1/17 CHAPTER XVI. Cienfuegos was passed, and presently the cruiser was taken nearer shore. The lookouts were told to keep watch for horsemen riding near the beach. This order aroused our flagging interest, and the majority of men on board maintained a careful scrutiny of the white strip of land just beyond the breakers. It was just after passing a deep inlet that one of the lookouts espied a group of men gathered near the water's edge. |