The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-09-30

snip had become more mcnacinS-thp
heave of the great waves against the
steel sides. the sweep of the spray
over the deck. and the noise of the
wind. In such sea few would be
saved IL the ship went down.
Some one behind bulkhcad swore
violently; Bob did not try to discover
who. 1t was the swapping Of nerves
during inaction: and the outburst was
against the smoke-the crazy 500.
which the dcstroycrs were sending ur
and which shut everything away and
stopped the guns from firing.
A deep. rumbling detonation--very
different from the banging resound of
the guns Of the dcstroycrs-came down
the wind; the noise Of the "fours"
diminished.
Wendell tried again to make out
something through his periscopc hut
the smoke was still all about the
Arizona.
"What do you make Of that. Holt?'
he asked Of the turrct captain. "Tor
pedo?"
eyes, sir; one Of the destroyers gone
should say. sir"
One Of the destroyers gone! That
now, was plain. The smoke about tho
Arizona was thinning and. as Rob's
field of vision extended n couple Of
hundred yards forward and to the
left, he saw n destroyer sinking by the
stern. 1t was one of the newer and
larger Of the dcstroycrs--a long. fou"
funnelcd boat with two masts aud
with sharp Prov pointing to the Sky
1t was the Aylwin. or the Ralcll. which
had been on guard ahead the fcw min
utes before, its guns going, its fun
ncls bclching smoke for the hiding of
the Arizona: smoke still steamed from
the forward tunnels as the destroyer
sank; but its guns were silent. lccr'ng
to the sky. Men were G,lling from its
slanting deck into the sea. others clung
to stays or stanchions. They made no
signal to the battlcship as 800 yards
away, 1t rushed by in the haze Of
smoke which the other dcstroycrs sus.
tanned. The Arizona. bent on the de-
struction Of life, could not halt to save
men from the vessel which had been
protecting the battlcslip; tho men on
the destroyer knew II; one OF them
waved and Bob know that he was
cheering, as the Arizona passed: then
he lenpcd into the sea.
The clattcr Of machine gun; the
rattle of another. replying. sounded
from the mir overhead. The turrct
guns OF the Arizona were still masked
and silent: the torpedo defense batter
les on the bnttlcship still lacked n
target; the noise of the machine gun
became distinct. Two ncroplancs were
flghtlng-an American machine pur
sued by monoplnnc OF the enemy
and driven back over the American
ships. Bob saw the duel hut flash
Ing second as the aircraft swept over
head. The smoke was disappearing:
the destroyer. wien had Gen bclrhing
three Of them ,pcarctl where there
had been four
Grange. one, nine. O double o." the
telephone trnnsmitters in the turret
were talking again. The visual upon
the bElkhend displayed the range as
tho sightsettcrs sprnng to their sights
Commence firing!"
The Ariznna had passed through the
zone where the enemy's submarines
had waited; the American observers In
the aeroplanes and on the destroyers
far ahead had reported no more sub
mersiblcs in a position Of danger; those
which had been passed could not. sub
merged, overtake the battleships. The
Pennsylvania, with its patrol of dc
strOyers ahead and on both sides, also
was snfe. Far, far ahead the grcnt
cruisers OF tho enemy appeared In
flight A mast was gone from one of
the Peras. the third ship in the line
ut which the Arizona had been firing
The gun crew cheered as Bob reported
1t to them; cheercd again for the
Pennsylvania as he told the men that
the Carthage lacked funnel. The
enemy had been hit and were in flight
Boys. that was the Balch they tor
pedoed! Boys. for the Balch-and for
the Salem the other day!'
The right gun lcapcd back in its re.
coil as the firing pointer pressed his
key. The ronr Of gun from the
Pennsylvania booned in rivalry oxer
the water Both ships were firing but
one gun again to find the range before
. firing b. salvos.
To be continued.