The sun., 1916-10-22

behind the Goblin the latter was lighted
up by large ship and heavily fred at.
The enemy fled. but she left the Goblin
out OF control. with n grlsly list Of
casualties and her helm damned. The
Goblin swerved, returned and then
swerved again. The Shaitan, astern,
tried to clear her and the two fell aboard
each other. the COLLINS bows deep In
tho Shaitan's fore bridge. While they
hung thus locked an unknown destroyer
rammed the Shaitan aft. cutting on sew
eral feet Of her stern and leaving her
rudder TANNED hard over. as complete
n mess as the personal devil himself
could have devised and all due to the
rierest accident OF a few panicky sal
woes. Presently the two ships worked
clear in a smothe Of steam and oil and
went their several ways.
Quite a while after she had parted
from the Shaltan the Goblin discovered
several of the Shaitan's people, some OF
them wounded. OF her own foc'sle,
where they had been pitched by the col
lision.
The Goblin, working her way home
ward on such boilers as remained. carried
on n one u fight at a few cables dis
lance with some enemy d~estrOyers. who
not knowing what condition she WAS in
sheefed on after n few rounds.
The Shsitan. holed forward and opened
up ait. came across the survivors from
the Gehenna clinging to their raj, and
took them aboard. Then some OF our
destroyers--they were thick on the sea
that night--tried 10 tow her stern first,
Tor the Goblin had cut her up badly
orwar Hut since the Shaitan lacked
m stern and her rudder wa ia mined
Ia. ri Asr.g, x.t,.. a.. 1900
been the hawsers parted. and after law.
ful authority had been asked across ali
that waste Of waters they sank tho shat.
tan BY gunfire after having first taken
All the proper steps about confidential
books. Yet the Shaitan had had her
little crunb OF comfort. for while she
lay crippled she saw quite close 10 her
herman cruiser that was trailing
ho'neward IN the dawn gradually heel
over and sink.
Others Have Adventures.
This completes nv version of ,hs
N'tous accounts Of four d%estroyers a..
ic'tiy concerned for a few hours on one
minute section OF one wing ~ our battle
other ships Witnessed other aspects oi
agony and duly noted y AS the, wen,
"1oit their business. Dr.e @. orr bat
: .shir>. Ior instance. made ~; b, the
Hiare al the burning Vsh.rhl thai the
supposed cruiser tha. me Ehlis had tor.
p"d"ed was u German Datticshlp Of a
certain class. 40 the Gcheuna did not
u' ~ vain, tnd We may take Z tina, the
ii' otery al not undu!v depress the
l.bi" Wounded IN the hospital.
Tho res, Of the totilla that the Llu,
d"s.l'y"rs belonged 20 had their own
Hdv"itUres later. one of them. cha sins
o. being ch,9ed. saw the Goblin GU, al
control just before the Goblin and the
Sha'tln locked. and narrowly escaped
Eiding herself 80 tina tr!ple collision
AH'th"r looscd a couple OF torpcdoea al
enemy ships who We're attacking the
~tiehoru1, which perhlGs accounts for the
anxiety Of tn. enemy to break away
from that hornets most IL soon us pos-
slbI" Nl! 20 dozen " 80 II them ran
into four German battlesh.ps, which
they s"t about torpedoing ut ranges
varying rom half a mite To a mile and
= hut. 1t va" asking inr trouble. and
they got IL. but they had In return a,
least n big ship. and he same Oh.
servant hnttleship Of ours who ldcntl.
h"d the Eblis's bird reported three SAT.
isfactory explosions IN half an hour fol.
lowed 10y u, glare that III up all the SKY
one of the fotilia. closing in on VIVA,
she thought was the smoke OF a sister
In difficulties. found herself well In
gmong four battleships. III was toe
late To get away" she says. 80 she at.
fred her torredo. wac caugh,