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II seemed to me to resemble a gun
boat, We siGnalled the ship, which
was probably two miles off. and getting
no answer. We put on all steam. A
shot was then fired at US by the pur-
srer. which was now gaining every
mile. but the next ten minutes found
us enveloped in a thick fog bank, and
fortunately we escaped.
Three days afterward we reached
Madeira and found that the Moewe
had sunk seven vessels the preceding
week. and 1t was the general belief
that she had slipped back into Kiel
Canal.
We now left the islands and pro-
ceeded to Bordeaux. France. where
our large cargo OF flour was unloaded
by German prisoners and consigned
to the front at Nerdun. Leaving
Bordeaux in early April. we were
headed for Cardiff, Wales. for orders
from the ships owners when on the
morning of the 10Th at 4 O'Clock our
first mate sighted n submarine on our
starboard stern about three miles Off.
Orders were hastily given and steam
was turned into our emergency boil
ers and we raced along at top speed.
fourteen knots. The submarine at
one gave chase. and firing explosive
shells so quickly that II was impos-
sible 10 detect an interval. gained on
us rapidly.
| was In bed when the first shell
burst: IL seemed directly over my
head. In my excitement | grabbed
what outer garments were close by
and rushed on deck to dress. Sailors
were running here and there. not
knowing what 10 do. and some in
their frenzy started to launch a life
boat without orders. They were
driven forward at the point OF a pistol
by our chief engineer.
Flames were now shooting ont Of
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familiar eyes peering ~ me from n
~ the tents. A moment later there
came the faint vihratiCG Of a cry for
help from the strings of an inferior
violin caressed by a masters hand. As
soon as | could control myself 7 slipped
away quietly. noting the surroundings
~ | did So
Il suppose you notified the police;
but II you ave not. let me Introduce
YOU to the detective head, Inspector
Maurel. a personal friend" begged
scarborough, his eyes glistcninG.
Szechelta-a being OF a highly re-
fined, nervous organism. with fingers
that could graZe the keyboard or de-
scend like triphammers. and In either
case evoke an enchanting. singing tone
-Szechelta lifted his head with a
harsh and discordant laugh.
Never hs exclaimed. There Is
only II way TO effect the liberation
of Savanyi Janos without his sustain
ing bodily harm. Not till the White
lI"rscman OF the Magyar plains rides
M with drawn sword will the hostage
Of tn" gypsles he set free. But to-
night YOU shall see the White Horse
man"
Then In low. careful directions he
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SUNK HIS SHIP
Probably Only American Ever Aboard
German Submarine in Action,
He Was Well Treated

were all young. fine looking fellow,
and everything about the boat ua.
neat and clean.
The submarine. which Rad ho..
cruising about for nearly an hon,
had picked up one of our small M.
RATS and was towing 1t. | was a.L.a
to go on deck again and was ,old
by the commander that they INTENDED
placing me on this raft. saying thu,
T would he picked up by one ~ N.
British patrol boats which, he said. had
been hunting him for a week.
But tell them from me-" he add.a
that We are still here"
Well. they placed me alone on N,
small raft and half the crew who war;
standing or the deck watching N.
took of their caps and shouted, Goal.
by" m English. Up TO this tint non.
had spoken to me except the com.
mander. The submarine then mov.d
off and submerged and that wNs n.
last ] saw of her.
I waited all alone on this raj, an,
In the W hours I remained th.r.
my whole life was lived over. I co,'
fess that all hope was nearly gone a.
It began to get cold and I became
sleepy, when suddenly noticing SMOKE
on the horizon I stood up and waved
my coat. In ten minutes the Scotch
patrol boat Kinalde. from Aberdeen
hove into view and picked me up.
/ Immediately related the disaster
and We began hunting the two life.
boats. At 9 o'clock that Afternoon
we found the captains boat. which
contained the body Of the engineer
who died an hour before. His hody
was taken to England and sent 10 his
home In Sunderland. In four more
hours we discovered the mates boa,
and We got them none too soon. AZ
they were all up to their knees IN
water. We were landed at F'almou,h.
England, that night and all slept in
the hospital. leaving the next day for
Cardiff.
Great excitement was prevaler,
when we told u story. We found
afterward that this same submarine
had sunk eight boats that week.
l was forced to remain in Cardiff
until ] obtained Identification papers
from the police. Through the Amer.
can Consul, Lorin a. Lathrop. | have
filed a claim for $3.50 with the British
Admiralty for the loss Of personal 81.
fects.
| got my pay from the ships ow ners
but 1t did not cover any II the time
after h Margom Abbey was de.
stroyed.
Since this experience has not term.
mated seriously for mo | de- not ro-ro.
II, hut nevertheless my advice Z, al
Americans is stay over here. Tor
what il is all about does not concern
us in the least"
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slowly until it pointed straight a. n.
breasts Of those wanderers upon the
face of the earth.
