"Do you know the channel," asked Merritt as Rob with his eyes glued on the coast sent the Flying Fish through the waves, or rather wavelets, for the sea was almost like a sheet of glass.

"What's to be done now?" shouted Merritt in his car.

Spain Clings to the Ghost of Her ColoniesThe Scene of War Interest Shifts from ManilaThe Typhoon SeasonGeneral Merritt on the Way to ParisGerman Target Practice by Permission of DeweyPoultney Bigalow with Canoe, Typewriter and KodakHongkong as a Bigger and Brighter Gibraltar CHAPTER XXIII.

"Say, Tubby," spoke Merritt at length, "I'm beginning to think myself that it might not be a bad idea to put back.

"I've got to get my boat back and beat Rob's Flying Fish, and that hydroplane can do it." "Can you match that?" exclaimed Merritt to the fat youth, as Sam strolled away.

The governor-general's palace, with General Merritt for General, was a workshop, and the highly decorated apartments, lofty and elaborate, were put to uses that had an appearance of being incongruous.

"Have you explored the island thoroughly?" asked Merritt under his breath.

The city of Manila was then blockaded by Dewey's fleet, and General Merritt with 20,000 troops was sent across the Pacific to take possession of the Philippines, which had long been Spain's most important possession in the East.