New-York tribune., 1918-02-17


eve are such a religious people,. x.a
he, that surely we can count on God fa,.
giving US more readily than other 3.
tions."
He spoke in his dryest voice, and for.
moment / looked at him suspiciously. Ra,
he was perfectly grave.
"Still," / replied, 81 am glad the n...
doesn't have to preach bogus sermonsn
"Ah," said he, "the German nayv b..
to keep on it's pedestal. But the sec,.t
service must sometimes creep about /,
the dust"
His eyes suddenly twinkied as he added,
"But, never fear, / shall give them :.
beautiful sermon. TIE text will be -.
passage about Joshua and the spies sna
the first hymn will be Onward, Christ;a,
Sailors"
He threw me humorous Glance and
went out. / smiled back, but confess I
was not very much amused Neither n.
irreverence nor the jest about the sailors
Since it referred apparently to me-
struck me as in the best of taste.
That morning was one of the drearie.t
I ever spent. The wind rose to half ,
gale, and the fine rain beat in torrents an
the panes. / wrote diligently for soma
time, but after while l grew tired Of
that, and paced the floor in my stock.
lnged feet, for the sake of quietness, like
Gagged animal. Ny one consolation was
that tomorrow would see the end of NV
visit. Already longed for the cramped
quarters and perpetual risks of the sub
marine, and detested these islands even
more bitterly than hated any other part
of Britain.
In the early afternoon l had pleasant
surprise. Tiel came in and told me that
his servant had gone out for the rest Of
the day and that / could safely come down
to the parlor. There | had a late lunch.
con in comparative comfort, and, more
over, l could look out of the windows
onto the sea. And what dreary pros
pect saw! Under heavy sky and with
gray showers rolling over it, that open,
treeless country looked desolate. sAs for
eGcn
over the wind-whipped expanse of gray
fading into wet blur of moving rain
few miles out. Through this loomed IT,
nearer lines of giant ships, while he
farther were blotted clean out l thought
Of the long winters, when one day of this
weather followed another for week after
week, month after month; when the
northern days were brief and the nights
interminable, and this armada lay in these
remote isles enduring and waiting The
German navy has had its gloomy and I'M
patient seasons, but not such prolonged
purgatory as that. We have a different
arrangement. Probably everybody knows
what it is-still, one must not say.
After lunch, when we had lit our
cigars, Tiel said:
"By the way, you will be pleased to
hear that my efforts this morning were
so successful that the people want me to
give them another dose next Sunday
| stared at him.
"Really?" I exclaimed
He nodded ~
"But | thought there would be another
preacher next Sunday"
ooh, by no means There was no one
for next Sunday, and they were only toe
glad to have the pulpit filed"
"But will you risk it,"
He smiled confidently
"If there is any danger, l shall get
warning in plenty of time
ITO insure your escape?"
"To vanish somehow"
"But why should you wait?"
He looked at me seriously, and said de-
Iliberately:
II have other schemes in my head
something even bigger. 1t is too earyn
talk yet, but it is worth running little
risk for''
/ looked at this astonishing man VIII
unconcealed admiration. Regulations
authorities, precautions, dangers, b
seemed to treat as almost negligible. Ana
had seen how he could contrive AMI
what he could effect.
II am afraid l shall have to ask YOU
stay with me for few days longer"
added.
don't think | ever got more unpleas'
ant shock.
"You mean you wish me not to relom
my ship tomorrow night?"
II know it is asking a great deal o.
you, but, my dear Belke, duty is duty
"My duty is with my ship ! ssn
quickly. Besides, it is the post of dsr
ger-and of honor. Think of ThuruN
night"
"Do you honestly think you are essen
tial to the success of torpedo attack
Every officer will be required"