Mr. Bryan declines the kindly offices of The Hague--More Americans leave Mexico City--Lieutenant Rowan arrives--Guarding the Embassy--Elim keeps within call. Page 272 XXII Vera Cruz taken--Anti-American demonstrations--Refugees at the Embassy--A long line of visitors--A dramatic incident in the cable-office--Huerta makes his first and last call at the Embassy. Page 285 XXIII The wedding of President Huerta’s son--Departure from the Embassy--Huerta’s royal accommodations--The journey down to Vera Cruz--The white flag of truce--We reach the American lines. Page 298 XXIV Dinner on the _Essex_--The last fight of Mexico’s naval cadets--American heroes--End of the Tampico incident--Relief for the starving at San Juan Ulua--Admiral Fletcher’s greatest work. Page 318 XXV Our recall from Mexican soil--A historic dinner with General Funston--The navy turns over the town of Vera Cruz to the army--The march of the six thousand blue-jackets--Evening on the _Minnesota_. Page 338 XXVI Homeward bound--Dead to the world in Sarah Bernhardt’s luxurious cabin--Admiral Badger’s farewell--“The Father of Waters”--Mr. Bryan’s earnest message--Arrival at Washington--_Adelante!_ Page 348 ILLUSTRATIONS MRS. NELSON O’SHAUGHNESSY _Frontispiece_ A VIEW OF POPOCATEPETL AND IZTACCIHUATL _Facing p._ 6 MRS. ELLIOTT COUES “ 16 ELIM “ 16 V. HUERTA “ 60 VILLA DE GUADALUPE “ 86 THE FLOATING GARDENS OF XOCHIMILCO “ 126 ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK “ 136 ADMIRAL F. F. FLETCHER “ 136 HUERTA’S SOLDIERS WATCHING THE REBEL ADVANCE “ 150 A GROUP OF OJINAGA REFUGEES “ 150 THE GUARD THAT STOPPED US “ 172 “THE WOMAN IN WHITE”--FROM SAN JUAN HILL “ 182 THE “DIGGINGS” (AZCAPOTZALCO) “ 206 THE PYRAMID OF SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN “ 206 THE SIESTA “ 258 FOREWORD Though the events recorded in these letters are known to all the world, they may, perhaps, take on another significance seen through the eyes of one who has loved Mexico for her beauty and wept for the disasters that have overtaken her.