Chapter I: Front Matter

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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 story complete 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's deservedly 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.