Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16

! ic'o OF ION ago. such "a the letter writ
| ten by Captain iichard Whca;!au". OF
the merchant snip Perseverance. in
i.?Y and dated from the old Straits Of
! Bahama;
! a schooner has been in chase Of
Us since : O'clock and has ovcry APP
! pc:,ramrc OF bciuG "a nrNa,ccr.
/ At o'clock. finding ourselves family
clear at Sugar Noy aud Key l.apoas.
NC took in s,ccriu: sails. wore so,
haGlcd III. our courses. and prepared
for action. The schooner immcdia;cl. IS
took IN sail and passed under our Ice.
"" wore shir. She Cid the same, and
We passed each other within half a
muS,ict. y fellow hailed Us in broken
English and ordered the boat hoiStcd
ont ANA the captain 20 come on board
with his papers, which he refused. lie
enforced his orders with :; menace
That in case oil refusal lie would sink
US. usiu: the vilcst and most infamous
. language II is possible - conceive of.
''tic wore and came IN un our star
board quarter giving us Il broadSide
rs lie passed our storm. In; fred so
wild tina. he did us very little injury.
while our sierra .liaS.rS gave him "A
noble dos" Of round shot and lagrange
We hauled tn" snip 10 wind. and a.;
he passed poured :, wno!r hroad.id.
into him with great success. His
muShc; balls r"a ciHd us in every di-
lection, IN. his largo shot either :cli
short or went considerably over us.
'whiic our guns. loaded with round shot
and square bars q: iron. were piled
SO briskiy ana directly with such good
Judgment tina; before lie cot out Of
range We had cat his riainSail and
f"rc;oDsaii al! 10 racS and cleared his
decks 80 cn,ctivoly that when he
finally bore away there were scarcely
ZEN mon 20 NJ seen. The ac-
ton which lasted one hour ana TWEEN
~ minutes c:lLcd well. Tor Wa feel
coutiJcut tina, We nave rid the world
OF some infamous pests Of society"
CHIEi' GiNNEit sun:
HE DISABLED I-Ho xV'
Til" chief gunner .; this amazing
schooner OF I5-day which fought a sub
marine expresses =. similar confidence
concerning certain Teutonc pests OF
society. His az um.nt has merit. Tn
| less disabled, why did the U-boat so
quickly abandon her prey? There was
nothing in si=h; 20 Brighten her OIL
Ia" rrins The Two guns on the schooner.
which might have been easily out
ranged. y big :our-mastcr. carrying
2.""" OF 1000 tors Of cargo is worth
sinking. even - the price OF Il torpedo.
Among the GunnerS was smooth
checked E"EnGStei with one o. those
smiles that never come of, lie would
presence Of thc two-iistcd cA.ej gun
n"r. but Ecrc i low he pat il u, TO
me:
Maybe v'e hit The damn submarine.
anu maEh" IS. diuiI';. Amy.ow shc
heat IL she was surely afraid %: Us.
You Sc. - lrt her como mighty close
before "" cut loUsc with our two gums.
They were mounted behind tho bull
warks. Which mad hinged doors OF port
ca: IL. When Wa dropped these screen,
ana l.; hcr have II, Fr,;zis was uu2-
lied and suspicious a whole lot H.,
took us Tor mystery ship and won
"cFHd what cl-e y" had up our sleeves
10 you - ann piping us al from
N" coming tower and rubbin. lie
CID bean wMi.o he tries 20 sure " out"
EtN-c myaicr:' ships were bad mod
yin". They have inGsscd " som" .iuc
"!"&hnt I-hoA;s that never am back,
says i'r!tlic 20 himself. and Il I don.
N.tch out This big dub Of schooner
Is liable 80 take my number Snc !nay
hchind those buiwarks. With these
'"" 'e"A"';S. III" wcb-footcd Hun con.
Guided To ducN''
VERY plausible" my son" said l.
bur how do sou know you dlG,', hit,
uia.''
.rhe youth aced ~ at this and earn.
cSti: declared:
''ru the lny, = -..i7,cr ana 2 .-,;7o.
th"t cou,i", .oud on that mari. III;
1000 y"r's ou%lt to gtt r.u year.
apiece in 49,. i"rremoutA .a., big.
Leave ~ :" H." chief suDuc!. tic ma.