_Cristo del Grao_!...
would that the war would last forever!...
The _Mare Nostrum's_ third voyage from South America to Europe came suddenly to an end in Naples, where they were unloading wheat and hides.

A collision at the entrance of the port, with an English hospital ship that was going to the Dardanelles, injured her stern, carrying away a part of the screw.
Toni roared with impatience upon learning that they would have to remain nearly a month in enforced idleness.

Italy had not yet intervened in the war, but her defensive precautions were monopolizing all naval industries.

It was not possible to make the repairs sooner, although Ferragut well knew what this loss of time would represent in his business.

Valuable freight was waiting for him in Marseilles and Barcelona, but, wishing to tranquillize himself and to pacify his mate, he would say repeatedly: "England will indemnify us....