The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-01-21

uuoynnry that one must run no risks
Hut from the crests % the rollers !
had n look backward ~ BlankenherG
and saw the black tunnels aud upper
works Of the enemys beet with the
lighthouse and the castle behind them.
all flushed with the PINK glow OF tue
setting sun Even as I looked there
WIS the boom OF n great gun ana then
another. I glanced AZ my watch it
was q O'Clock The time OF the ulu-
matum had expired We were ~ war.
There was no craft near Us. ana our
surface speed n nearly twice TINT OF
our submerged. so ! blew out the tanks
and our whaIeback came over the sur.
face. All night we were steering south.
west. making nm average Of eighteen
Knots At about 9 In the morning. as
. stood alone upon my tiny bridge. ]
saw Tow down In the west the sratter-
ed tights OF the Norfolk coast An.
Johnny, johnny Bull." I said M I iOok.
ed NJ them, you are going to have your
lesson. and I am to I've your master IL
II I who nave been chosen TO teach you
that one cannot i've under artificial
conditions aud yet act as u they were
nnturai ones. More foresight. Johnny.
aud less party poIitics-tnat In my ies-
son 90 you" Aud then ! had wave
OF pity. too. when ! thought Of those
vast droves Of helpless TeopIe. f"rt.
shire miners. Lancashire spinnrrs. Bir.
mingham metal workers. the dockers
ana workers Of London. over whose
A "A fh..s haA
OF starvation. I sreued to see All thOse
wasted. eager hands neld out Tor food
and .. John sirius. dashinR 70 aside
An. well. war 10 war. and 10 one In fool.
lsn one must pay the price. Just b-fOre
daybrcak I saw the lights % consid.
erable town. which must have been
Yarmouth. bearing about ten miies
west southwest on our starbvard bow.
I tvOk her farther out. for u N sandy,
dangerous coast. with many shonis.
AT o:3U We were abreast Of the Loves
toft Iightship cvnst guar,I was send.
n pale twinkle as the white dawn crrpt
ever the water There was good
~ % shipping about. mostly fishing
Uuts ana suaii coasting craft with
une large steamer huiI down 10 the
west aud a torpedo destroyer between
us nnd the iand. Il could not harm
Ms. ana yet . thought u as we'll that
there should be no word OF our pres.
rnce. So nIIed my tanks agnin aud
went down 20 ten feet I was pleased
TO nnd that We got under Ia Ia Sec
onds lhe life OF ones boat may de
PEND upon this when a swift craft
Oues suddenly upon you.
We were now within few hours OF
our cruising ground. 80 . Determined to
snatch n rest. leaving voruai In rnurge
When be awOke me az 10 ocI0'k we
were running On the surface and nad
reached the Essex coast OF the Mapiin
lands With that charming fraukness
Fhirh Is Que Of their rbaractertsti~s our
rirnds OF England had Informed rs
iy their press that they nad put u cor.
ION of torpedo boats across the strait
4 Dover to prevent the passage OF
.uhfnnrtnes. which " about NJ sensible
~ To lay wooden plank across
trenm 10 keep the eels from passing
knew that STEPHAN. whose station
ay at the western end OF the SuieRt.
would have no difficulty In reaching ~
Wy own cruising ground was 20 he the
mouth OF the Thames aud here ! was
Il the very spot with my tiny ioia.
ny eighteen tOrpedoes. my quick firing
,un mud. above all. n brain that knew
What should he done and how 90 de- II
When ! resumed my pince In the
onning tower | saw IN the peri@cope
for we had dived' that Ilghtship
vas within a few hundred vnf,ir ct us
IpOn the port bow two men were
itiina on her bulwark~. hui neither 81
hem east an eve upon the iittle rid
hat Glove the water 50 close 10 them
I was an ideal day for submarine ne
lou. with enough ripple upon the sur
ace 20 make ~ difficult Ia drte.t aud
81 smooth enough To give me ctcar
lew Each Of NV three perisrnpes
ad an ancle OF ~ degrees 81 that
c;ween them I commanded n rom
lete Semirirrie ~ me nnriz"n Two
british cruisers were streaming north
rom the Thames within half n mite ~
10. could easily have rui them IN
nd attacked them mad allowed INV
nlf 10 he diverted from NV great plan
nrther south " DESTROYER was passing
eastward To SheerneSs A duyen sman
ieamers were moving shout None ui
iese was WORTHY OF INV notire Great
are not provisioned by small
'eanenL
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