The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

SIDE is gOing 10 WIN out IN tniS Hsnt!
"More-we will abolish the battle
ship
Halpin descended and sat down in
his place: and there he remained,
nlhbling biscuit three times "A day,
sleeping during the night hours. oc-
Casionally conversing with Matsumoro,
watching the beady eyed wooden faced
laps at their worh and ponderinS
Ccase,cssly on the chance of escape
from the strange prison for three days
and nights.
Then he Weakened from a morning
do2e TO find excitement in the air and
| emotion showing on the faces OF the
! crew. They were all erect ut stations
and the commander vas at the wheel,
| his head and shoulders hidden in the
darkness above the circular aperture.
| The midship lights were out and hang
! ing down from the coming tower was
| the tus..s Of the underwater telephone
evidently used in a hurry and not
replaced on its hook.
What's up. Lieutenant asked
Halpin. Found the Admiral?"
Their ,ast talk had been Of this con
tingency.
YES. as you slept | found him. The
| noet is in the Observation-Disclosures,
where I do not know. We are ten
! miles southeast Of Port Arthur and the
Retvizan is out. That is the news ]
received while you slept, Listen at
! tho telephone"
Iialpin put the plugs to his ears.
lie heard the chug. chug OF a
steamers engines and the vibratory'
pulsing of twin screws, with a muf1cd
background of steady sound that could
be nothing but the wash of the bow
wave.
Come up here said Matsumoro.
Il want your eyes and your judg-
ment.'' Halpin climbed beside him.
1T is very thick above-but what do
you think?'
A little away on the starboard bow.
as reproduced on the screen. was a
huge. gray ship heading nearly end on
toward the invisible submarine. and
dimly outlined against fog almost as
gray as herself. To this observation
was added the thick. black smoke from
her tunnels, which, driven by a follow
ing wind under the peculiar atmos-
pheric condition of low barometer that
sometimes accompanies fog. settled
down and %enveioped her-an onrush-
ing cloud, from which occasionally
protruded "A mast. n section of bow.
with turrcts. guns and Sponsors, the
forward bridge or the after. the three
tunnels nearly in line, and an occa-
sional glimpse OF a big. white how
wave piled NJ before her.
~ i ..-., "A. \. ~ H. A.,
sumoro. ~ see three tunnels and two
masts with fighting tops; but I cam
lot see more. Has she a quarter gall
lery? 1t is not the Syracuse-your
ship. But is it'the Retvizan?"
Don't know said Halpin. studying
the picture. It's foggy outdoors, ISN'T
1t? That's a hattleship. surely. See
the size of the forward turret. I never
saw more than n Photograph OF the
Rctvizan. but, If | remember rightly,
she has inset extensions to her fun
nels."
soon We shall see. 7 am looking
for the quarter gallery,
Don't bank too heavily on that fea-
ture, Lieutenant" said Halpin. Your
big ship Hatsusc carries one-I saw
her at Hongkong. Don't blow up your
c~ountrymen!'
II know" said Matsumoro, a little
%pctulantly, 'it Is not likely that | mis-
take my W country's ship"
II should hope not answered Hal
pin, dryly. Yet you didn't know the
Syracuse
I'm III" moonlight, no. on my rano-
rama, yes
The picture on the screen grew
larger, the ourushlng monster not half
a mile away and heading to cross the
bow of the submarine. which barely
maintained stecrageway under the mo-
tor, Then, far in the rear, but still
more indefinite and obscure. appeared
another ship, and soon another, dim
hl"ts upon the gray fog Of the morn
lng, \ fleet Was coming in column.
hut they showed no colors, and each
drove before her the thick blanket of
black smoke from her tunnels.
a momentary lifting of the fog over
Ia port showed other ships. merchant
steamers II sailing craft. Then il
closed down, thicker than before.
II do not know" said Matsumoro
douht!ncly. lis the whole Russian
fleet out from Port Arthur"
"Looks like it," said Halpin. ~ they
are Russian But YOU can't tell now
adsys. Rattlcships are becoming
standardized, andy George, she's
turning"
TIL" big warship had swung sharply
Ia starboard. and Matsumoro's beady
eyes slittcrcd in the faint light from
the compass card as he gave the wheel
n turn.
They have sighted our periscope
tube" he said, land by running from
the poriscope they have declared
themselves Russian, for they have no
submarines. All. now, | see tho quar-
ter gallery II is the Retvizan."
A monetary clearing away Of the
smoke plainly showed the forward end
Of a quarter gallery, but before Hal
pin had taken fuller cognizanCe of
tho exposed details the japanese com -
maudcr mildly limited that there was
not much elbow room, and he de
srcndcd. Soon there was an exchange
OF Japanese commands and answers
between the commander and the four
men at the torpedo tubes, then a
sharp, emphatic word from v ,.Sumoro
that a man answered hy turning a
lever. \ whish, q cough and "A mud
followed, and litlpin knew that a tor
pcdo was out; a man opposite turned
another lever. and a second whish and
pouuh aud thul unuouuCpl tho do