The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-29

GGCEt. 1nCTG was t2iG SplCc OF 4 sense
q dangcr to make the trip e1hilarat-
ir- or depressing as spice affects the
u: :..s3ss2 frame and n4.ld 10 che spoke
IF danger save rarely, ana then the
speakers were men. The women SAID
nothing III ti--ses that seem to he
those of emergency. even II they ere
net, WcIaen always arc stronger than
men, Tut teW 1neil there IL willing to
admit tie IT Ut fact
- s.sog Eassa!75 NaF5e-
As soon as the h .,h16 OF Tie South Of
Ireland we're sighted. and the fhila-
deIphia entered What IN tIut., is a war
2c16. the sa;.oT9 r5gged two great
el-otIic 10 lamps ard hung them over tbs
sides Of the vessel, where Their con
cortrated beams fell on great white
letters announcing the name OF tie
ship and tie fact that she was "an
| American" The name could lie read
over long distance, fer it was high
enough above the tlnbIing waters tc
a;tand II the line Of vision, clear anu
beac0n-ii:ze.
Until the edge Of the war zone out
lying sreIant5 was reached no flag was
Gaov1l by the PHILADELPHIA When the
waters oi so-calIcd danger were ap-
. preached the stars and Stripes were
! broken out At the proper station. Or
! Ginarily the BRITISH flag would have
! been t1isp1ayod forward as the ensign
| Ct the pert ct destination, but the
/ American captain was taking NJ
/ chances with the British flag, either
/ forward, aft or GrlidSnpS.
There we're five natives Of England
to ore native OF America on the Phila-
deIphia. a1<l loT once at least on tbs
nigh scar the stars and Stripes looked
cccd 10 English eyes. Vt sunset the
dag came down ana the b1igEt elec-
tric I!sIlts were !tTncd on to the name
and nation Of tue ship where wlthi1
certain sea limits ali men might read
them
fyfan-ot-'1iar Asks FOR information.
Some 1orty miles beyond Daunt' s
rock the lights Of a n1an-of-war ap
| peared The vessel was lying IL the
sea shadows. not more than three
quarters Of d clile away Nothing bui
the lights were visible, but their & 5
triDuticn showed even the unpracticec
eye that the vesseI displaying them
was 2 UarsilIr OF q greater type. SUD
denly from the starboard side Of tEe
drcaGcaught. predrs sadnarght or cTuis
re. whatever she vas, came shaTr
flash cf light. which was followed h5
successive twlnkle5. The Britisftl
was signaling the Yankee, ana the
Yankee instantly Daid heed.
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An answer was tvinkled back from
the bridge
"Where b0und?"
Back went The answer
If the response had not Deen givel
: quickly and readily a shot would have
come across the Philadelphia 5 BOWS
The Eritfsh auardships where St
George's channei meets the ocean arr
2 taking 40 chances, and THIS notvith
t standing the tact that German meT
e chant ana German war ships virtual,
: have Gisa rscared from the waters
no Fear Feil ~ Americans
There may have been no submarine
in the f-ish sea when the Phitade
phia made its way toward LlVeTpOo
If there were, let Il be said again ina
i 10 American ct seasoned sense O.
| board thought fer an instant that til
ship was II danger CT q torpedo fror
any German craft unless the missi!
were fred as the result Or gross eTTUl
Some Americans n America ma
. think differently about the matter.
would SO seem to one VITO had TO TAX
: leave OF some friends more CT les
iearfuj One American On board sal
!. to another when midway betWe
/. Queenstown and Liverpool, the plac
i Of reputed greater5 danger that the1
Il was more worry c.: shore over the shi