and left him in
a cottage on a creek belonging to a fisherman."

"I know the place!" cried one of the soldiers.

"You did this?" asked the general, incredulously.

"Certainly. It was necessary for the success of my plans. Send to the
cottage, if it's possible to do so."

"It can be done."

"Very well. I entreat you to be quick, general. Much depends on it."

It was rather dangerous work to venture so near the Spanish lines, but
four patriots volunteered at once, and the general, after giving them a
few brief instructions, sent them on their way.

Well mounted, if no mischance happens to them, they would soon be back,
and Young Glory, who was in a boiling passion, quite ignored the
presence of the Cubans, and threw himself on the ground to rest while
awaiting the result.

"I believe he is Young Glory," said the general to one of his officers.
"He doesn't look like an impostor."

"No, sir."

"Well, he's in a temper because I've done my duty. Let him alone. His
young blood will soon cool."

So it did, and Young Glory, on thinking calmly over the matter, saw that
he could not have expected any different treatment to what he had
received.

"General," he said, going up to him, "I was hasty. You must pardon me."

The general smiled.

"I have thought no more of it. Have a cigar. You'll find them good. They
taste better perhaps to me," he added, with a laugh, "because the
tobacco was grown by a Spaniard, one of our bitterest enemies, and they
cost nothing."

The time seemed long. In reality the men--or at least two of them--were
back in an incredibly short space of time.

"Well?" questioned the general.

"We have been there."

"And your comrades?"

"They are safe. We left them behind."

"And this young man's story?"

"Quite true, general, only he forgot to say that he had left two
prisoners in the hut."

"Two!"

"Yes, general," said Young Glory. "One of them is the man who lives in
the hut."

"How did it all happen?"

As Young Glory told the story of the marvelous escape of Dan Daly from
the firing party, with the subsequent details of the pursuit and
eventful safety, the men gathered round and listened with bated breath.

"Senor, it is marvelous!" exclaimed the general, when the recital was
ended. "I had heard something of the extraordinary escape of the
American prisoner before. Now tell me of your future plans."

"That is for your ear alone."

"Stand back, senores," said the general, w