[Illustration: _HARD CASE IN THE BALTIC._
_A. B. Seaman._ "HERE'S A GO, BILL! YER MIGHT KNOCK ME DOWN WITH THE
BUTT-END OF A MUSKIT, A'MOST! BLOW'D IF THE GAME AIN'T OVER, AND WE
AIN'T HAD NO INNINGS!"]
[Illustration: _A GRIEVANCE._
"I TELL YER WHAT, BILL! I DON'T HALF LIKE THESE HERE MOUSTARCHERS. THEY
DO MOP UP SUCH A LOT OF GROG!"]
[Illustration: _RELICS OF THE SIEGE._
_Ben._ "I SAY, JACK!--GIVE US A LIFT DOWN WITH THESE HERE
_BLOOD-STAINED RUINS_ FROM SEBASTERPOOL!"]
[Illustration: _OUR GUARDS._