104
XVIII. CLIF FARADAY'S SACRIFICE. 112
XIX. A FAREWELL. 120
XX. AN UNEXPECTED PERIL. 127
XXI. RECAPTURED BY THE ENEMY. 133
XXII. CUTTING A CABLE. 139
XXIII. A PERILOUS DETAIL. 146
XXIV. THE CUBAN COURIER. 152
XXV. "IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY AND THE SAILORS OF THE MAINE!" 158
XXVI. A GAME OF BLUFF. 164
XXVII. IN WHICH CLIF MEETS WITH A SURPRISE. 170
XXVIII. A STRUGGLE AGAINST ODDS. 176
XXIX. CLIF'S SECOND EXPEDITION. 182
XXX. THE BATTLE IN THE BRUSH. 187
XXXI. CAPTURED. 194
XXXII. CLIF FARADAY'S TEST. 201
XXXIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE UNEXPLODED SHELL. 208

A PRISONER OF MORRO

CHAPTER I.

SIGHTING A PRIZE.

About noon of a day in May during the recent year the converted tug
Uncas left Key West to join the blockading squadron off the northern
coast of Cuba.

Her commander was Lieutenant Raymond, and her junior officer Naval Cadet
Clifford Faraday. The regular junior officer was absent on sick leave,
and Cadet Faraday had been assigned to his place in recognition of
gallant conduct.

The ropes were cast off, and slowly the tug glided away from the dock
and out toward the open sea.

It was not very long before the harbor of Key West was left behind, and
then began the long trip to Havana. It was over a hundred miles, and
that meant seven or eight hours' journey for the Uncas.

But the Uncas was a good, stout vessel, unusually swift for a tug, and
she made the water fairly fly when once she got clear of the land.

Clif leaned against one of the rapid-firing guns in the bow and gazed
longingly ahead; he was anxious to reach his destination.

There were wild rumors concerning Spanish fleets, Cadiz squadrons and
Cape Verde squadrons and Mediterranean squadrons, which were continually
being sighted or heard of nearby; and for all Clif knew the decisive
battle of the war might be f