[Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving Hancock]@TWC D-Link bookDave Darrin at Vera Cruz CHAPTER XIX 7/8
Take ten men and go into the street, keeping close watch." Twenty minutes later Trent came out, followed by his command, with whom marched the fuming Cantor, a prisoner. "Darrin, there must be a secret passage from the cellar," Trent told his subordinate, "but we have been unable to find it.
We are bringing with us the body of the sniper that Riley shot on the roof." Line was formed and the detachment started back, Danny Grin and two sailormen acting as a rear guard against possible attack. Arrived at the post-office Trent, accompanied by Cantor and the latter's guards, hurried off in search of the commanding officer of the shore force. Fifteen minutes later Lieutenant Trent returned. "I was sustained," he informed Dave and Dan.
"It was tough, but the commanding officer directed me to send Cantor under escort back to the '_Long Island_,' with a brief report stating why that officer was placed in arrest." There followed more waiting, during which the sound of individual firing over the city became more frequent.
Cantor's guard returned from the "_Long Island_," with word that Captain Gales had ordered that officer in arrest in his own quarters. At last orders for Trent's detachment arrived. "We are to push on into the city," Trent informed his ensigns. "Twenty more '_Long Island_' men will reach us within three minutes. We are to silence snipers, and kill them if we catch them red-handed in firing on our forces.
Above all, we are directed to be on the alert for any Americans or other foreigners who may be in need of help.
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