Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04
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do for the next fifteen minutes. No
he growled
Bang. Just then came :, shot.
Scared stiff-nudc. | jumped into a pair
OF oreralls and slid into sweater.
we were hcaving to. and on the double
quick, but every one acted plum crazy.
ono would lower a sail, another Delay.
Ana the second mate got so excited
mat he did not know port from star
board
seeing nobody ordered TO cast loose
the starboard braces OF the maIuma 81
yards. / ran and did IL myself Mean
while. the mate, white In the face.
cried to haul in. Tho DO sun bel
loved: the helmsman left the wheel:
rnn Snrn was q madhouse and everyone
ran around in circles. The captain
came forward carrying derby hat
under his arm and landed on me.
shouting Carl. what shall do"
For ali the world tho shot came
from nowhere. nothing WAS in sight
save Jumps of water. snarling seas.
uninvi,ing and very wet
Finally the carpenter. who had served
in the kaiscr's navy. made out a spcck
on the horizon and said. German sub
marine"
MEN IN GRAY OII.SxINS
Nearer and nearer il came cutting
through the seas which washed over
ITS bows. and against the foam I could
see three men standing around the gun
art of the coming tower. and dressed
In gray oilskins. the same color as the
boat itself. And seeing the gun. and
man stick a cartridge in its breech
knew that the jig was up.
We hoisted our colors and waited
our doom. Slowly the submarine drew
up TO within hHilinB distance
Tho carpenter semaphorcd that we
would send a boat alongside. So with
the ships papers, the chief mate and
three seamcn pulled tho port whaler to
the C-boat. He came back with orders
that all our Germans would he taken
on board. The rest OF the crew would
be left to shift for themselves in the
lifchoat to sail their way to the Irish
coast We were then some twenty
miles from 'astnet Our ship was TO
he sunk. the U-boat commander said
| saw my chance--meant submarine
and Il passage TO Germany.
had read OF these underwater
things and I wanted TO see what this
one was like. Anyway. the sea was
nigh and boating bad--it blew eight
SO up and asks the mate and he
answers: Slide. slide. Kelly. grabbed
wy p'iio"SdSe, NY SnOcS-nS nest ones
they weren't even buttoncd. I made
Il dive for the whaler. landing on ono
OF tho German boys. He hawled: This
boats for Germans only" didn't punch
his head. for lie too big, but
wanted to. We pulled over to the
submarine. and our two boats gave
a rousing cheer to tho old ship. stag
gerinE in the trough as IL expecting
to go to Dave Jones. then n farewell
hail TO the rest of the fellows In tho
other iifcboat, dipping behind IA sea
with the captain at the tillcr.
And found myself on board the
German submarine u-3a. gaping like a
school boy thrilled. almost in a trance
y sharp command brought me to my
senses and helped to pass the pro-
visions and water casks out OF our
small boat before it was cut adrift.
SAILS TO LATE PORT
WITH NOTHING TO MARK GRAVE
Nine shells In rapid succession, fired
from the submarines deck gun smote
the iron side of the Cambus Kenneth
Ana as the gun crew unlooSened the
belt with which the last Of these
shells was fastened to the submarines
rail, the old ship lurchcd how first
wind ballooned her canvas. and she
the fore and mizzentops broke. TIE
sailed to her last port with nothing
but Il whirlpool to mark her grave
can still hear the whining bark
OF the poor dog which had been for
gotten during the getaway. Here
went the last of my "homc"-shc was
happy ship-my things were gone
money | had none. an American
wrecked III a German U-boat which
might I've blown to bits any minute
Hut ! said to myself. II must not
lose my nerve"
fEnd Of first instal,nent Tn Sun
days Times Dispatch Carl List will
tell what happened to him aboard the
submarine and TO the eight ships the
submarine chased and sunk in the
next week. Altogether fourteen ships
were sunk by the C-39 during this
cruise. but Carl List WAS on board
when twelve were chased and fired on