Argosy, Vol. 85, No. 3 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOSY Vol. LXXXV JUNE, 1917 No. 3 Author ef “A Call to Arms,” “ The Chase of the Concession,”’ etc. COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE. CHAPTER I. GUANAMA’S GRATITUDE. OMING from almost any American in Guanama, the statement would have been mildly startling; com- ing from Edward Hemmett, so long the sturdy citizen of the United States, it was downright amazing. “T guess I’m not an American any longer. I’m an honest-to-goodness Gua- naman for the rest of my days.” Fernandez, his father-in-law, smiled the plump and placid smile of advanced 1 ARGOSY middle age and gazed from the terrace of the Edward Hemmett home. Sloping away from the hilltop to the water’s edge, the capital city of Puerto Carlo lay with its million lights. Beyond stretched the big harbor, twinkling in the rays of the moon, rich with the little red-and-green spots that meant ships, while off on the distant north crescent-point at the harbor’s mouth the huge search-light of the new fort played aimlessly up and down the skies. | “You have never taken out your 353 MICLOO S C©