The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-01-28

the match OF my tower and was look
ing at the boats VI the Virginia with
Nornal beside me when there was q
swisb aud q terrific splash IN the wa
tel beside us. which covered Us botb
With spray. We hooked up, aud yo,
can Imagine our feIings when we cav
an aeropiane towering a few hundred
fevt above Ne like hawk With its
siiencer u wis perfectly noiseiess, AMI
bad Its bomb not fallen Into the SCI
We should never have known what had
destroyed ~. She WIS cirrling rvundi
In the bope of dropping q sss-ond one
but we showed on all speed ahead. cram
med down the rudders and Vanished
Into the side of q roller. kept the
detection Indicator falling until ! had
put tifty good feet OF water between
the aerophne aud ourselves. for knew
well how deep they can see under the
surface. However. we soon threw her
on our track. and when We came to
the surface near Msrgate there WINS
NO sign OF her.
There was not q ship In the ofing
save q few small coasters and little
thousand ton steamers. which were he
meath my notice. For several hours
lay submerged with blank periscvpe
Then had an inspiration. Orders had
been marconied to every food ship %
lie Ia French waters and dash across
after dark. ! was as sure of &c as u
they had been rtSorded In our own
rveeiver. Well. n they were there
that was where I should be also.
blew out the tanks and rv~e. for there
was no stgn Of any warshlp near
They had some good system Of sig.
mailing from the sbore. however. for I
had not got to the North foreland be-
fore three dpstrvyers came foamins
after me. all converging from different
directions They had about rs good a
chance VI catchlng me as three span
ieis would VI overtaking porpoise. Out
OF pure bravado-i know Il was very
wrong-i waited until they were nc
tualiy within gunshot Then . sank.
Il In. as ! have said. a shallow.
sandy coast. and submarine navigation
In very difficult rhe worst mishap that
can befali n boat In to bury It's nose
In the side OF a sand drift and be held
there. Such an accident might have
been the end OF our boet. though with
our Fluess cylinders and electric lamps
we should have found no diffirulty IN
getting out az the air lock and In walk
ing ashore acruss the bed OF the ocean.
A A. h.. 4 h. ..l<..
~ our excellent charts. TO keep the
channel aud 40 to gain the open strait
There we nu~e about midday. but. Oh
serving a hydropiane az no great dis
tance. We sank again for half an hour
When we came up for the second time
oil was peaceful around Ms. and the
English coast was lining the whole
western horizon. We kept outside the
Goodwins aud straight down channei
until We saw q line Of black dots In
front OF US. which ! knew to be the
Dover-C Calais torpedo boat GORDON
When two miles distant we dived and
ame up again seven miles to the
south west without one Of them dream
Ing that we had been within thirty
feet OF their keels.
When we rvse a large steamer dying
the German dag was within half
mile OF ms. u was the North German
Lloyd Altoona. from New York 20
Bremen. raised our whole hull and
dipped our dag 10 her. Il was anus
Ing 60 see the amaxement OF her PEG
pie at what they must have regarded
n our unparalleled impudence In those
English swept waters. They cheerrd
% heartily. and the tricolor dag war
drew Oh ana watched her sink. she
went down In seven minutes. leaving
her masts and tunnels over the water
and a cluster OF her people holding on
to them. She was the virginia OF the
Bibby line. 1900 tons. ana laden. like
the others with foOdstutrs from the
east. The whole surface OF the sen
was covered with the floating grain.
-John Bull win have TO take up u hole
Or two of his belt 10 this goes on."
said vOrnal as We watched the scene
And II WIS nc that moment that the
very worst danger occurred that could
hefall us. tremble now when think
how our glorious voyage might have
been nipped In the bud. had freed
Tipped In greeting as they went roar
ing past ms. Then ! stood In to the
French coast.
II was exactly AZ I had expected
There were three great British steam
srs Tying at anchor In Boulogne. outer
1arbor. They were tue Caesar. the
King OF the East ana the Pathfinder.
aooe less than 10000 tons suppose
they thought they were safe In French
but what did ! care about
three mile limits aud International iawl
The view OF my government was that
England was Dlockaded. food contra