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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.
=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
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.