Evening star., 1915-03-28

WaSps out Sheerness evening" lhey
direction the estuary and the aeropanes and hy
doplanes like flights of Crows black dots against the red
western sky They quartered the whole river mouth until
they discovered At last.
Some sharpsighted fellow with telescope board Of
destroyer got sight Of perisoope and for full
speed No doubt he would gladly have rammed
if it had his destruction but that part Of
all sank her and her eastsoutheast with
occasional rise Finally brought her very far
from the Kenth and the searchgh Of pursuers
far the western sky line There lay quietly all
night, for submarine night nothing than very
thirdate surface torpedo boat. Besides all weary
and needed rest Do forget you captains of when you
and trim pumps and and roators
that the human machine needs some tending also.
had put up the wireless above the coming tower
and had difficulty calling up Capt Stephan who
lying he sad off Ventnor and had been unable reach his
station account of engine trouble which he had
right Next morning he proposed to block the Southampton
approach He had destroyed large Indian boat
down channel We exchanged good wishes Like myself he
needed rest.
at in the morning, however and called all hands
to overhaul the boat She somewhat up by the head
owing to the forward torpedoes having been used
med her by opening the forward copensatng tank admitting
much the torpedoes had weighed We also
hauled the staboad air and Of the pescope
which had been Jared by the shock of the first
ploson We had hardly ourselves shpshape when the
morning dawned.
have no doubt that good many ships which have taken
refuge the French ports the first alarm had and
got safely up the river the night Of could have
attacked the but do take rsks-and there
always risks for submarine night But had miscau
lated time and there she abreast Warden point
when daylight disclosed her In instant after
her. It thing for she Aer and could do two
miles but reached her she swash
ing BY She at the last for attacked her
awash otherwise could have had the pace reach
her
She swung away and the first torpedo missed
ond took her full under the Heavens smash!
The whole seemed go aoft drew off and watched
her sink She down in minutes leaving her
and tunnels the water and cluster Of her people holding
them She the Virginia Of the Bibby line-1zooo
tonsand laden like the Others with foodsus from the
The whole surface of the covered with the floating
grain.
"John Bull will have up hole of his
if this goes on, said Vornal watched the
And it was that that the very worst danger
CURED that could beal US trenbe when think how
glorious voyage might have been nipped the bud had
freed the hatch Of and looking the boats of
the Virginia with Vornal beside when there swish
and terrific splash in the water beside which covered
both with spray We looked and you imagine feel
ings when aeropane lowering few hundred feet
above like hawk With its silencer perfectly
less and had its bomb fallen into the should
have known what had destroyed u.s.
She circling around in hope of dropping
one but showed all speed ahead crammed down the
rrdders and vanished into the side of roller kept the
Election indicator falling until had put fifty good feet of
between the aeropane and ourselves for knew well how deep
they under the surface However, threw her
off track, and when the surface Margae
there sign of her. unless she Of several which
towering Herne bay
There ship in the of6ng few small
ers and little thousandton steamers which beneath my
notice For several hours lay submerged with blank peri
scope Then had inspiration. Orders had been Marconed
to every oodsp lie French and dash
dark of if they had been recorded in
own receiver. Well, if they there, that where
should be also
blew the tanks and for there was sign OF
any warshp They had good system signaling
the shore however for had not got the North Fore
land before three destroye came foaming after all
verging from different directions They had about good
Of catching three panies would of overtakng
porpose Out of pure bravado7I know very wrong-I
waited until they actually within gunsho Then sank
and we saw each other
1t is have said shallow, sandy coast submarine
navigation very difficult The worst mshap that befa
bury its in the side of sand drift and be held
there accident might have been the boat
though with Fuess cylinders and electric lamps should