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

eyes nearly circular with astonish-
ment.
How you swim?' he asked. as the
curious cylinder, which Halpin now
saw was OF finely machined steel.
stopped close by. What you got?"
1--WE got a Whitehead torpedo" said
Halpln, c%heerfully. splashing the water
to maintain his balance. What have
you got?'
This n submarine boat. look for
torpedo. | fire II last at Russian. II
missed, and it Is valuable. I am far
from my base"
Russian be hanged" said Halpin
you fired at the United States cruiser
Syracuse, hut ell you did was to scare
me overheard. Don't you know n Rus
sian from a Yankee?'
you belong to that ship? You fall
overheard, you say"
Yes, and found this toy. What
have you got there--a submarine"
"Yes-and | say. can you help? I
trim by the stern and take the tor
pedo In tho tube?"
Yes, I'll help, IL your take me in
too. I'm chilled through"
II.
The Jap called down a few words
in his own language; then. while a
curved forward deck and pointed nose
rose out of the sea. two other laps
came up and plunged overheard.
These. with Halpin's assistance, backed
the torpedo into one of two launching
tubes that pierced the steel hull each
side and above the pointed nose. and
which from their position and the
eyelid action of the shutters that
closed them gave n facelike appear
ance TO the boats bow. Then they as
sisted Halpin himself, numb in the
legs from the long exposure, up the
curved deck to the coming tower.
where the first Jap. an Intelligent
looking fellow with a Lieutenant's in
sigma. welcomed him politely and in
vited him down the hatch ladder.
First submarine I've been into"
said Halpin as he looked around from
the foot of the ladder at the maze of
pipes. valves and indicators lining the
curved steel walls thai enclosed him
though I've studied the subject. How
do you manage about dry clothes
when you fall II of this thing?"
Il give you a change said his
rescuer only a slight movement OF his
beady eyes responding to Halpin's at
temps at humor. II have one undress
coat-your service buttons. got at
ANNAPOLIS, where | study
Well II you've studied there said
Halpin. how'd you make such a mis-
take last night? Don't you know the
Syracuse? There's nothing like her
in the Russian navy"
The Retvizan. I look for her. Three
tunnels, w masts. quarter gallery.
How you fall o~verboard?'
"Yes-a quarter gallery. It's a
Crarnp feature. but a dozen ships 81
any nation have quarter galleries. It's
where l fell from. II you'd looked
close you'd have seen me, and I'm no
Russian
My eyes very bad" said the com
mander, pointing to his beady optics.
Il break my glasses yesterday"
We'll" rejoined Halpin, 'better
trust to some other mans eyes then.
II you'd torpedoed Uncle Sans cruiser
last night there'd be trouble ahead for
Japan. But isn't the Retvizan on the
bottom at Port Arthur"
No" said the other. "She Is re-
paired and come out. We look for
her
While talking the commander had
brought out n complete change .,
clothing and Halpin a soon dry clad
and comfortable. There was no pri-
vacy: 1t was M long, electric lit,
arched compartment, in the forward
end Of which were the torpedo tubes,
in the after the engine and motor.
AS Halpin dressed the commander
mounted TO the coming tower, and the
rest. including the engineers. busted
themselves in hauling out Of the tube
the rescued torpedo to recharge 1t
with compressed air. Halpin was
dressed before this was accomplished
and then the men-seven beady eyed
Orientals as near alike as brothers
ranged themselves on fixed sitting
places along the steel interior.
Two remained forward seated on
the twin tanks beside the torpedo
'''''' 'ii' " ii'llily a uudI iSttT,
took a position at the diving gear-the
wheel that controlled the horizontal
rudder-near the coming tower: and
the other four, engineers and cleo
tricians. squatted aft near the engine
and dynamo.
The intricate system Of piping, levers
and valves lining the steel shell was
so arranged that each man could do
his work without moving far from his
sitting place. thus maintaining the
horizontal trim OF the boat. And to
this end Halpin at a gesture from
the quartermaster had seated himself
amidshipS on a chest from which his
change of clothes had come.
When the boat, at a bell and a
Jingle from the commander, had taken
motion under the ~gasolenc engine, and
the latter had called down to tie
quartermaster TO relieve him. the two
merely changed places. the latter taxi
ing up the wet clothing to dry out
on the deck. Halpin needed his OWL,
for his six feet Of length and eighteen
inches breadth of shoulder could
barely squeeze into the small gar
ments furnished him.
where are bound noW?" he