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ENEMY OR FRIEND The Navy-Yard at Brooklyn buzzed with its daily turmoil of labor. It was a bright June morning, and the high chimneys of the numerous shops and foundries belched forth flame and smok…
UNDER ARREST Phil awakened the next morning at an early hour. Hurriedly dressing, he went on deck. His sleep had refreshed him and his mind was less ready to dwell on the dark side of his life on bo…
THE TRACK MEET “ Brace up and don’t pull such a long face, Phil,” Sydney was saying in their room after breakfast the next morning. “You are the boast of the ship, and the captain will not be severe…
THE FACE IN THE LOCKET Sports of whatever nature were now by the order of the admiral relegated to the past and all hands turned to for the coming target practice. With the Atlantic fleet the days w…
HURRIED ORDERS The accident came so unexpectedly that it was some moments before Phil could find his voice. Then he realized there was nothing to be done. The damage was beyond his capacity to repai…
SECRET SERVICE Three days of steady steaming brought the “Connecticut” within the tropics. The sea was as peaceful as the waters of a lake and the sun overhead shone down with pitiless severity. “Al…
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY Returning to the “Connecticut,” Phil told his remarkable experiences to Sydney. “Phil, I believe we have blundered upon the way in which these insurgents are receiving their a…
PRISONERS O’Neil stuck manfully at his post, the bullets showering around him as he stood exposed at the tiller. Phil breathed more easily as the two launches, now secured together, put sufficient d…
A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT The rash act of the sailor placed the lives of the three men in jeopardy. The soldiers snatched up their rifles and closed in menacingly. At this moment, however, a cavalcade …
THE SCENE CHANGES Their terrible plight spurred them on to renewed efforts to break down the heavy door. The iron bolts were bent under their frenzied onslaughts, and the stifling smoke became thick…
