With that they were conducted into the camp, where the major had about him eighty of the most daring riders in Cuba.
Thus our hero had gained the Cuban ranks. He was destined to become one of the most famous fighters of them all.
That night Hal Maynard slept under the flag of Free Cuba.
But he dreamed of the coming of the Stars and Stripes!
[THE END.]
Cuba is the scene of splendid deeds! The struggle of her people for the Heaven-born boon of independence has commanded the whole world’s admiration, just as the Starry Flag Weekly’s series of Cuban war stories will win the hearty applause of all American readers. Hal Maynard and Juan Ramirez played manly, dashing parts in that hot-blooded struggle. What was perhaps their greatest exploit of all will be thrillingly told by Douglas Wells in “Gomez’s Yankee Scout; or, The Blow that Told for Cuba,” which will be published complete in next week’s Starry Flag Weekly, No. 2. This series will embrace by far the best Cuban war stories that will be Published!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
It is the unchanging object of the publishers of the STARRY FLAG WEEKLY to have the best stories of adventure that can be procured, regardless of expense or trouble. Following this policy, the publishers decided some weeks ago to send Mr. Douglas Wells to Cuba. Mr. Wells, being an old campaigner, is accustomed to moving on short notice. Within two hours of the receipt of his orders he was speeding southward “under light equipment.”
Mr. Wells has spent many years of his eventful life in the armed camps of the world. He has spent many more years of his life in describing what he has seen, in works ranging all the way from history to romance. His long and varied experience, powers of observation, and knowledge of human nature have all greatly aided him in knowing just what subjects to depict, therefore, on reaching Havana he lost no time in getting to work. In the face of many difficulties he succeeded in obtaining permission to proceed into the interior, and he was soon among the insurgents. Then followed days of hard, rough riding, scant sleep and poor and little food. He was received by General Gomez, of the Cuban Army, and, after witnessing much of the Cuban drilling and some of the fighting made his way from the island to Key West.