Then from their midst came a LOUD
cry and a mans figure rushed forth
and knott nj the feet of tho wh,'e
rider. The dreaded deity ~ the gypsv
trihcsmen bent slightly -forWsri an
extended to this fugitive "A gaur''ntei
hand with q swift leap the INTER
cessor sprarg to the stirrup, tne white
horse reared and demi-volteB and -"
white horscman and his pre- swept
away IN a cloud ~ mist whi'N 'he 'os
enShrouded field rang with u MUsla'
war cry.
After Scarborough and | AN ths'
We We're not to need 20 use our pistols
We hurried back through ~" w011s,
my teeth chatterinG with rci'ef after
me nervous tension) and got hl. 80
the city, where We went 10 a hotel an'
tried ~ sleep.
The return to life ~ the il'ls'rol'
vioi'nist John Savnnyi rr' ed sA
America n al ENrope, TAG ma'.'
'nde or music lovers found q dcl-'i'
fully romantic hat he Shout sudden,
nave decided to study gypsy n1s,' AZ
nrst hand and should actually have
i!Ved with Gyps.cs ttcGo scycra' years
to do 1t.
Riding horseback with StaUhrrn's1
one day In Central Park ,Szechrita Is
n wonderful horseman. although tNis
Is not generally known he observed
s~agac'ously that So far as lac was con-
cerned tho story OF the MaVar lpes'
man would nevvr be told, Lat 9ecple
think that Savanyi had Simply sl,rpei
away to study gypsy music IL tN'
gypsy camps.
People can understand that. II q
~ use telling people the truth wlcn
they cannot understand II. what ''''
do not understand they Will nol'ocl!eNs
true" he said oracularly.
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his recital in Aeolian Hail tomorrow.
lie want me to get another friend so
that the two OF us can help him, and
promises a full explanation this noon
when We get together. Youll Gomez
I said | would, and an hour later
was ushercd into the magnificent
apartment leased by the celebrated
musician for the period of his sojourn
IN this country.
The tall Hungarian with a great
wealth of long blond hair and a face
of great spirit offered me his slender,
powerful hand with an expression OF
pleasure. All through the meal his
eyes danced with excitement. When
we had finished the dessert he pushed
back his plate and led us into another
room, where he took from the carved
Florentine mantclpiece a photograph.
We looked AT IL silently, 1t was the
portrait of the greatest violinist of our
time, the unfortunate Savanyi. whose
sudden disappearance several years be-
fore had astonlshed and ~perplexed the
whole world.
Il have found him" said Szcchelta
quietly. Then with rising agitation he
repeated: 81 have found my friend
and countrymau, the master Of the
violin, Savanyi ,IanoS John Savanyi.
as you call him"
| think both Scarborough and I
were partly ~stupetied, Like every II
else, we accepted the usual explana-
ton Of Savanyis disappearance that
he must have fallen from the side OF
a Cliff into the waters Of the lake be-
low The accident was supposed to
nave happened not far from the sea-
port of Fiumc,
SaVanyi had a villa among the hills
back OF he town. lie was devoted In
the quiet little city for Two rcasons
In the first place, he was horn there.
In the second place, Eiume is the great
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had got the book and looked up the
passage. 1t told the story OF the kid
mapped violinist.
THE story itself would not have
bothered Savanyl, he said. but the
scrawlcd paper drawing his attention
to 1t worried him a good deal. He
tried hard to find out how it had come
to the house, but no one seemed to
know.
ut was two days later that he dis
appeared 30 suddenly.
although I had made light OF the
warning he had taken up his violin
and said to me: II anything happens
to me. listen to every violin you hear,
visit all the gypsy camps and harken
for this musical phrase Then he
played a peculiar Arrangement Of
minor triads. AND this that am
going to play now: " Q summons for
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Boys Amazing Adventure While Serving as
Steward Aboard English Supply Ship Which Was
Attacked by Undersea Boat Off Coast of France

our tunnels and we must have made
an excellent target indeed. for shells
were exploding on deck and holes were
torn as largo as a mans body wher-
ever they struck. I will truthfully
admit I was nearly frantic by now.
Rushing into my stateroom to ret q
suit case which wa packed for such
an emergency. I grabbed a loose suit
Of clothes, cigarettes and matches,
overlooking my suit case in the OK
element. and ran on deck toward the
starboard lifeboat. The deck was q
mass Of wreckase. and I distinctly
remember falling four times before
reaching the boat deck. Running up
a ladder. I threw the garments into
the lifeboat ana started to get a knife
for the engineer to cut tho ropes hold
ing the boat.
