If his identity is discovered before the task is completed, his fate will undoubtedly be that of a spy.

Knowing this fact, are you ready to undertake it ?" "I am, sir," was the decisive reply.
"Good! A commissioned officer was selected for this duty, but he is prevented by illness from performing it.

You have been chosen to take his place on the recommendation of Colonel Roosevelt because of your knowledge of Spanish, your military record, and because you are a native-born American.

I could have found plenty of Cubans to undertake the mission, and possibly one of them would have carried it to a satisfactory ending, but I wanted an American." "Plain North American Yankee," growled General Shafter.
"As you know," continued General Miles, "a powerful expedition is about to leave this place for Cuba.

Very few persons have any idea where it is to land; but you must know that in about ten days from now it will appear off Daiquiri, some twelve miles east of Santiago, in which city I want you to be at that time.