New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
The Scalp
Continued from Pcge TreO

ing round, distant between two or tire. m.
on our starboard beam. headed toward !.
keeping the gun trained on her, as exnss,.,
Judging by her action that she had spel. !,
submarine. When we were about a mile Az.
half from the steamer | saw the subm,,.
half mile astern of her. We oDened A.
again, and gave her four shots, with about =,
minutes between EN-. The submarine u.
lodged behind the off quarter Of the steau.,.
He paused to light his pipe, and added oy..
gravely, when she had disappeared behb,
the steamer / gave the order Cease fire. }
avoid hitting the larger vessel"
made mental note of his thoughtfulrn,.
but. not for worlds would have shown a.,
doubt of his power to blast his way, il nsc,
sary, through all the wood and iron in the a,
verse; and | was glad that the blue cloud, =
our smoke mingled for moment between "a
81 saw two white boats off the port c,y
ter" he continued. But paid no attention
them. | ordered the helm to be starboardsd
bit more, and told the gunner 70 train his u,
on the bow Of the steamer; for expected u.
submarine TO show there next. few mi,
utes later she did so, and when she drew abs,,
/ gave the order to fire. | should say we v,,
about a mile and a quarter away. We ga,
DIN two more shots and they dropped y.7
close, as the spray rose over his coming tcTr
He altered his course directly away from
and we continued to fire. The third ,.,,
smothered his coming tower with spsy
did not see the fourth and fifth shots pta
There was no splash visible, although Il W.,
then broad daylight; so / believe they nus
have hit him. few moments after this Il.
submarine disappeared.
81 turned, then, toward the two white to,s
and hailed them. The chief officer Of Il
steamer was in charge Of one. They were :.
turning to their ship, and told me that We b
hit the submarine. We escorted them thruur
the nets and parted very good friends"
"But how did you get the scalp 0, Ii
U-boat?" | asked.
Eve signalled to the admiral, and sent Il
Daffy to investigate. She found the place, i
right 1t was choppy sea, but there was VI
smooth patch in it, just where we tod e
the submarine had disappeared; big path
water like wavy satin, two or three hunt's
yards of it, coored like the stripes on maj
erel, all blue and green with oil. They toci
specimen of the OIL"
Odd it satisfy the Admirably
"No. Nothing satisfies the Admiralty K
certainties. They count the minimum lOas
l.. sL.l..
Very proper, too. Then you know when %.
are But, mind you, don't believe we iniSs
him off that morning. Oil don't proys to |.
1t only proves we hit him. | believe il Vi
the Maggie and Rose that killed him, or p
Hawthorn. No; it wasn't, either. It was .
Loeb Awe"
"How was thatw
"Wel, as Commander White was tellingy.
we'd shot out nets to the north and souts
him. There were two or three hundred nls
perhaps, in which he might wriggle about; b
he couldn't get out of the trap, even L y
knew where to look for the danger. He TIE
to run for home, and that's what finished hr
They'll tell you all about that on the Lo1
Awe"
So the next day ! heard the end Of the y''
from a sandy-haired skipper In a trsEs
whose old romantic name was dark with ."
significance. He was terribly logical In y
cabin--s comfortable room with q hrs u
stove-he had picture Of his wife and ds'g,
ters, all very rigid and uncomfortable
also had three books. They included rs~
Burns nor Scott. One was the Bible thurs
by his grandfather and his father, tl y
paper had worn yellow and thin at the fts
The second, am sorry to say, was called IN
Beautiful White Devil" The third vi
odd volume of Froude in the "EverymI co.
ton. 1t dealt with the Armada.
81 was town my nets wi the rest .!
group" he said, It'll about O'Clock ~
mornin' on yon occasion. 1t was fine wears
wi a kind o. haar. All at once, my ship s't
six points aft her coorse, frse S. Z. to b, NJ
and jaloused that the nets had been fouled
some muckle movin' body. / gave orders 70 y
the wheel hard s-port, but she woudns ansse
Suddenly the strain on the nets stoppit
81 medina tell you what had happened. Y
course, it was preceesely what the Adml''r
had arranged tae happen when gentlsne'
undersea boats try to cut their way thfO'''
cor nets. Mind ye, thse nets are vera v
pensive."