Show 1 I 1 I 1 IT WAS FUNNY BUTA I 1 I 1 torpedo H HW fotr W adventure 00 havana in the earlier days of the war while the excitement of the new condition ol of I 1 affairs was still at its height the comi amanders mandera of the different craft engaged in the blockade of havana were rest I 1 iless less under the monotony of theia I 1 duties and sometimes did things that tha were not ordered by b the commander in chief so writes a naval correspondent I 1 spon dent of the companion and hi proceeds to narrate a pretty lively adventure as ae a e a case in point one on fsr ar ticul arly dark night the captain of a i torpedo boat decided to take advantage of the darkness and run well in ID toward the morro with all lighta I 1 doused the boat steamed slowly toward i the entrance of the harbor until her crew could hear plainly the breaking on the rocks under the castle castie while the boat rolled lazily in ID the swell the officers tried to make out i the guns and the fortifications at the harbor mouth suddenly as the boat boal gave a heavy roll the switch that turned on the private night signal was waa moved and a blaze of red and I 1 white light illuminated the antim boat every one made a dash to tc break the connection in the ru ruah ob thal th colored cook managed to roll over I 1 board and as he went over the side bf h grabbed at everything handy amous amoni the things he be took hold of unfortunately I 1 was the whistle rope if th boat had bad been foundering nothing more could have been done to attract attention the big searchlight search light on the morro twitched d around in an uncertain manner and turned slowly toward the boat boal before it reached them the people on the torpedo p boat maina managed ed to turn off the signal the spasmodic shrieking of the whistle whist 14 I 1 stopped when the cook was hauled aboard and the boat escaped in the I 1 darkness without a shot being fired at her the next time his boat went in I 1 the captain took in his private night signal and the cook had orders to stay in the galley youths companion |