Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-01-07

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channel at twenty-five knots. shooting
of from his course at all sorts or IN
expected angles. With our slow pace
we could not catch him, nor could we
calculate his line SO as TO Gu him OF.
or course he had never seen us, but he
Judged and judged rightly that Wher-
ever we were those were the tactics by
which he had the best chance OF get
ting past. He deserved his success.
But. Of course, 1t is only In a wide
channel that such things can be done.
Had | met him in the mouth OF the
Thames there would have been a diff
ferent story to tell. As l approached
Falmouth | destroyed a 5000 ton boat
from Cork laden with butter and
cheese.
That night (Eriday, April 16l ] called
I'D Stephan, but received no reply. AS
| was within a few miles OF u rem
devious and as he would not be cruis-
ing after dark. ] was puzzled to ac-
count for his silence. ! could only
imagine that his wireless was derang-
ed. But, alas, I was soon to find the
true reason from a copy of the West
ern Morning News, which obtained
from a Brixham trawler.
CHAPTER w.
The Loss of the Kappa.
9~IHE Kappa. with her gallant
commander and crew, was at
L the bottom of the English chan
1t appeared from this account that
after | had parted from him he had
met and sunk no fewer than Eve yes
sells. / gathered this to be his work
since all of them We're by gnntire and
all were on the south coast of Dorset
or Devon. How he met his fate was
stated In a short telegram which was
headed, Sinking of a Hostile Subma-
rine.'' 1t was marked Falmouth and
ran thus.
1.-THE p. and o. mail steamer Mace.
donia came into this port last night
with five shell holes between wind and
water. She reports having been at
tackled by a hostile submarine ten miles
to the southeast of the Lizard. In
stead of using her torpedoes the sub
marine for some reason approached
upon the surface and tired five shuts
from a semianromatic twelve FOUNDER
gun. She was evidently under the i'm
preston that the Macedonia was I'M
armed. AS a matter of fact, being
warned OF the presence of submarines
In the channel, the Macedonia had
mounted her armament as an aux
iliary cruiser. She opened fire with
two quick firers and blew away the
coming tower OF the submarine. 1t Is
probable that the shells went right
through her. as she sank at once with
her patches open. The Macedonia was
only kept afioat By her pumps
Such was the end OF the Kappa and
my gallant friend, Commander ste.
phan. Els best epitaph was in Il cor.
ner OF the same paper and was head.
ed MARK Lane. 1t ran:
Wheat (averagel, 66; maize. 4s: bar
ley. So
Well, IL Stephan was gone there was
the more need for me to show energy.
My plans were quickly taken, but they
were comprehensive. All that day
Saturday | passed down the Cornish
coast and round Lands End, getting
two steamers on the way. / had learn
ed from S~tephan's fate that it was
better to torpedo the large craft, but
1 was aware that the auxiliary cruis.
ers Of the British government were
al over 10000 TONS, 50 that for all
ships under that size 1t was safe to
use my gun. Both these craft, the
Yelland and the Playboy-the latter an
American ship-were perfectly harm
less, SO l came up within q hundred
yards OF them and speedily sank then
after allowing their people to- get int
the boats. Some other steamers LAY
further out, but / was sc eager /,
make my new arrangements that di,
not 90 out OF my course to moles
them. inst before sunset, however, 81
magnificent d prey came within m.
radius Of action that I could not posi-
hly refuse her.
No sailor could fail To recognize tina
glorious monarch ofsthe sea. with he
four cream tunnels tipped with blacl
her huge black sides, her red bilge
and her high white top hamper, roaI
ing up channel bit twentysthree knot
md carrying her 1900 tons as atghtl
as liz she were d ave ton motorboa'
III was the Queenly Olympus Of til
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