The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-24

But now there was something else for
him to watch. The Utah had broken
out a little string of flags from her
signal yard-arm!
Emery could have cheered as he read
the magic number. The Admiral's or
ders would reach the fleet. He must
report at once. But before he turned
to go he looked again at the submarine
only two hundred yards astern. There
was figure at the bow-bareheaded
soaked, battered, almost swept away at
times, lying at full length, holding on
with legs and arms. like man riding
bucking horse. Emery could see him
working with a wrench, hammering and
screwing at the bolt
An instant later the steel hawser
Stacked away and, like a spent fish
released from the hook. the submarine
wallowed and swayed in the fiagship's
wake. The brave fellow forward nearly
lost his hold-twice he hauled himself
back by sheer strength of arm, the seas
washed over him, hiding him completes
~, while the plunging little craft reeled
like a crazy thing. Not daring to stand
erect, the man crept slowly aft. The
lid was raised again, and in he crawled
head foremost The cover shut upon
his heels In an instant the Adder turn
ed and, sinking slowly until nothing
but her standpipe showed, wriggled off
to the eastward. AS Emery ran forward
across the deck his foot struck some
thing-it was a range-1nder, broken
and twisted. He looked up at the
fighting top. Over the edge hung a
limp arm and open hand. He shut his
eyes hard for moment, and made a
rush for the coming tower. He found
the Admiral half leaning on Captain
Howarth's shoulder. His face showed
the awful strain.
THE signal has been flown from the
Utah, sir. The fleet must have it now.
1 ordered the Adder to cast off and
attack, SIR
well done." cried the fleet captain.
1.-The ships are turning, see!"
He pointed to one of the Sits out of
which the executive was looking. En-
cry stepped to the next one. Almost
all of the vessels were putting their
bows to the eastward. It was the final
efforti Brave indeed, but it seemed as
hopeless and unpromising as the charge
of the Light Brigade. Some of the
ships could hardly manage to swing,
and, to his horror, the fag-Iieutenant
saw lHeTe were WIQe gaps IN the DIOk-
en- line
He closed his eyes and, shuddering,
turned away. Just then he had seen
one of the armored cruisers sway to
one side and slowly settle, going down,
down, until the colors at her masthead
tapped on the surface once or twice
in a forlorn farewell before they dis
appeared.
If the laundering uDrOar had been
fierce before, now it was redoubled.
Again and again the flagship staggered
and trembIed. Three shots struck fair
against the eight-inch turret, two burst
on the heavy armor OF the one Beneath.
the wide rents in the top
gaIlant-forecastle the waters were
rushing in and out as the bow sank or
lifted. Objects of all kinds were being
washed Up from below. The Arizona
had settled two feet at her water-line;
but her engines kept on going steadily,
and beneath her armored skin she was
as tight as a tea-kettle. The connec-
ton with the engine-roOm was now
intact: only one steampipe had broken.
and that had been soft-Datched and
nended. Her guns were busy from all
her turrets and from her broadside
port battery. The starboard battery
lad not yet come into play.
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