Show UNCLE SAMS CRUISERS they look like a yachts among amone british ironclads Iron Irone lads almost like yachts they look compared par ell with ill some of their huge net neighbors 9 h for somo some ol of groat great D britaina Brit rit a ins ains strong eat and most terrible sea monsters are gathered in thu the harbor lying on the water as it if in slumber quiet and tranquil enough now but ready to awaken at their mistress bidding and vomit forth death and deva devastation from their clad sides close to our ship Is the anson on the 0 ther other side the huge benbow Hen bow with massive black hull and white fortress like superstructure points the tha muzzle e of her enormous guns spins over the tops topi of 0 the tur ret like barbettes barrettes bar bettes on her docks decks lore fore and aft while from tho the ports in her sides the cannon sot her batteries menacingly outward A rings frings of davits from which here and there a boat Is 19 ha hanging ging runs on both sides of 0 her upper deck I 1 and her tall military mast the tops bristling with machine guns tapers aloft amidships tho anson flies dies tho the hag 1139 of oatho the rear kear admiral on her quarter deck scarlet coated white helmeted hel metod marines are drawn up and the band is playing alongside of 0 her sorn some e boats boat a are lying further out in the bay tho the iron duke Du kohas has shaken out her topsails top sails and the tha canvas droops from the long yards in g graceful u folds while from her bows to aft of her mainmast main mast tha white clothing of other lier crew hanging thereto dry flutters from the clotheslines clothes lines over by the long stone wall 0 shenew the new stole tile the north northumberland u m her aai dl and n th the 0 a id colossus tile the vice admirals admiral ship ap a and r d a number of smaller vessels vessel a dissat dispatch c h boats and yachts are arc moored while back among tho the colliers the monarchs white while ensign marks the presence of a man maa of war in their midst in the offing another naval monster the camper down is steaming aloi slowly ily out to sea the harbor is alive with rowboats and launches of 0 all kinds yonder glancing like a fish haaf erver ging from the water comes a small queerly shaped craft Ci circling with atohi shing rapidity around our ship for a moment it darts oft off suddenly and with a swish and quick splash something drops fro from ra its side A moment later abdull a dull report a flash of lire fire and a little puff of blue smoke curling over the water sonio some distance beyond us where a little red lias flag waves from a sort of buoy floating there shows us that tile the torpedo that wo we have just seen launched has reached its mark SG fw for october |