and
lower until they directly overhung the ship. There was great excitement
aboard the ship. Officers hurried here and there shouting orders to
their men, and the cavalrymen rushed about in a frenzy of haste, trying
to devise means to save their horses, most of which were stabled upon
the deck. Archie looked on in breathless interest, and was surprised
to find that he wasn't at all frightened. He even found himself making
mental notes of the scene, so that he could send the story of it all to
Mr. Van Bunting when he reached Manila.

There was but little time for rushing about, and it was soon evident
that the horses would many of them be lost, because there seemed to be
absolutely no way of saving them if the waves were high enough to break
over the bulwarks. The storm soon broke in great fury, beginning with a
fierce wind which swept the waves before it. There was but little rain,
and the waves rose higher and higher with every minute, until the heavy
ship began to roll and pitch in a frightful way, so that the soldiers
began to think, some of them, that she would certainly sink. Finally the
waves were so high they dashed themselves over the decks, and no one was
allowed above the gangways. The cries of the poor horses, as they felt
themselves being washed overboard, were frightful to hear, and many
a trooper cried himself as he thought of his horse foundering in the
raging sea without. Before many minutes all was as dark as night, though
the watch pointed to but four o'clock, and all lights were burning below
deck. It was impossible to keep a light above, for no lantern could burn
in such a storm.

The waves began gradually to subside at ten o'clock at night, and a slow
steady rain came, which soon calmed the sea to a great extent. As soon
as it was safe to go above deck, it was found that more than a hundred
horses had been lost overboard, and that one mast had been carried away.
Down below nearly every man was in his bunk, for there was scarcely a
person who was not seasick, and most of them wouldn't have cared if
the ship had gone down with all aboard, such was their feeling of
despondency. Archie was as sick as any of the others, but was able to
make notes of occurrences just the same. And when he grew better the
next day, he wrote an excellent account of the storm to send to the
Enterprise on his arrival in Manila.

After this rough weather experience, every man aboard was anxious
to reach port, and when, aft