At that instant I saw . hole larger
than my head suddenly appear in our
real mast. then smoke emerge from
the hole AFTER the shell had exploded
on deck. This same shell struck the
chief engineer. and tearing away half
Of his shoulder knocked him to our
wash deck. twenty feet below.
The captain was lying on the bridge
steering and trying TO keep nj stern
to the submarine, which was not 500
yards of and was firing both guns.
I ran forward and stood IN front Of
the cabin. placing as much protection
as possible between the submarine and
myself. Lighting a cigarette, which I
honestly expected TO he my last. I
waited. thinking every minute would
bring the terrible explosion which fol-
lows the wake Of the dreaded torpedo.
Every one wal half crazed, as We
were in a sinking condition with nearly
fifty holes In u water line. Sud-
denly We stopped. as the flremen had
deserted the engine room. the heat be-
coming unhearable. Our captain called
to me and ordered me TO secure his
papers and help launch u starboard
llfeboat.
We carried two such boats and one
had twelve shrapnel holes in II which
were afterward plugged up with cloth
ing. | ran toward the companion lad
der leading TO the captains cabin when
the entire staircase was torn asunder
by the explosion OF a protectile. The
air a fun OF smoke and splinters
were flying as dust and falling to the
deck.
Thinking myself wounded. I confess
| nearly gave up. Just then q fire.
mai running toward his boat, for they
were launching both boats. picked me
up and shouted to the captain that
T was wounded. Our captain. securing
h.s papers, ran and picked me up and
said:
My God. you are not wounded; run
for Your boat"
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camp ana listen for those oddly in
v"rt"d minor triads, which were "A cry
Tor help, then | would listen again for
the major notes ~ tho summons for
the Whlte llorseman. then | would
know,
And no@, Mr.. StarhprouCh. aud my
dehr Mr., lhipton, | have found the
great Savanyi. | wuUt out at once
20 your Gypsy camp at the edge of the
city. fou sec, those evpsins must
have made for america at once after
taking their prisoner. | suppose they
simply disguised themselves and
entered Fiumc, boarding ono of the
Ships in the ihruug there.
II strollcd up to this camp and
crossed the palm of the withcred old
fortune teller with the usual silver.
While ] pretended to listen to hor
m~aunderings l saw q face with
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instructed Scarborough and myself to
arm ourselves with automatic pistols
II wait in n patch of wood near the
gypsy camp. We were to arrive there
precisely AT midnight,
Your stirring about may arouse the
dogs of the camp" said the Hungarian,
'but If You time yourselves carefully
their barking will do no HARM
He would not explain further. but
pressing our hands warmly thanked
us for coming to my assistance in this
bizarre AFFAIR" and babe us good-by.
1t was a typical April evening, Lit
lie gusts OF wind blew first from one
direction, then from another. as Stan
borough and met on the further edge
Of the grove. Clouds partly ohscured
the Sky, and the moon was hidden be-
hind them q full half of the time.
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John d. Harrison. a young high school graduate OF Chicago, has
arrived in New York with a story of an experience unmatched in the
narrative of the great war He is possibly the only American ever
aboard a German submarine in action. The manner of his being there
was this:
A British supply ship on which he was steward was sunk by q
U boat which had previously destroyed eight other vessels OF the
Allies in the same week. He jumped into the water. chung to a life
buoy for twenty five minutes and to his amazement was rescued by
the submarine.
The Germans were kind to him. They gave him dry clothes and
breakfast and then relieved themselves of his embarrassing presence
by setting him adrft on a raft. to be picked up two hours later by a
commander spoke TO him: but as he 6oated away on his raft half the
crew lined up on the deck shouted "Good-by" in English.
A desire to see the world led young Harrison to ship as a steward
from New Orleans early N the present year. His further adventures
are told in his own language. As evidence of the accuracy of his story
he has various official documents.
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captain was crying like a child, FOR
they were very intimate.
We'll, we turned back n the zap
tain and myself succeeded In getting
on board our ship once more. l went
into the saloon to get some medicines
and timed foods. when suddenly the
submarine emerged not 200 yards dis
tant. on the same side where our life
boat awaited us. and fired three shells
INTO the hulk. one shot passed d.
rectly over my head. through the
cabin.
Becoming nearly frantic again I ran
and jumped off the opposite side and
chung to some wreckage and n life
buoy. The captain. jumping on the
other side. was pulled into the life
boat and rowed away, but not before
the submarine commander shouted that
he would get me. I was In the water
perhaps twenty-five minutes when the
submarine came alongside and pulled
me aboard, nearly exhausted.
