The Washington times., 1917-09-05
.HCTAVER The Man Fish !
III ~ = By Jean de la Hire
A Strange Story of Mystery and
FGnGticism
By Jean de Ia Hire


hurrAhs rising from the sAIps, Do-
tween which they passed.
i At her maximum speed Of twenty
knots an hour she passed between the
Cyclone and the Swift. which lay op-
posits enc another, beIehlns fora
great clouds sf blask smeks from her
smoksstaeks. .s
"BrAvOi Brsvsr' cried the crew e
the Cyclone, with one sesOFd.
"HurrAht HurrahP !, sahesd TIE
crew Of the sasrinoisl cruiser.
TO sleep. now" said ssvsrae.
Turning to Clssrat. he motionsd ~
srgstically toward the fns cruiser A.
ready far, In the distance and said:
"Commandant. do your Instructions
forbid your following this Vssssif,
"on the contrary. monsieur. they
order me to do II. I am to follow at
. distance Of about 1000 yards ans
put about ~ soon A. she Sings.P
Then forward"
FORWARD. monsieur"
In advance OF the swift, which wAs
TO carry out the same manOuvors a.
the French torpedo boat, the Cyclone
set out in the wake Of the Gsrmaa
cruiser.
The entire crew was on the alert
with loaded torpedo tubes cfasrat
and saints Claire stood forward with
sSvsrae. who pressed the slsctrie
mirror against his breast with his tive
hands.l
The three men were pale and thSlr
eyes never left the P-inz Heinrich.
Their orders were 10 bkirt the Isis
Of Aarandam as closely a. pessibla,
30 that some Of the survivors Of the
ctatastrophe might ind refuge upon
its reefs The crew OF the German
cruiser had been exhorted not 20 lose
their hsada- 4 moment. but 70 listen
and observe, 80 that the survivors
might furnish an Instructive account
Of the destruction OF their shlp. Al
twenty-five minutes past 10 BY the
Cyclones clock, the Prinz Heinrich
rounded a reef which reared It's head
to the north of Masandam Isle
Immediately the Cyclone and ths
Swift saw the German vessel turn
slightly and head west By south. IN ~
der TO make clear fits intention OF
going straight into the Persian gulf.
The line has been crossed" saed
CfserRt. In a voice uneonsciously flrm
and hard, but-in which, nevertheless,
there was a trace of emotion.
sainte Claire had taken out his
watch.
TWENTY-FIVE minutes past tea said
Sainte Claire
: At the same instant they saw the
cruiser rise on the waves. q great re
port sounded and she parted. amid
ships between the smokesElskL
simultaneously a tongue Of iamo
and a column Of smoke burst Vut
The bow Of the cruiser dove head
long, the stern stood upon er3. and N
q moment both were enYuifed in .
great whirlpool
HIetaneF Strikes ASnIa-
Already the Cyclone had put about.
while the Swift. according to orders
received. went at top speed toward
the scene of the eatastrophe, in Or
der to rescue the survivors.
Then Severae, Ciscrat and SaintS
Claire uttered ascry Of horror. The
Swift leaped almost out OF the water
while a second report Numbered out.
and she sank. broken to pieces, in the
great gulf which had already rival
lowed the Prinz Heinrich.
Grimly, Severac Eroaned.
Yes. l knew it. They win Be i'm
Letting the electric mirror hang
Ihc 'hGAu 20 nj
shoulder, he bit his hsts In his rage.
With his eyes nxed to the spot whore
he waves were tossing the bleeding
vretches about .s
Five minutes later the DreadnauEht
rave the order for the whole feet TO
top.
An hour after. another order was gwen.
n pursuance OF which. sort Of squad -
on drew up on the Isle Of MAsandam
here were twelve cruisers In the nEst
Inc. twelve battleships in the second
Inc. and surrounding these were two
undred torpedoes and destroyers, with
fly submarines underneath.
At o'clock in the afternoon. at . gun
red aboard the Dreadnaught. the
quadron moved forward. and doubling
Iasandam, went through the same
laneuvre as the glorious Prince Helm
ich The Cyclone was proceeding with
he other torpedo boats.
A heartrending hecatomb was 10 fol-
owi
CTo Ne Confinsed Toao<rSw1 =.