CHAPTER I.
SHOOTING A PRISONER OF WAR—A COMRADE TO THE RESCUE.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, senor."
"Faith, an' it's a polite nation I always said ye were."
The first speaker, a Spanish officer, laughed mockingly as he uttered this apology.
The man to whom he addressed his words was Dan Daly.
Dan had been a boatswain's mate on the battle ship Indiana, then on the Cruiser Columbia, and he was now filling a similar position on the...
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