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eulps. BOD saw the duel nut nash.
Ing second a. the aircraft swept over.
head. The smoke was disappearing;
the destroyer. which had been belching
the pail, appeared again-or rather
three Of them appeared where there
had been four.
y Range. one. nine, o double Or the
telephone transmitters in the turret
were talking again. The visual upon
the bulkhead displayed the range as
the sightsetters sprang to their sights.
"Cnmmence .fir1ng!'
/ The Arisona had passed through the
Eons where the snemy's submarines
& had waited: the American observers In
the aeroplanes and on the destroyers
far ahead had reported NO more sub
mersibles fn . position Of danger; those
witch had besn passed could not, sub
\ merged, overtaks The battleships. The
Pennsylvania, with III patrol Of de-
stroyers ahead and On both sides, also
was safe. Far, far ahead the great
cruisers OF tho enemy appeared In
flight A mast was gone from one Of
the Peras, the third ship in the line
at which tho Arizona had been firing.
The gun crsw cheered % Bob reported
1t to them; ehesesd again for the
Pennsylvania % be told the men that
the Carthage lacked funnel. The
enemy had bsen hit and were In flight.
Boys, that vas the Balch they tor
pedoed! Boys, for the Balch- and for
the Salem tho other dayr'
The right gun leaped back in its re
coil IS the firing pointer pressed his
key. The roar Of gun from the
Pennsylvania doomed in rivalry over
the water. Both ships were firing but
one gun again 10 ind the range before
firing BY salvos.
.Up 600r' The order came quickly
from tho elevation Of the sight, and.
after the sight was corrected and the
gun fred. -Up 2oor'
Upi Up! Tho Peras and the Carthage
were drawing away They had been
hit-hard hit-the Carthage battle
cruiser and the rear Pefa. One had
lost funnel; mast was down on the
other. They must have been damaged
below, but they were drawing away
from the American pursuit, NO mat
ter Whist the engine crows Of the
Arizona and the Pennsylvania could
do. Smoke the smoke from the fun
nels Of destroyers such - had hid the
American dreadnaughts from the ~
gents submarines-was rising In
cloud about the enemy's cruisers; they
no longer were trying to lure. the
American ships out; they wers not
firing back; they were trying only to
get dway. And they were doing 1t.
although they had been hit-hard hit.
two Of them-they were doing 1t. They
had lost couple of knots speed, per-
haps; but they could spare them, and
more
sup 200! The nockery came from
the fire control station. up. Up!'
The guns could not be elevated any
farther; the gam crews. sweating and
gasplG loaded frantically. desper-
ately. 10 slve tho Pera one more shot
for the Balch. boys!"-before the
enemy were beyond chance. But
the elhcers h tho coming tower were
giving 5it up. The bugles blew:
Cease hring!'
Lcuden, tho firing pointer. pressed
his fingers on his key, The gun be-
side him ieaped back and the air ont.
side was riven. It was after the bugle.
had blown. Louden turned and faced
Wendell with eyes burning.
~ .
RI beg your pardon, sir. but was
.on' and-my brother was boatswain
on the Balchr'
Bob nodded. Tho Pennsylvenia. had
ceased firing TOO The sun had dis
was settling swiftly, with clouds blow
ing up overhead. The enemy's cruis-
ers became only spot Of smoke on the
horizon. and soon the smoke disap-
peared. Wendell saw to the unload
ing OF the guns which had been ready.
The rifles Of the torpedo defense-thei
twelve inch-fve guns on each side Of
the ship -were still manned, but the
crews Of the fourteen inchers were
crawling out OF the turrets. As Wen
dell stood again on the quarter deck,
moving reefs, over which waves were
breaking, appeared OF to the left-the
American K and L submarines steer
ing on the surface and making for the
shelter Of Chesapeake bay.
Bob watched the tiny craft rolling
and tossing almost helplessly as they
struggled With the sea; they seemed
scarcely. to move or hold Roadway.
There was no need to question. as one
watched them, why they had failed to
gain position from which they could
have attacked the escaping Carthage
and the Peras; the ensigns in command
had all they could do to manage their
VESSELS :: 81! 81; indeed Indeed, the hotille COM
mander was signaling the Pennsylva-
MIA. Bob saw the winking light-for
aid. A hight from the dreadnaught
flashed In reply; the commodore could
not spares destroyer to tender the
submarines now, but he was wireless
ing the roads 70 send tender.
Wendell sased back grimly over the
rough sea 81 which the American sub
mersiblee ware laboring. The regents
underwater boats were back there, too;
but, instead Of searching for aid, the
enemy's suhmersibles were forcing the
American battleships and destroyers
to keep on 1t twenty knots, to man
every torpedo defense gun, and double
Ill lookouts They had shown no
mcrs. than their periscopes. but every
one knew what they wer0--great nm
dersea cruisers capable Of keeping to
the sea In severe weathers and Of
maintaining themselves for .'eeks