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A CHINESE PRISON The arrival of the Americans in the jail was heralded with delight by their scantily-clad fellows; they one and all crowded about the lads examining their uniforms and putting very …
FRIENDS IN NEED The midshipmen saw that something had occurred to bring about this change in the behavior of the mandarins, but for their lives they could not guess its import or the effect it would…
A DARING PLAN Ta-Ling threw down the coat impatiently and glanced disdainfully at the other articles of apparel. He then took up Phil’s muddy trousers gingerly as if fearful of soiling his esthetic …
HOPES OF ESCAPE Ta-Ling had ceased to struggle; his eyes protruded in ghastly fashion, while through his open mouth his tongue showed blue and swollen. Phil was terrified at the sight, believing he …
THE ESCAPE For the moment the midshipmen were sure that they had been discovered. Then Langdon’s low voice reassured them: “Come, it’s all right. They take us for mandarins, and are calling the guar…
AN ENEMY SILENCED Langdon and Sydney had so forcibly driven their enemy to the ground that one of the revolvers, which was cocked, had gone off, the noise of the discharge reverberating through the …
REËNFORCEMENTS All eyes were now intent on the American war-ship. The guns in the forts had become silent, as if startled at the sudden appearance of an enemy worthy of their metal. The monitor, app…
ABOARD THE “PHŒNIX” Commander Barnes consulted his watch and then called for his orderly. The ring of the bell had scarcely sounded before a marine stood obediently before him. “It’s eleven now,” th…
THE START FOR KU-LING The midshipmen, after leaving the captain’s cabin, hastened to their rooms to bathe and don fresh clothes. Phil eyed his bunk longingly; he had not had a comfortable sleep for …
THE SECRET CHANNEL After the Americans had departed, leaving Ta-Ling tightly bound and gagged on the cell floor, the Chinaman remained quietly bemoaning his cruel destiny. He knew from the silence t…
