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Chapter 1 IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" GOES INTO COMMISSION.
Chapter 2 IN WHICH WE GET UNDER WAY AT LAST.
Chapter 3 IN WHICH THE YANKEE CRUISES FOR PRIZES.
Chapter 4 WE GET ORDERS TO GO SOUTH.
Chapter 5 A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
Chapter 6 WE BECOME COAL HEAVERS.
Chapter 7 WE ENTER THE THEATRE OF WAR.
Chapter 8 WE JOIN SAMPSON'S FLEET.
Chapter 9 CLEAR SHIP FOR ACTION.
Chapter 10 WE BOMBARD SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
Chapter 11 A PERILOUS MOMENT.
Chapter 12 IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE.
Chapter 13 A NARROW ESCAPE.
Chapter 14 WE ENGAGE IN A SEA FIGHT.
Chapter 15 COALING IN THE TROPICS.
Chapter 16 REMEMBER THE FISH.
Chapter 17 IN GOD'S COUNTRY.
Chapter 18 THE YANKEE ARRIVES OFF SANTIAGO
Chapter 19 HOPE DEFERRED.
Chapter 20 TAPS.
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Chapter 11 A PERILOUS MOMENT.

The scene on the gun deck of the "Yankee" at that moment would have made an eloquent subject for the brush of a Meissonier. It was the deck of a warship in battle, and the spectacle enacted was accompanied, by an orchestra of the mighty guns of a fleet in action.

Imagine a compartment of steel, a compartment filled with smoke that surged and edd

             
            

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