El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-26

{ gasped and then in precise German
4 poured forth a full and fitting reply
I threatening the traWler-for such Was
the ship-With all sorts OF fearful
Z penalties for having dared TO speak
thus to a submarine Furthermore. be
I commanded the enemy vessel 20 fling
oversize a haWser TO make fast his
: boat and a ladder whereby he might
I ascend to her decks.
Ten minutes later the commander
{ led a cutlas-armed and very angry
score Of British seamen uD the ladder
TO ask very nicely for the Huns sur
render. That thrill ended by the armed
traWler, which was also q minelayer,
voyaging 10 Britain under her own
steam manned by a dozen elated Brit
one, and shepherded by the submarine
with the bent nose
Capturing German U-BOat.
It was also in fog that E-umpteen
found herself high and dry on a shoal
of the SchlWesWig- Holstein coast. She
could but wait for the tide TO refloat
nerl ana meanwhile her crew took the
opportunity TO secure a much needed
rest Came along an enemy destroyer
v no asked her her business. and IN
fortunately this submarine c0mman-
der had no German. But he had
ready wit and answered that he had
no business there, but IL the destroyer
would accommodate his crew he would
willingly surrender And surrender he
did, though neither he nor his men
gave I'D their stout Webley pistols.
which they had concealed about their
persons, 70 use later with such good
erect that when they we're trans
hipped in the Gestroyer's boats to the
bigger ship the Hun was fain to per-
form the -kamerad" stunt in his turn
Then the destr0ver's new comman-
der kept his captured craft hanging
around tin the tide rose. hitched a
hawser TO his own submarine and
toWed her OFF, finally bringing that
inQuisihve Hun bird home with his
own craft in attendance.
A EfarFelouH Escape.
But a thrill when even the subma-
rine service refers to with bated
breath was that experienced by q GER
tain officer whose boat. rammed IN
the bows. suddenly lost her stability,
all her crew Though only damaged
across the torpedo tubes, and though
the water was pouring into her but
slowly she refused to rise, and her
crew knew that unless they moved ex-
ceediuEIW smartlw thew must shortly
die from suffocation or drowning.
The commander made his men put on I
their life saving helmets, then flood
ing the boat with compressed air, he I
shot them one by one in a gigantici
bubble to the surface. At last all had
gone and only he remained-remained /
without any means Of getting TO the
surface. he was II despair, but he
had strong objections 10 dying in such
-ame fashion when there was so much
thrilling work to be done in the world
when the first real war Of centuries
vas being waged. So he made a great
light for life.
Locked IN Watery Grave.
kEe emptied every compressed air
TASK on the boat but failed to get
pressure enough to work the coming
tower door When he tried the hand
gear a defect in the leved manifested
tself, and II snapped off like 2 rotten
,arr0t in his hands Then he took the
great resolVe-to stake al on q last
asst Of the dice He would let the
moving that as the water got higher
md higher into the bull the air above
{ would become sufficiently COM
PRESSED to enable him to open the tor
ledo hatch which would keep the
lressure OF the sea at bay TIL he could
ret out
Minute after minute he stood there.
Fith the water rising, slowly rising
% bis ankles his knees, his waist, his
.hest, his chin he decided that hei
lad got sufficient pressure, and madel
lis first attempt to open the hatch
Z gave three inches only, and almost
III his precious air escaped in useless
ub5les-
Finally ReacheB Air.
It was enough to make anyone give
-p-but not our commander. Again he
Taited-waitsd with the compressed
fir scOrching his lungs-With 10000 {,
title red devils hammering at his head Z
nd his heart beating Ike a great
team pump. Now he had 20 climb on I
he top Of his control stool to keen his /
cad above Water-there were only !
tx inches OF space between the sur
ace Of the water and the roof OF the
loat II
At last ne could stand the torture no
0nger and made another attempt to i
lit the hatch. II gave, Il lifted; then /
{ fell back suddenly and crushed his /
myers between itself and its sill The /
udden pain added to the torment he !
-as already undergoing drove him /
lOmeutarily insane; with q swift up ]
yard maddened heaTs he thrust up
Tards-and the hatch gaFel And ten ]
econds later, IN the center OF a big