I mess with the officers, but the other correspondents, the Associated Press and Ralph Paine of The World and Press of Philadelphia, with the middies.

Paine got on because Scovel of The World has done so much secret service work for the admiral, running in at night and taking soundings, and by day making photographs of the coast, also carrying messages to the insurgents.
It is a wonderful ship, like a village, and as big as the Paris.

We drift around in the sun or the moonlight, and when we see a light, chase after it.

There is a band on board that plays twice a day.

It is like a luxurious yacht, with none of the ennui of a yacht.