s rush was being

easy matter to scale the wall. So Dan D

rs live here?"

t talk, but l

the house, and as the fugitives re

ot pass,"

rward, and giving the man a furious blow in th

for not kapin' to th

y. "Across this court-yard, or patis as they

t none of them attempted to interfere with the two Americans. They seemed completel

were in

e round to the rear of the house where the execution of Dan Daly

d and then entered a thick wood, which

uers. Their progress was slow, but so would that be of the men who were after

cried You

ver, shure

ts. I'm certain of that. It must b

. It's there, an', begorra, our goose i

bad lo

ldn't we swim

if we escaped the bullets the Spaniards would send after us, we'd find the

nd. Young Glory regar

are you

escape. It's yourself said so, an' shure

e of getting out of a difficulty. We'll keep along by the creek,

s, I am," said Dan

as very serious. He had not the fain

t for Dan. The Irishman was wearing an American naval unifor

on the boy's ar

ye must b

hy

there's

see

face brighte

may be our salva

puzzle

n. That is to say, get amongst t

re are y

e friends of mine who

shman, mindful of his safety, hid himself amid the bushes, sti

the hut, for it was no more, a

dressed in the native costume,

ons, and then the door was opened by as villainous-looki

forty years old, not tall, bu

ade," said Youn

owled fort

A drink and a rest is what I shoul

vagely, showing his teeth as he spoke.

amba! it's living alone

n, adopting a threatening attitude as he s

t," said Youn

I know there's no one else in t

milingly, "people tell me that I've

no effec

you s

m his lips, Young Glory drew his six-shooter

"you change color. You see I

en you in my life before, so you can't want to kill me. And as for robbing me

said Young Glory. "B

time to see Young Glory entering the hut. Dan noticed that his c

t he was i

ne, Dan Daly,"

cried Dan, taking off his cap, gravel

an Ame

es

se y

said Young Glory. "I've found th

sin

o. Take this man, gag him,

he fellow witho

," said Young Glory, seei

did his work so expeditiously that the man was lying at the rear

u must s

M

aid

t y

ly. "You see, the men in pursuit of you will come

, it's m

hink

' your life away ye'll be;

hall

hall I hide?

e woods and

l search

story. I'll put them off t

the hut. Then he came back wi

te!" he

ha

ing up by the creek. You can't get away

turn to loo

aste the precious moments by arguing the point, so see what you've bro

he

eep him company. Lie still,

ed them. Then he hastily assumed some old garments he found in the hut, rubbed some dirt over his face, pulled hi

tment of civilians. So Young Glory found himself roughl

ere?" said

answered Young Glory,

an I want. Have you seen

N

een standin

for an

saw no

o, senor

d the officer, in a low voice, to his

oung Glory. "I have something t

tain, excitedly. "It mus

yards below, and seeing me standing at the

e," whispered the sergeant.

d with the suggesti

es to examine them, and, besides it was too far of

ptain, savagely. "Their

Cuban I should say, capitan. The other,

n waited f

thusiastically. "They

is cigarette and smiled