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The captain called from the pilot-house. "Mr. Shackles! Oh, Mr. Shackles! " The correspondent moved hastily to a window. "What is it, Captain? " The skipper of the _Adolphus_ raised a battered finger and pointed over the bows. "See 'er? " he asked, laconic but quietly jubilant. Another steamer was smoking at full speed over the sun-lit seas. A great billow of pure white was on her bows. "Great Scott! " cried Shackles. "Another Spaniard?"
"No," said the captain, "that there is a United States cruiser!"