The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-28

that ran into a net and was caught BY
the nose. She rose. still entangied. mean
Ing to cut the thing away on the surface.
But Zeppelin In waiting saw and bomb
ed her. and she had 70 go down again n
once-but not too wildly or she would
get herself more wrapped UP than ever.
She went down and by slow working
and weaving and wriggiing. guided only
by guesses at the meaning of each scrape
and grind of the net on her blind fore
head, at last she drew clear.
Then she sat on the bottom and
thought.
The question was whether she should
30 back at ,once and warn her confed-
crates againbt the trap. or wait till the
destroyers which she knew the Zeppelin
would have signalled for, should come
to finish her. still entangied as they
would suppose in the net?
1t was a simple calculation Of compara-
tive speeds and positions. and when II
was worked out she decided to try for
the double event.
Within few minutes Of the time she
had allowed for them. she heard the
twitter of four destroyers' screws thrash
ing above her: rose: got her shot In;
saw one destroyer crumple: hung around
till another took the wreck in tow: said
good-by to the spare brace (she was at
the end of her supplies) and reached the
rendezvous in time to save her friends.
Nightmares, True and False.
And since we are dealing in Nightmares.
here are two more-one genuine, the
other. mercifully false
There was a British submarine. not
only at, but in the mouth OF a river
well home in German territory. She was
SPOTTED and went under. her commander
perfectly aware that there was not more
than FIVE feet Of water over her coming
tower. SO that even a torpedo boat, let
alone a destroyer would hit II she came
over. But nothing hit.
The search was conducted on scientific
principles while they sat on the silt and
suffered. Then'the commander heard the
rasp OF a wire trawl sweeping over his
hull. II was not a nice sound. but there
happened to be a couple OF gramophones
aboard and he turned them both on to
draw II. And in due time that boat got
home with everybody's hair Of just the
same color as when they had started,
The other nightmare arose out Of
silence and imagination. A boat had gone
to bed on the bottom in a spot where sne
might reasonably expect to be looked
for. but 1t was a convenient jumping of,
or up. place for the work in hand
Bad Hour of "2 A. M
About that bad hour OF 200 a. IN. the
commander was walked by one of the
men who whispered to him.
THEY'VE got the chains on US, SIR
Whether II was pure nightmare, or an
hsllucination Of long wakefulness. or
something relaxing or releasing in that
packed box OF machinery. or the disgust
full reality. the commander could not tell.
but It had all the makings of panic in II.
So the Lord and long training put IT into
his head To reply:
Have they? Well. we shan't be COM
ing up till nine o'clock this morning.
we'n see about IT then. Turn out that
Hight. please
He did not sleep. but the dreamer and
the others did: and when morning came
and he gave the order to rise. she rose
unhampered. and the commander saw the
grey smeared seas from above once again
He said II was a very refreshing sight.
Lastly, which is on all fours with the
gamble of the chase. a man was coming
home rather bored after an uneventful
trip.
1t was necessary for him to sit on
the bottom a while, and there he played
patience.
Cards Fell in Order.
OF a sudden II struck him. as VOW and
an omen that II he worked out the next
game correctly he would go up and
strafe something. The cards fell all in
order. He went up and found himse't
alongside a German. whom as he had
promised and phOphesied to himself he
destroyed
She was a mine-layer and needed only
a jar to dissipate like cracked electric
light bulb. He was somewhat impressed