Evening star., 1918-07-14
APT. KETTIE tapped Dr.

"A der. and that lady woke with
~ . start and shivered. She
found the world disgustingly cold.
and wet, and dark. But she was
briskly alive to al possibilities.
She leaned toward Capt Kettles ear
and whispered: what Is lit-
The little sailor shrank decorously
away. Here, miss take my glasses.
and yuu can see for yourself"
Presently: II can't see anything" !"
Ehe grumhled
mo, missu mean doctor. But 1t
you look long enough TIN you get
used to the dark. yousn see . eubma-
rine periscope. can pick It up now
With the naked eye. Il looks like q
drafnpipe stuck mp on end and going
dead dow, and there's q wake OK
uehtef water behind It. By James,
miss, loold It's stopped now and Is
growing longer. Mr.. submsrines
coming to the surface"
A oouning-sower rose out Of the
night sea, and presently men sproufed
from the top Of It The decks OF the
auhmarine did not show. and the little
wayas splashed diligently against tne
foot Of tho aupergtructure.
"Come up to get his beartngs." com.
mented Capt. Ksttle. Il wonder what
wxter he has there: must be pretty
shoal. Another dfty fathoms ON Inc
old course and he'd have piled her up
hard and fast on the hoor OF Wales.
Now. miss-doctor. mean-youu see
him 70 astern again TN he's reached
The Eirl ciutched Ksttle's arm and
shook It. sYou still won't heheve mes
and I st1u stick to It She's come t4
told you about before. Thare. look!
she's NOT backing out 20 sea again a.
You said she would shs's moving
.By james. miss, you're hight! Shes
creeping north along the coast. "
this the exact spot where you 81" nsf
.Tm afraid I couldn't tell to half z
mile or 20, captain. II was CARE y
the time- Shell be out OF siEnt u
you don't take care. Lsts run along
after her"
here against the, sky In less than two
ticka. Lie down again, miss. or Eli
nave to pull you. We may be on the
edge of big thing here, ana you're
going the way to spoil It Lie down.
miss, say, I'm In command here. ana
you've asked me to 81 msaf T. you q - e yon =
don't ait ttxht, much as should re-
eret It"
sTve got 10 own up. miss. that the
Dutchmen at sea since the war began
aren't the fools they nsed TO ne.
They've had sense booted into them
during tho last thirty years, and It's
stuck, and now they're using u.
Thare, you see, miss, she hasn't gone
far. That noise meant reversed pro-
cross bearings on the shore, and now
they're stopping her. ] should j1dee'
over some exact apnt- You stay here.
miss, I must get some cro1D-beaf.
iinss, too, on where she ID now:
capt. Katie movsd from the 1a0ye
stalker was swallowed mp BY me
Now with regret It must be fseord-
ed that DR.. Mary Brown was aus
appointed young woman. Agatnsf pa
ternal advice she hAd oessfmineo ID
She qualified in this infricefe
sscience and was somewhat dtztun-
sioned in the pfocess. Thereafter she
she tried In o desultofy way Tor Va
rious appointments. Latef Wnen InAee
failed she set up her plate In Wych
street ON the strength OF q erudgtng
.paternal allowance, and 1Na1 stu
hoping for patients when the war
broke out
Instantly she conceived tho notion
of DR.. May Browns Private Hospital
for British Soldiers In France.
So when . certain baroness (Who
shall otherwise be nameless In this
chronicle), finding that the game OF
making herself nuisance pol1ticadiy
was put q stop to for the time being,
thought she would look nice IN q
Red Cross kit, DE-. Brown was able
to ohlige her by coming into the ex-
petition as surgeon. .,
The League-o'-Women's HOSPITAL,
after outstaying its welcome In the
London picture papers. moved across
to France, where 1t was known to the
vulgar as the All-Skift Warriors. and
was avoided by those in authority. It
wore the choicest thing in topboots
and a bushranger hat, and as long as
1t was peaceful and did nothing It
was allowed to stay. When It began
uuSrtity 1t waS sent OF home one
time with q flea iii its ear. And Dr.
Brown, refusing shelter under the
friendly ancestral roof, and feeling
nightly ashamed of herself Tor the
company she had fallen into, fed to
the wilds Of Wales to hide her scald-
ing bushes. It was during one moon
lit night of penitence that she saw q
submarine sneak in and suck up sup
the seas.
In the first throb OF interest she was
minded to go with her news direct to
the admiralty. But with breakfast
and reflection she changed her MIND.
She remembered the brutal treatment