man,” he said,
when Walter answered the sum
mons, “we're in for it. They know
that General Palacio is on board,
and the commander of the troops
has just made a formal demand for
his surrender. I have refused, of
course, and that means that we are
going to have trouble. VVo cannot
leave this harbor before morning,
and they will certainly make an
| effort to take your uncle to-night.
Most likely wo shall hear from
them within an hour. Is he able
to handle a rifle?”
"I think so,” Walter replied.
"He is still weak, but the wound
in his shoulder does not entirely
disable him.”
“Then lie must help defend him
self,” the captain went on. “You
can come with me, if you like, and
see what measures 1 intend to take
for the safety of my passenger.”
There was an air of determina
tion about the captain that gave
Walter some confidence. The
captain led the way to the bridge,
and the first orders he gave show-
led that he expected trouble and
was not afraid to meet it.
“Hoist the American colors!” he
ordered. “Hoist the gangway and
unship it. Allow no one to board
us without my knowledge, Mr.
Davis.”
Mr. Davis, the first officer, step
ped forward and the captain gave
him some puzzling directions
about shifting bales in the forward
hold ami attaching hose to the
boiler vents.
“We are loaded with baled
hemp, as I suppose you know, ' he
said to Walter. “I have just order
ed the mate to restow part of the
forward hold in such a way as <0
leave a small chamber well forward,
to be reached only by a tunnel
through which only one man at a
time can crawl on his hands and
knees. I shall put your uncle in
the chamber, with my own repeat
ing-rifle. I have also ordered that
pipes he attached to the boilers, so
that we can throw hot water in
case of attack. If they will give
us an hour or two, we shall be
ready for them.”
“Could not the American Consul
give us some protection?” Walter
asked. “1 was specially cautioned
to apply to the nearest Consul in
ease of trouble.”
“I sent word to him several
hours ago,” the captain answered,
“but lie lias given me no reply. At
any rate, there is not much that he
could do with no American man
of-war in the harbor. We slmll
have to depend upon ourselves,
young man.”
The shifting of hales went rapid
ly forward, and in a little more
than an hour General Palaeio, weak
and pale, but eager to defend his
life, was ensconced in the dark
chamber that had been prepared
for him, and the ship was ready to
repel hoarders.
“Boat ahoy!” one of the watch
shouted, after several hours had
passed and darkness had settled
down upon the beautiful harbor.
“Keep off; you can’t board this
ship,”
“It is the Captain of the Port!”
came the reply, in Spanish, from
the barge.
“1 don’t care who it is. Keep
off.” And the sailor blew a whistle
that brought a number of men to
his assistance and summoned the
captain from his room.
“Keep off with that boat!” the
captain shouted. “You cannot
come on board here.
“But it, is the Captain of the
Port,” came the voice from the
boat.
“No matter who it is,” the cap
tain answered. “No one can come
aboard here before sunrise. Keep
off, or you will certainly lie scald
ed. We have pipes attached to
the boilers, and can throw hot
water.”
There was a hurried consultation
in the barge. His Excellency the
Captain of the Port was not ac
customed to such treatment. But
the prospect of a scalding bat h was
not encouraging, and in a few
minutes the barge drew away.
“That is only the first attempt,”
Captain Coffin said to Walter; “we
shall soon hear from them again.”
Within a few more minutes
lights flashed along the shote, and
several moving lights on the water
showed that as many moving boats
had been despatched in different
| directions. It was not long lie fore
j a boatswain’s whistle blew shrilly
jon the deck of one of the Spanish
! ironclads lying farther up the bay,
I and the El Key, one of the newest
warships of the Spanish navy,
! ploughed slowly past the City of
Matanzas, then swung about till
|she Jay directly across the Ameri
can vessel’s bows, hardly a hun
dred loot away, and dropped anchor
there.
Cp to tins moment Walter had
considered his uncles fate com
pletely in the hands of Captain
Coffin; but the moving of thissiiip
to such a position indicated that
the Spaniards would stop at noth~
ing to capture the fugitive general.
The captain might hold out till
morning hut then? With an
idea of his own he again went to
the captain’s room.
“It is utterly useless,” Captain
Coffin replied to his entreaty. “But
there is no denying that your uncle
is in a desperate situation; and if
you think you can induce the
American Consul to help us in any
way, 1 will do my best to set you
ashore."
Half an hour later Walter was
in the residence of the American
Consul in Havana, entreating him
to do something for his uncle’s
safety.
“But what can I do?” was the
Consul's constant reply. “If they
choose to use force, I have no force
to oppose them with. I can only
protest, and that I will willingly
do to-morrow; but you may be sure
that my protest will Do of no
avail.”
“You have our government’s
cipher,” Walter urged, as a last
resort. “Can you not, at any rate,
telegraph the facts to Washington,
and ask for instructions?”
The Consul looked surprised at
such a suggestion from a boy; and
Walter hastened to explain that
his father lmd told him how to
proceed if lie found himself in
great trouble.
“It is nearly nine o’clock,” the
Consul replied, “and long before
any answer can be received your
uncle will be taken from the ship.
But I will send the telegram, and
explain the situation fully.”
The sun was gilding the ancient
towers of the Morro Cast le, and
innumerable sweet - toned hells
were ringing in the city when Cap
lain Coffin and Walter entered the
saloon to drink an early cup of
coffee. The distant boom ofngun
echoed across the water, and Wal
ter looked up in alarm.
“Only a ship coming in,” the
captain said, in answer to his look.
Boom mm! thundered one
of the heavy guns of the castle.
“A man-of-war!” the captain ex
claimed. “The castle salutes noth
ing but warships.”
Ili an instant lie was on deck,
liis glasses pointed fit a beautiful
stranger steaming into the harbor.
Walter, close by his side, needed
no glass to see the gallant stars
and stripes floating at the new
comer’f# stern.
“What is she, captain?” he nsk-
ed, eagerly.
“The I'nited States warship
Miantonornoh,” the captain ans
wered, with a huskiness in his
voice that all the Spanish iron
clads could not have produced.
•Your cipher despatch has done,
its work, young man.”
Walter flew down to the* hold to
tell Ids uncle that an American
war-ship had just entered the har
bor. When he returned to the
deck the Miantonornoh was drop
ping her anchor dose by the City
of Matanzas. One of her officers
was immediately taken ashore in a
launch, and before he returned,
the big HI Bey, in obedience to a
signal from the castle, hoisted her
anchor and drew away. ~
When the officer shortly after
ward steamed out t” the City of
Matanzas and informed Captain
Coffin that lie was free to leave the
harbor indeed, the sooner the
hotter lie explained that the
Miantonornoh, lying at Key West,
had received orders from Washing
ton before midnight to proceed at
full speed to Havana; and a trans
lation of the Consul’s cipher de
spatch had also been forwarded.
“It was you, after all,” Captain
Coffin said to Walter, when they
were safe out of Spanish waters
and homeward bound again, “who
; saved your uncle's life.’’