CHAPTER XXVII.
A LETTER OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
During the time which passed Dan and I attended to both Longley and Matt Gory's wounds, and also did what we could for the two Spaniards. The dead man was placed in the cellar.
As I have mentioned, the Irish sailor's wound was not a serious affair, and he soon insisted that he was as ready for fighting as ever. Longley, however, was in bad shape, and I felt he ought to have a doctor's attention.
"Tell me where I can find a doctor and I'll go for him," I said, and he gave me the necessary directions, and I slipped off by a back alleyway.
Luckily I found the medical man at home. He was an Englishman and readily consented to come over to the offices and do what he could for Longley.
"They should not harm him, since he is not in this fight," said the doctor. "Do you imagine they mistreat Spaniards in San Francisco and New York so? It is against international rules of war and Spain will gain nothing by such a course."
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