Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-03

RICHMOND ZINE;
of his other selves as possihlc lie
pitch"S Into ne"> type twice tho size
81 the old one, with three times as
many Gadgets. an uncXplorcd tempe ra-
'nehi anu unknown l";tninys.
\f,cr his first trip he comes back
ciaii.or.ng for the head ~! her con-
Structor, of his second in command. his
engineer, his con and Il few other rat
'nss. They or their part Wish him
dcad on the beach. because last COM
mission with SO aud 80. nothing ever
won't "romg anywhere. \ fortnight,
'a'ci you can remind the commander
OF what he SAID. and he will smile
large. wide. navy smiles. It's not he
SAYS. 50 very 'bad--thinHs considered.
nafrin" her !irc-ton torpedo Jcrricks
The denominations or her wireless and
inc tropical temperature OF her beer
!ock"rs. All OF which siruitlcs that the
new boat has found her soul and hcr
commando" would not chang" her for
battle cruisers. Therefore, that nc u,uy
remember he is the service and not a
"rnnch of IL, he Is. after certain Gears
nh'''"" Z" II battle cruiser, whore he
I'N"s IN Il blaze Of admirals aud aisui-
'cttc@. responsible for vast decks and
'atncIrhi-likc flats. student of cy-
lch1cH hh"re-wat"r tactics. thinkin. I'm
'ehS OF thousands OF yards, instead Of
ms modest, hut deadly. 500 To 1000.
And the man VII" takes his place
sur" GETAWAY forEcts uIit lie ever
SHY FOOT bridge under the whole
breadth Of heaven, but cr:twls AMI
climbs and dives down coming towers
Win those Saiu" waves wet on his heels
ana when The cruisers pass him, tear
ihe TIC deep open in halo II gallo. thanks
[ 4 al in
bed benenih their distracted kccls. For
it is written:
How. III all time Of our distress.
And III our triumph. too
IN" game ~ more than the PLACER of
the game
ma tn" ship more than the crew
'l;ut suhn'arin" work is cold bloodod
business"
Cribs was ~ "a little conference in Il
green -rurtain"J "war,lr"uu')
No rktTIi IN YARN ABOUT
"Fi:ELINt." TORpEDO
Then there's no truth ia the warn
That YOU can feel wh"m the ;orpcdoa
Soi'iE 10 ;;ct hVmc"' I asked
Not word. I"u :j"c Il gets home
"r miss, ~ the ease may bc. or course
~ never your fault IL il misses It's
all Your second IN cuurmand''
THAT'S true. too" said tho SECOND
II catch !, all round. That's what am
here for
And what about the third man"
'h"rc was On" al'oard at the time
He generally zones from "a smaller
boat" pick UP real work If he can
suppress his intcilec, and doesn't talk
last CommiSson.'
The THIRD hand promptly denied the
possession of any intellect. and was
quito dumb about his last boat
And the men,
"'rh"y train on. too They train each
other Yes. one gets L" know en- as
Wcll as they get to know IL. Tn top
sac man can take YOU Intake him
Seif 'n--for months. for half the com
mission praps. Down below he cant,
It's AL in cold blood--uot like a; Tn.
'front.' where they have somctn.n. cN-
citing all The time
Then humping mines isn't exciting -
Not one little bit YOU can bump a,
en-. Even with a Zcpp--'
oh, now and then" one iutcrrurted
AMI they laughed As they explained.
es. that was rather funny. one OF
our poAts came up slap underneath -
low Hepp Looked for the Sky. YOU
know. and couldn't see anything cx-
"cpt this fat. shining belly. almos, on
top of cm. Luckily i; wasn't the
Ienn's s;ngin' end So she went to
wind"hrd and kept just awash There
WAS - hit Of a sea, and the Zcpp Mad
TO work against the wind lThcy
dont Hike that.l our boat sent :, man
I" the gun. He Was pretty well
drowned, Of course, but he hung on.
and held his breath and got in shots
where he could
me Zepp was s;ranns bombs about
70" all she was worth. auG-who v.us
tt acartncy. think, was shifting
mn" heaTin2 at the quick -iirer between
dives and, naturally, every ono wanted
10 look III the performance: so ahou,
u auartcr OF ton Of water noppcd
down below and--~Oh. they had :,
'hnrlcy Chaplin time OF il. Wcll.
somehow Mccartney managed 10 rip
the H"pp 1t bit. and she Went 10 lee
ward with a list on her. We saw her
. fortnight later with patch ON hri.
port SID. oh. il Fritz only fought
clean th"'. wouldn't be half !. bad
show. ia: Fritz can't tight clean"
And sc can; do what he does
even II We wcr: allowed to-" ono said.
NJ" we can't. Tisn't done Th.,t >
all. We have 20 FISH Fritz out % tho.
water. and We dry him aud dust him
and Gir" him cocktails and send hin.
TO bennington Ham
And what does Fritz do"
III" spuitcrS and clicks and bow.
lie has all the correct motions. Won
know. bur, OF course. when he's .
prisoner YOU can't tcll him wha, n.
really is"
And do YOU suppose Fritz under.
stands any OF it, | asked. NO. Or
u" wouldn't have Lusitaniacu. and
then he wouldn't have been Fritz. This
war was his first chance of',naking his
name. and chuckcd i; all away for the
sake OF shown off as a silly ass Of
:: GottStratyr"
Amd then they talked Of that hour