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I was in truth in the very article of peril; I was blown; my breath was near gone, when at the critical moment up comes a gallant youth subvenisti homini jam perdito and with dexterous hand stays the enemy in his course." "But what was it all about? Do you know the man?" "Ods my life! 'twas a complete stranger, a man, I should guess, of hasty passions and tetchy temper.
The fishing-boat Perdito was sighted making for Havana harbour, and overhauled only when she was directly under the guns of Morro Castle, where a single shot from the fortification might have sunk either craft. After a prize-crew had been put on board Rear-Admiral Sampson decided to turn her loose, and so she was permitted to return to Havana to spread the news of the blockade.