Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-22

shipman days. The girl was the one
who came down to Annapolis. all flush.
ed and excited. for Garry's graduation
and who had danced with him all but
three Of the numbers lit the hop
The other photograph was n picture o!
her. toO-a phctograpi recently taken
showing how hcauti III that laugl.in1
little girl had become. how happy CIR
~ had made her. and Photographed
with her was a little hoy o: roul
(Starnes had married the yc'raftcr hi
graduated: Bob was his nam
very like bis mother and /, dea
like Garry. too. und wearing proud!
as a band for his straw sailor hat {;
ribbon. III. s. s. Arizona."
Bob bent and gazed closely at til.
picture Of the little boy. and sudden
~ and quite unconsciously his eyes
blurred.
That's a great kid lie said to Garry
after a minute.
"He's all right" Garry winlied ant
looked AWAY. He was pleased thai
Bob had noticed the picture. but liz
did not want to talk about it. "Yor
mighty nenr got 1t above. Bob"
Garry had not been close enough t
suffer from the explosion. but he wa
badly shaken. He had had to max
more OF an adjustment perhaps thai
Wendell. for Bob. forty hours before
had seen a man destroyed. and he hat
gone off and left the body beside tn,
road because 1t was war. 1t was We
novel to Garry. though he had playe'
the pretense in practice many times t
60 about his business after men on
the ship had just been killed.
A mess man Of the detail who
brought on board the officers baggage
appeared at the door with Bob's bags
Garry received them and opened them
on his bunk.
You're rather a sight" Garry in.
formed Bob. You'd better make a
complete change. II you haven't ev'
erything you wan I guess my thingsIl
at you. And, by the way, you might
as well battle now. Every ones been
ordered TO-"
Wendell looked about quickly. The
order for every one to battle and put
on clean clothes was the preliminary
Of battle, a precaution taken so that
expected wounds would be as clean as
might be- You mean we're going out
soon?"
Looks like It."
Bob went to the shower bath. When
he returned Garry was gone. but the
next moment rejoined Wendell in the
room.
Flows varney?" asked Bob.
"Pretty much hurt about the head.
but he's conscious, and the doc thinks
he'll pull through, but he'll not light
his turret In this scrap. They're tax
ing him ashore to the hospital. and two
Of the men that were got for good were
gunners. One was Ferris Of the Kan
saA Remember him? The best point.
or On tho ship
Wendell realized that the sound Of
the anti-air craft guns had ceased. 1t
surprised him, when he thought Of 1t,
that b did not take troubis 70 md out
what had happened to tho machine
and that Starnes did not concern him.
self about It either. The fate Of one
which no longer was men,
was too trivial among the events
now upon them.
what! Are you here?' starnes
questioned. Watch and Divisional Of,
deer, BobY
That's what the orders said which
] got ON the train. l haven't seen the
old man yet. You're still on fire con
troll, GarryT'
"Yep."
"Foretopg"
Fright. I'm in charge there. And
you've a turret?"
mo. 2, Wayne thought. He said on
the way over he understood he's to be
my Junior"
Garry shook his head. mot any
IOnger-not II they're carrying varney
ashore! I'don"t mean you won't have
the turret; I mean you'll have it all to
yourself. and Waynem have a turret.
too. or Ross will have the turret and
Wayne take q division OF f1ves by him
self"
Wendell glanced about quickly. 1t
not like Garry to find fault. He
was notorious for eagerness to take on
mems work In an emergency
cheerfully and as though be preferred
It His battle station. as he had just
been told, was chief fire control officer
In the tops. His business when the
alarm bells should boom through the
and the bugles should blow Gen
eral quarters" vas to lead his spot
ters" to the top of the foremost and
his telescope watch for the
of the Arizona's shells.
At ten or twelve miles distance the
Initial range could only be approxi-
mated. so Starnes az fire control Off.
Ger would spot the splash Of the
great shells as they struck the sea
about the enemy. His duty would be
to estimate the distance Of the splash
or short Dr. 70 the right or to
The left Of the target. to telephone bis
estimate instantly to the chief fire on
troll station far below the armor and
the water. from which there would 60
TO the guns the instructions for the
of the sights. SO the next
shots would be closer and the next
hit
Garry was naturally adapted to this
work and had been trained to extraor.
linary skill in It: there was no better
man Of any rank for this work in
he feet So the fact of his being chief
ire control officer In the foretop be
no weakness OF personnel.