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"Ihsat sWeos. General Harter sai.l
Pvs~iAest Gilsos through auiverine
iips I'VE are factnG q terrible crisis >
honsel. both hts thin hands gripping
the Telephone sta ndard. gave no atten
tton to the conversation He was wat
inG. waiting. for the voice along the
wire In broken fragments II came.
TIE man who spoke to him STAN
DeFsA and faltered. Torpedo notilla
hotly engaged Have succss-ied Ia
pla cling three shots in as many vessels
DurinG advance three were struck by
enemy's 1tasiles ana sunk Japsscss
aestroyen have nov engaged remain
des IN counter attack. Fire " main
squaArea CONTINUES With heavy effect
0attleshiw Pa. Fa.. Cn.. and Ms
badly damaged. though still service
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and ust.le~ Nh aRd I'd sHnk
CRUISERS O&.. d.. Dh.. CIV. No. suDt
within last few minutes by concen
trated fire Minor injuries to nearl,
every vessel In fleet"
President ellison wrung his hands
"Mensel." he said quietly ''oeAeI
them to fall back on Sandy Hook aRt
get under the protection ~ Its guns
Quichiy. Monsel; quickly They an
dying In vain II Is useless Or1e'
them back"
IL q moment. slr.- assented ~
captain at the wire. For II iew seconds
longer he listened. and then spoke t9
order before he turned half around:
The torpedo fotilla is gone. sir" he
reported Some of them tried to set
back. but they couldn't escape They
picked them of like pigeons at q trap
shoot Oh oh-oh. Gel"
He dropped his head on the desk
and his shoulders shook.
Yet In a moment ne was at his self
imposed task again. taking the reply
Of the fleets commander Again he
turned to the president. where he
paced the floor, head bowed hands
twined behind his back They will
obey orders, sir" he said DULY. drop
ped his hands on the desk and sat
bowed forward
The room had grown to a babble OF
excited comments, sighs. half voiced