Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-22

mex second all might be over for him
and for the ship. Barrett rebuked
himself.
'"That's right Make it sure!" he
cried.
The tremor from the turbines, con-
tinuous tin now and evident always
between the shock of the Falcons
shells, suddenly had stopped. Every
one in the little cabin felt it.
II spoke with Mr.. Hanlon, sir" DAN
iels said to Barrett as the commander
seized him. "He understands. He
said he'd stay to keep current for the
radio"
Spurstow flung down his pliers and
touched the key. The blue spark Of
the radio rasped across the spark gap.
"You can send now 2" Barrett cried.
"You can sendT'
The operators wrist snapped down.
The crash of his spark, leaping and
leaping as he pressed his key, shut
out just then all other sound In the
little steel walled room. 1t made an
swer and told that, as the ship. went
down, only the turbines which turned
the screws had had to stop. To keep
the current for the radio to send mes
sages to the shore men still stayed at
their posts below.
"Hanlon, Hanlon!" Barrett gasped to-
himself as the spark still rasped.
"Boy"-he bent over Spurstow, but
careful not to touch him-"you are
getting them? You are getting them
at home now? Then send-send it all.
We found the fleet, and they attacked
us. Don't say much Of that. That
doesn't count. Just that they attack
ed, and their force. They're twenty
two dreadnaughts In their fighting line
-four of the Zeus class, six of the
Trajan, four of the Pharaoh, six of the
Sargon, two of the Thor!'
He had fallen back now and was half
insensible. Like Ensign Griswold, who
had fallen from the foretop, he was
rambling on and on, repeating the
ships of the enemy over and over again.
For he had fallen, too, but not upon the
deck this time-into the water. It was
cool and salty, but choking him, and
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them made no cry and did not thrash
at all, but when he looked at them
they sank quite easily. Indeed, only
one man near by was swimming at all
strongly. He did not seem hurt, and,
as Barrett say him now closer, he un-
derstood why. The man was in civil
ian's shirt and so could have hidden
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Of the ship. He had or a life preserver.
Barrett did not cry to him at all. Bar
rett was not asking him for help, but
he came beside Barrett and offered to
hold him as well as he could. So Bar
rett saw 1t was Banland, and, as he
recognized him, Barrett pushed him
away
1t was a warm, humid evening Of
August in northern Illinois, with the
leaves on the naples about the Ashby
home just beginning to turn red and
with the grass of the lawn sleek and
glistening. The grounds stretched for
a hundred yards to the road, which led
up and down gentle slopes to the busy,
prosperous little city of Elgin, three
quarters of a mile away. AS Jim Ash
by was the third of his name to stake
his fortune there, success was coming
to him quickly and easily.
$50 you're ure there1l be no trou-
ble?" asked Ashby's brother-in-law,
Wendell.
Absolutely! The Europeans are
withdrawing their cruisers from all
ports in the Caribbean and showing
complete compliance with our de-
mands."
"Compliance!"
'The premier has cabled Washing
ton asking ten days extension of time
for making formal reply to the presi-
dents note, and unofficial reports, pass
ed by the censors, say that the Liberals
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