. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. e that the imagina-tion of the Americans has been most ac-tive. Tlu v have stood for the gloomy mys-tery of the inquisition and torture and typi-fied the centuries of oppression for which wepersuade ourselves we are making Spainpay the penalty. In short,.Morro representsall the crimes of which we are pleased tobelieve cur enemy stands accused before theworld, and to the romantically inclined issymbolical of that nations departed glory. Bearing these things in mind, I used the But the promenade wa
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. e that the imagina-tion of the Americans has been most ac-tive. Tlu v have stood for the gloomy mys-tery of the inquisition and torture and typi-fied the centuries of oppression for which wepersuade ourselves we are making Spainpay the penalty. In short,.Morro representsall the crimes of which we are pleased tobelieve cur enemy stands accused before theworld, and to the romantically inclined issymbolical of that nations departed glory. Bearing these things in mind, I used the But the promenade was always desertedwhen we passed. Only a few sailors fromthe docks a few yards away walked aboutidly, and when we spoke to them they re-turned our bueno dios with broad were the few lucky fellows who sur-vived the destruction of Cerveras fleet. Leaving the city behind in the hollow ofthe hills by the seashore, we pushed on upthe first ascent toward the blockhouse thatguarded the entrance to the town by theMorro road. It stands at the summit of abarren hill many feet above the highest. MORRO CASTLE AND ESTKELLA BATTERY-SANTIAGO. first opportunity after the city of Santiagoipened to make a visit to Morro. It isa long ride along a mountainous trail over the bills at the east side of theharbor, but the view extends to the rightand left and behind far away to the dim,blue background of the Sierra Madras moun-tains |ect in the landscape I hadmarked before from another viewpoint. Them the tops of the hills, theabandoned lookouts and signal stations, eventhe little villas left alone among groves ofcocoanul palms, looked familiar; but the pic-lOne the less road to Morro leaves Santiago on thewater front at the foot of a boulevard aboutel wide, and the only thoroughfare inthe whole place entitled to a name better than alley. Hows of trees divide driveways and paths for pedestrians, and al either endpavilion for a band of musicians. Heretne wealth an
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