Boom! At this point a gun was fired from shore.
"Giving us a salute!" cried a young officer.
"Of a kind I don't like," answered the lieutenant in a sharp tone. "Salutes are all very well, but not when given in the form of a shell."
The cruiser replied by firing one of its saluting guns.
"No doubt a mistake," was the lieutenant's comment, "but very careless not to know that the gun was shotted."
Boom!
There was a furious shout on the cruiser now. For another gun was fired, and this time a great shell passed over the deck, landing in the water about three hundred yards away.
"No mistake this time!" cried Young Glory, savagely.
"Must be. Up with our colors. Show them another American flag. Then there can't be any excuse."
Up went the Stars and Stripes, amid the cheers of the sailors.