"Bombarded by revolutionists."
"Great Scott! Where?"
"Off Port Livingston."
"If those fellows to the south don't capture that little scoundrel, Pitou, before long, some of the bigger nations ought to interfere."
"He's captured," said Matt.
"Is that so? I didn't think Mendez would ever do it."
"He didn't. We're the ones!"
"Well, well! How did you manage?"
"The general got tangled up in his spurs, and before he could get clear we snaked him below decks."
A roar of laughter came through the cruiser's megaphone.