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Updated: May 28, 2025
The three men were soon sleeping peacefully, and they did not awake until the sun had already risen. On Duty at Havilla When they woke they heard the noise of voices in the village and hastened thither. The chiefs had already arrived and were exchanging greetings with Carlos and the other residents.
In another hour they passed the scene of the great naval battle. They could just distinguish the hulks of the wrecks well in shore. "And there's Havilla!" cried Cleary. And Havilla it was. They entered the great Oriental port with its crowded shipping. Small native boats were darting about between merchantmen and men-of-war.
I tell you we're a great combination, you and I. Perhaps I'll write a book and call it, 'With Jinks at Havilla. Rather an original title, isn't it? But I'm afraid that all this talk at home will not make you very popular with the officers here, who knew you when you were only a captain. What would you say to being transferred to Porsslania?
The Anglian officers like to hint at the frauds in our quartermaster's department at Havilla, but I shut them up by asking how much their officers made off the horses they bought for South Africa in Hungary. Then they shut up like a clasp-knife.
Burton was one of the officers who were poring over the map, and he began to explain a general advance in the direction of the enemy. He pointed out the position which they were now supposed to occupy, some ten miles away. "We ought to move out our lines to-morrow," he explained, "within, say, three or four miles of theirs. The regiments will keep the same order that they're in here at Havilla.
There was one great subject of dispute, the respective merits of the two admirals who had overcome the Castalian fleet at Havilla. Some ascribed the victory to the one and some to the other, but to take one side was to put an end to all friendships on the other. "See here, Sam," said Cleary, not long after they had been out of sight of land, "who are you for, Admiral Hercules or Admiral Slewey?
Good-by, Havilla," he added, waving his hat toward the capital. "It makes me feel happy to think that I have actually ended the war by capturing Gomaldo." "Not much!" cried Cleary. "Didn't you hear the news this morning? The Cubapinos are twice as active as ever. They're rising everywhere."
"One hundred more saloons in Havilla than there were at this time last year! Can that be possible?" ejaculated the latter. "Yes, and I'm behind fifty-eight of them. That agent I sent out ahead is a jewel." "Have you been up at the Bible Society?" "Yes, and I've got special terms on a hundred thousand Testaments in Castalian and the native languages.
We only brought him here and made use of him, supplying him with some arms and letting him take charge of some of our prisoners. We couldn't tell him that we intended to keep the islands, because we were using him and couldn't get on without him. He's an ignorant fellow and hasn't the first idea of the behavior of an officer and a gentleman." "Well, how did you take Havilla?" asked Sam.
The news of the capture preceded the party, and when, after a march of several days, they arrived at Havilla, Sam was received as a conquering hero by the army. Cleary took the first opportunity to grasp his hand. "Is it really a great and noble act?" Sam whispered.
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