The first thing for me to do was 10
tell the commander that ] was an
American. I surely was frightened,
but my fears were soon removed, for
he too me down the coming tower
and ordered his steward to give me
dry clothing and breakfast. ! had hot
coffee, ham and bread and It surely
tasted good. The commander began
to question me about our ship. what
cargo we had bee carrying. where we
were bound and also where and why |
had Joined. The answers I gave APP
parently satisfied him, for he asked me
IN 90 M lack anI ~ MN than tho
last explosive shell was fired into the
hulk of the Margam Abbey and she
took her final plunge beneath the
waves.
| was asked below again and was
taken into the officers messroom. The
Germans seemed TO be holding a rom
sultation over me.
This L boat was a big. new vessel.
nearly 800 feet long and had a sort OF
zlszag effect painted along her decks to
resemble the wash of the sea, thereby
rendering her almost invisible on the
horizon. She mounted two six pound
guns fore and aft. each manned by two
men. OF course these guns were of
late type, disappearing variety. but the
recoil from them was very pronounced.
ms the whole vessel fairly trembled
when they were fired.
The coming tower was covered with
shutterlike c~ontrivances for vent!la-
ton purposes when on the surface,
and the vertical stairway descending
from II was in tho mids of several
wheellike devices which ! found after
ward were for raising and lowering
the vessel. | never saw SO much ma
chinery in so small a compass before
in my life. The crew OF about thirty
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~ all MS WanderlnSS rOund neg
lected and exotic corners of the
metropolis. | had been out to his
h6me with him the night before and
we were riding in on the commuters
train, our heads wreathed in tobacco
smoke and our voices almost drowned
by the excitement Of squads Of card
players.
Auction pinochle seemed to be the
favorite game. But it did not enthrall
Scarborough. He was staring moodily
ont OF the window when. on the very
Of tents and canopied wagons with
outiandish looking men and women
around them, horses plckcted to one
side. yelping dogs and children run
ming about. Scarborough gave an ex-
Clanation:
.'Look, Lupton," he said. "A gypsy
camp"
But Ne were past before | got more
ehan a glimpse ~ it.
~ must see Szechelta to-day and toll
Bpm about it," my friend went on.
The Hungarian pianist" asked,
ond then added, with some curiosity:
eWhy tell him."
BECAUSE he makes II a point to
visit every gypsy camp he hears Of"
answered Scarborough. "Now, don't
s me the reason. | don't know it.
- AAs never conidcd in me-
several days went by before I heard
from Scarborough again. lie tcle-
phoned about II in tho morning tn
ask n couldn't come VI TO inch
with MIN and the famous pianist
tzschr'ta at tn" iiungarians apart-
ment uptown.
"esechelta has been out 10 hat
gypsy camp and has found something.
he Is 10 excited that he has cancelled
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port Of embarkat!on for thousands Of
emigrants to America from southeast
ern Europe. Savanyi had never for
gotten that in his boyhood he had been
one of that great stream OF weary.
timid. hopeful people creeping up the
sa~ngplanks and budding in the dark
bound FOR New York. From the We
randa of his villa Savanyi used to look
down at the ~unending procession Of
old and young. the Borrowing and the
courageous. parting from each other
with brave faces hiding almost intol-
cradle anguish. And the tears would
stand in the musicians eyes.
one day Savanyi had gone out for
a walk In tho hills about his house.
There was one path which lay along
the side OF a precipitous rock with a
sheer fall OF a hundred feet to a blue
lakelet below. He had taken this path.
When he did not return and could not
be found Il was finally concluded that
he must have slipped and fallen to his
death.
Il am perhaps the only person on
earth who has all along thought that
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u"."e uo"h '"e .in "~ecnei'a 'o'u
US. waving US 20 snalrs ana iisn,ing a
.Ssr """' ''ahoo'o"sh o"ereo NM
That is because I had some reason
TO believe that a danger threatened
him and that he might suddenly dis
appear in just this way.
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his ca,tor.s ,s,,da, o,.,n N'" oi
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hars ,hn,n ohtI,..n "no an ns mem
oh,l1ran 80 ."elr cn'lureh s
c,ar,ng ,ba, W. nv wions. De
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der shell fire, as the submarine was
pouring shot n. IS We passed her
stern We saw our other lifeboat maxi
ing toward Ushant. France, eighty
miles distant.
We rowed perhaps two miles. and
as the submarine had submerged and
the Mar-am Abbey being only half
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The vessel was listing badly and I
had TO crawl over debris TO my boat
helped lower our chief engineer. who
was suffering terribly. to the boat and
jumping In myself was closely
followed by the captain, who was the
last to leave the ship.
We pulled away from our vessel ur-
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sunk. our captain suggested that We
turn and go hack. believing we stood
a better chance of being picked up
neal her than in the open sea. our
chief engineer VAS in a dying condi-
ton, although I had made him as COM
Portable as possible BY handaginG his
wounds with my underwear. and the
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This weird and appalling vision was motionless.

- TANBOROuGH really lives out
side the city OF New York, for
J, all his wanderings around neg
lected and exotic of the
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