Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-12-31

and a cluster of her people holding on
to them. She was the Virginia of the
Bibby line. 12,O0O tons. and laden. like
the others, with foodstuTs from the
east. The whole surface OF the sea
covered with the floating grain.
.John Bull will have to take up a hole
or TWO OF his belt II this goes on"
said vornal as we watched the scene.
And It was at that moment that the
very worst danger occurred that could
befall us. tremble TO- when I think
how our glorious voyage might have
been nipped in the bud. I had freed
the hatch of my tower and was look
ing at tie boats OF the Virginia with
Normal beside me. when there was q
swish and @ terrific splash In the wa
ter beside u.s., which covered us both
with spray. We locked up, and you
can imagine our feelings when we saw
an %aeroplane lowering a few hundred
feet above us like a hawk. With its
siiencer It was perfectly noiseless. and
had Its bomb not fallen into the sea
we should lever have known what had
destroyed us. She was circling round
In the hope of dropping a second one.
but we showed on all speed a head. cram
med down the rudders and vanished
into the side Of a roller. / kept the
detection indicator falling until ! had
put fifty good feet Of water between
the aeroplane and ourselves, for knew
we'll how deep they car see under the
surface. However, we soon threw her
of our track, and when we came to
the surface near Margaae there was
no sign OF her. r.4ln0 r'a @i ~"
&c There was not a ship In the offing
a v a few small coasters and little
thousand ton steamers, which were be,
meath my notice. For several hours ]
lay submerged with e blank p%eriscope.
Then I had an inspiration. Orders had
been marconied to every food ship to
lie In French waters and dash across
after dark. | was as sure of 1t as II
they bad been recorded In our OWL
receiver. Well, II they were there
that was where i should be also. !
blew out the tanks and rose. for there
was mo sign of any warshlp near.
They had some good system Of sig
Mailing from the shore. however, for ]
had not got to the North Foreland be-
fore three destroyers came foaming
after me, all converging from different
directions. They had about as good a
chance OF catching me as three span
iels would Of overta king a porpoise. Out
Of pure bravadoAI know It was very
wrong--I waited until they were ac-
tually within gunshot. Then sank.
II 10. assl have said. D shallow,
sandy coast, and submarine navigation
Is very d%itiirnit.. The worst mishap that
can befail a boat Is to bury It's nos
in the side OF a sand drift and be held
there. Such an accident might bare
been the end OF u boat. though with
sour Nuess cylinders and electric lamps
we should have found no difficulty IN
getting out ct the air lock and in walk
hog ashore across the bed Of thc ocean.a
As II was. however. | was able, thanks
to our excellent charts. to keep the
channel and 81 to gain the open strait.
There We rose about midday, but, OBJ
serving Il hydroplane af no great dis
lance. We saSk again for half a1 hour.
When We cahne up FOR the second time
an was peaceful around lis, ana tho
English coast wa lining the whole
western horizon. We kept outside the
Goodwins and straight down channel
until we saw a line OF black dots in
front OF us, which I knew to be the
DoversCaiais torpedo boat Gordon.
When two miles distant we dived and
came mp again seven miles to the
southwest without one OF them dream