The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-23

MAD been Sc. l.,,yyo r. Nassau tor the
4 PURPOSE OF removing an omlnous lhso
i tut;or al destruction. consisting OF
vood slsaJ or hemp canvas ana Paint,
uh,ch happened to he so arranged Ihat
.aseyobled a submarine ] was commls-
.~1a, 81, make her S. sea worthy as posi-
b.. and then place her IN charge OF
~,o,,arf,,l boat capable OF towing her 10
MEM ard from thence 10 New ork
C,,ty where she was 70 be put Cd exhiDl-
tIot,. a. one OF the principal actors IN
nIct,,rlzation of Jules Nernes Immortal
masterpiece. wenty IAouSanu A0"sN"S
Under the Sea
Nov then ] did not deem II necessary
,r have three-sheei posters thrown up all
over the town tor the purpose OF informing
,hs inhabitants OF something which ddD
concern them at all The submarine
was the property OF an American hrm II
was built under the supervision Of an
Amer,car with American gold. and was
going 70 be taken to America There
fore couldn't see where the British came
IL Oh the deal anywhere ;,
He, name was che Nautilus" and /
found her buried II !oD feet OF sand be-
hind the Pohce Station Oh Bay Street,
winch was the first .sSfoughtare thus side
OF the harboi She had rested there
Yea, ano the tides had carefully placed
sand the whole length OF her The Nau-
thur was nothing more or less than
three big pontoons enclosed In big
shell o. wood hemp and canvas The
pontoons were made OF wood and were
abou, sIs feet Deep They were dlstri-
buted one aft. one amidshipe and one
astern. and were absolutely water-tght,
The shell was built so Is TO represent 3
submarine and was covered with canvas,
painted steel grey ana made tast WITH
~ Il ,1h on.
largeo with iead So that they looked Like
rivets The canvas was stretched 80
tlghA that when the nails were put In she
looked like the real destroyer she was sup
posed to be with huge steel plates On
her deck she earned 3 penscope, coming
tower wireless equipment and TalL
(which was nothing but ordinary rope
painted grey
For three weeks ] employed ten negroes
vSttinr her prepared for her long journey.
II took several days TO dig her out OF the
sand several more TO float her-for she
was one hundred and twenty feet 10 length
and drew SD fee, OF water-and several
more 70 patch up the holes, repaint her
and test the pontoons
When the huskies began painting her
started out to charter the boat to tow her
] found there was only one real fast boat
-Ranger' and was owned by the man who
was proprietor OF my clearinghouse
He informed me the yacht had thirty.
six horsepower engine IN her and could
beat ANYTHING that had propeller. south
OF Hattera$ ] explained that didn't
want her 70 beat anything except the
record between Nassau and Miami
Then ] told HIM the whole story and
after be had listened he agreed to tackle
the Job
was busy taking on stores for her ad
hY.n rod
ions of gasoline were taken aboard:
] then decided to get my clearanc,
papers Gong TO the place where tn,
"Ranger"was moored dragged the skip
per out Of the cabin and marched him {,
the pom Office, where we made out tn
papers We cleared the Ranger" 70
Miami. -tow1ng the film boat. Nautilus.
and then slapped on a five shilling stamp
Late that night. the Ranger with ful
steam ahead, left her moorings and sailet
quietly UP the harbor to the place wher
the Nautilus looking as pretty as al
orchid and as dangerous as beautiful
woman rested gracefully. WITH tow-hn
- her nose. waiting for herr One end o
Sne line was fastened 10 the stern of tn,
Ranger" and then she started slowly oil
her way towards Salt CAY one Of tn,
islands Ii the Bahama group.
We had been told that fifty VICIOUS look
lng British warshIps were at that momen
dong patrol duty IN these waters. guardin,
the islands against possible attack by tn,
Germans For there are no fortihcation
Oh any OF the islands ID this group. and
a. would BE- simple matter for q German
warship 20 ship II when the British wer,
mapping and grab one OF these towns be
Tore the inhabitants had then breakfast
We were running INTO danger ano We
knew II
As I sat Cd the deck OF the Ranger
the skipper who had been looking through
the glasses ever SINCE SUNRISE came UP Il
me with somewhat worried look
j here's q stranger comm IN hacl
there, and he Ierked his thumb over HI.
shoulder She : Iralllp along ID ouI
COURSE 700 he added as he handed me-
] raised the glasses snd covered an OBJ
tect about fve miles behind US A.
studied the craft ssw ~ WAS large motor
boat Yacht sue, equipped With sails
he Wa cutting through the water al full
s >eo as though she Was enraged from he,
Dow 1rlt 70 her ruddeI ] SURVEYED hei
car, lily and the more ] do so the more
re- ',zeo she was some distance from
mons 10 was noa out on b pleasure lsunt
While | was thus engaged . tab figure,
dressed ID white. came up from the CABIN
sno STEPPED On deck ] knew hum a,
once j. VAS the Commandment. and he
stumbled ~ usual. when be reached the
top The flrsa thing he dlo WAS rasse his
glasses and nun them on our feet II
seemed very interesting ", me, for doubt
d anyone bad ever trouhIrd Ia Inos At me
through The glasses before ! mus con-
fesS feit somewhat honored
handed TIM glasses "a, the skipper and
surned to the engineer
how much are ypu getting cot 81 her
nogg- ] inquired OF thai Indivldnal
NJ knots he rerbed As he thrust hIs
froEgled bead iruua hrlae
Is thst the b--Si 81. s-,e tc-- \ nm
tInus-d
is ~ sh- ran 80 with that thing
pulling sgaInSt hsI n. AitSvvrrs-i
" hsi hsast rhAt7 ssSANSs s,i the
skptsE ~hD ~RS Stth .azing "a ,,,r rur.
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