The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Or, Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal

"I am sorry that I have been the means of putting you to so much trouble," he said, with a slight bow, "but whatever I did I considered in line with my duty. Please believe that."

The vessel came to anchor some distance from shore. It was announced that the ship would lay there for several hours, and the captain gave notice that those desiring to land wou...

Suddenly Shirley gave an exclamation of delight. She had recognized the visitor even at this distance, which was too great for the others to perceive his identity. Mabel looked...

The special train bearing Mr. Willing, Colonel Ashton, Dick and Captain Von Blusen arrived in Mazatlan only two hours after that on which Shirley and Mabel had reached the city....

Aboard the _Yucatan_ was a woman passenger, who, on the trip up the Pacific, had made herself very agreeable to the members of the Willing party. She was not an American althoug...

"You may well be surprised," said the general, a touch of bitterness in his tone, it seemed to Shirley, "and no doubt you are to see the President of the country in such a predi...

In the distance the Cuban city of Havana was slipping slowly from sight. Aft on the promenade deck Shirley, Mabel and the others of the party, together with many other passenger...

The Nicaraguans met the first charge of the bluejackets bravely enough, but they were now opposed to men who knew not the meaning of the word defeat, nor what it meant to retrea...

It was Shirley who spoke. They stood among the crowd that thronged the largest department store in Savannah, Ga. The _Yucatan_ had put into Savannah early that morning, and lear...

The _Tennessee_ returned immediately to Colon, followed by the _Yucatan_, now manned by a crew of American sailors. The run was made quickly, and darkness had just descended whe...

At a word from Mr. Willing, after several hours of rowing, Shirley and Mabel cuddled up in their end of the boat and tried to sleep; but this they found impossible, and all thro...

The speaker was Shirley Willing, a typical Kentucky girl, slender of figure, vivacious of manner, and extremely pretty. With her father, she stood on the big, sunny front porch...

"I'll have to keep a closer watch on you two," declared Mr. Willing. "Every time you get away by yourselves you run into trouble. And you won't always come out of it so easily."

A boat put off from shore; it was the last of the _Yucatan's_ small craft, which had been awaiting the return of late passengers. It was too far away for the watchers to identif...

It was a long tedious journey to Mazatlan, and it was after noon of the following day when Shirley and Mabel followed their captors from the train upon which they had spent the...

"This," said Captain Anderson, waving his hand, as the steamer entered a little harbor, "is Champerico, the only Guatemalan port at which we shall touch. It is the last Central...

When Colonel Ashton, Mr. Willing, and U. S. Consul Edwards left the home of Hernandez, alias Martinez, following their brief interview, they looked about for Dick who had said h...

The _Yucatan_, upon leaving New York, did not head straight for Colon. Her route took her down the coast, where she would make several stops. The first would be at Savannah, the...

All eyes were turned in the direction indicated. There, showing dimly through the gathering darkness, steamed a dark gray shape. Another glance from the lookout was enough to co...

There was no denying the fact that both girls were badly frightened. They darted hither and thither about the room, seeking a means of egress; but there was none and they finall...

It was the morning following the departure from Champerico, and the _Yucatan_ had been halted by a shot fired across her bow. Officers and passengers alike were curious as to th...

In the one brief glance in which he had perceived the return of the soldiers, Dick had been unable to determine whether their presence had been discovered, but he believed it wi...

Mr. Willing and Colonel Ashton, to go back to the time that Dick left them after the departure of Consul Harrington, were greatly alarmed when the boy failed to return immediate...

"Not without such instructions from Washington," was the reply. "My duties are clearly defined. The Japanese ships cannot pass through the canal while German merchantmen are in...

"This," she said, indicating the German officer, "is Captain Von Blusen, a German naval officer. He informs me that he is seeking, for his government, a naval base on the Pacifi...

As Shirley and Mabel, from their shelter among the branches, peered across the plain, they saw puffs of smoke issue from the now kneeling body of men. Sharp reports came to thei...

"Just as I expected," declared Mr. Willing. "Now I've got this to say. Already you have been the means of getting my daughter and the colonel's daughter into your scrapes. They...

It was the morning of the twelfth of June that the party of five went early to Paris to catch the eight o'clock train for Cincinnati. Dick had arrived the night before, and in s...

The two days spent in New York City were days of wonder to Shirley, Mabel and Dick. They were on the go every minute of the time, sightseeing. From one end of the city to the ot...

"We never doubted that we should get away in some manner," declared Shirley. "We were sure you would find us, but when the chance for escape came we took advantage of it."