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  OFF SANTIAGO WITH SAMPSON

  THE "Stories of American History" Series.

  By JAMES OTIS,

  Author of "Toby Tyler," "Jenny Wren's Boarding House," etc. Each storycomplete in one volume; with 17 original illustrations by L. J.Bridgman.

  Small 12mo, neatly bound in extra cloth, 75 cents each.

  =1. When Dewey Came to Manila.=

  =2. Off Santiago with Sampson.=

  Two new volumes on the recent Spanish-American War, in the author'sdeservedly popular "Stories of American History" Series.

  =3. When Israel Putnam Served the King.=

  =4. The Signal Boys of '75=: A Tale of the Siege of Boston.

  =5. Under the Liberty Tree=: A Story of the Boston Massacre.

  =6. The Boys of 1745= at the Capture of Louisburg.

  =7. An Island Refuge=: Casco Bay in 1676.

  =8. Neal the Miller=: A Son of Liberty.

  =9. Ezra Jordan's Escape= from the Massacre at Fort Loyall.

  Dana Estes & Co., Publishers, Boston.

 

  OFF SANTIAGO WITH SAMPSON

  BY JAMES OTIS

  AUTHOR OF "JENNY WREN'S BOARDING-HOUSE," "JERRY'S FAMILY," "THE BOYS' REVOLT," "THE BOYS OF 1745," ETC.

  Illustrated

  BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY 1899

  Copyright, 1899

  BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

  Colonial Press: Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. "KEEP OUT" 11

  II. KEEP IN 31

  III. OFF SANTIAGO 48

  IV. THE MERRIMAC 66

  V. THE CHASE 86

  VI. TEDDY'S DADDY 103

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE

  THE MARIA TERESA IN FLAMES _Frontispiece_

  AT THE GATEWAY 12

  TALKING WITH THE LONGSHOREMAN 17

  THE MERRIMAC 22

  TEDDY COMES ON BOARD THE MERRIMAC 27

  SETTING THE HIDING-PLACE IN ORDER 34

  TEDDY DISCLOSES HIMSELF 41

  THE FLEET 51

  "'THIS 'ERE STEAMER IS GOIN' TO BE SUNK'" 57

  THE TEXAS 63

  SAILORS FROM THE TEXAS 68

  KEEPING WATCH OF THE BROOKLYN 73

  THE SINKING OF THE MERRIMAC 79

  THE SUNKEN MERRIMAC 83

  TEDDY TRIES TO ASSIST THE WOUNDED SAILOR 90

  THE TEXAS IN THE FIGHT 99

  OFF SANTIAGO WITH SAMPSON.