Clif's Hour of Peril; or, On Board the Admiral's Flagship — page 4: what you’re looking at

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2 TRUE that she was likely to be seen there, so she pushed her way into the bushes. The cadet eyed her a moment anxious- ly, and then he began: ‘‘Are you from Spain??? he demanced suddenly. ‘(Ro’ de Lord, no!’ cried tle woman. ‘“What are you then ?’’ ‘‘T dunno. I was born in Jamaiky.’’ ““T ask you,”’ Clif went on hastrtly, “*be- cause as you see, I’ve" had to put my life in your hands. I suppose you know that after last night when I ran away with thie Spanish torpedo boat and blew it up the Spaniards would do anything in the world to catch me. But they won’t find me, unless you tell them. I had to tell you.”’ ‘Why ?’’ ‘‘Because I aim nearly starved. I have had nothing to eat since yesterday noon. You must get me something.’’ The.woman shook her head in aiarm. “*T can’t!’’ she cried. ‘Why not ?’’ “‘T’ve run away too.’’ ~VoOUr: Ves. ine.’.” ‘‘With your mistress, Maria Celayo, you mean ?”? ‘No, sali; she’s a prisoner again.”’ Clif started. Tel] me about her!’ he exclaimed, eagerly. ‘‘I haven’t seen her since last night when I left with the torpedo boat.”’ The negress, who Clif noticed then was trembling all over with fright and Se see sank down upon the ground. ‘‘Oh, she moaned, ‘‘it was terrible. ei anal ao ae raed Clit plod Ee is. ame to cme Whe d Berrie’: :* t “ ’ . : ; wh eyo ‘ “ae Sey A} rv tn. be 3 ey PS s . ‘ us “ BLUE, Why did yo’ leave her las’ night? Yo’ ought. to took her with yo’ {» Clit explained to the servant in a few words how he had helped her mistress to escape from her tyrannical father, Cap- tain Celayo, and Lieutenant Celayo, her brutal cousin - and how when the girl had learned that -it was his intention to steal away with the torpedo boat, which was hidden up theriver, she, being a Span-. jard, in spite of her hatred of her cousin, had tried to prevent him.’’ ‘“So I had to leave her behind,’ Clif said; ‘TI have been wondering what would become of her when her father dis- covered hereflight.’’ The woman shuddered. ‘‘Oh, it was awful!’’ she groaned. ‘Tell me about it, said Clif, hastily. In response to his request the woman began her story. It was one that made Clif’s blood boil. ‘“Yo’ know,’’ she said, ‘‘ole Cap’n Clayo is tryin’ to make Miss Maria marry An’ he wants to git her money. Las’ night when dey found she’d run away, oh, dey was an awful time. Den dey found out you was gone after de torpedo boat. Dey had kep’ it a secret, bout dat boat, an’ dey was a-goin’ to attack de ’Mericans——.”’ “TI know all about that,’ said Clif, hastily. ‘‘I can imagine they were crazy at the way I balked their plans.~ But that’s all past now. Goon.’ ‘Well, de lieutenant went to chase yo’, too. An’ den he telegraphed from whar’ de torpedo boat was dat you’d killed a lot o’ men an’ stole it. Den it blew up killed a lot more. Oh, de cap’n was jis’ dat cousin, de heutenant. gee ae ee as a * ate : . Fn ae 4 ey ars eo SG — comic ONS Cor