The Washington herald., 1921-08-14

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bringing 70 uttse.s-cA He had had vaSps
idsa of calling tor doctor-anythtng to stop
this Haddentny visualtxatisn Of the tmpend-
Ing terror. 10 stop that internal machine
whirrinE whinans. whtrring reisnties.ly In
his tortured brain He tried to eat for . Dis
traetaoa Faint though hs waa. the food
siekensd him He pushsd It away untouched
- Hisht came The port that hftsd itsslf In
its long slow riss above the waves ceased to
Be disc Of light: II rose and fell in an equal
gloom. water leaking In through its brass
circurnfsrence. The cabin was tllumined only
By . dinused radiance entering BY the mar
row slit above the door from ! source some
whers along the corridor.
stiu his brain remained terror-riveted upon
the one theme. furiously whirrtng machine
cut Of oontroHhs found himself stin staring.
against his win. at funnel whose rolling
heavy smoke suddenly shot upwards upon
. sheet Of red fame. = geyser Of flying
The hours passed in the half-usht Of his
steal cen. far down In the depths Of the great
ship that crashed and thudded ttrelessly Into
the bunstinS seas: Ths dishes slid. over.
turned upon the door - she pitched and
wallowed and shivered In the ever-renewed
collision Of biindiy meeting forces. stin the
fsverish whirring vibration Of the turbines
continued undiminished. permesting every
atom Of her structure - It did every fiber Of
his body, blurred ever and anon BY the
heavier vibration Of propeiiers racing frcs
In the instant or two before their automatic
check came into play. stunned into allegiance
every minute Or 20 by the smashing impact
Of yet another great wave that swept down
ha length In . swish and scatter Of flying
water.
Up above there-ths scene came wildly to
hfm-behind the oilskinned watch upon her
hradss. the great tunnels were stin belching
black snoks into the blackness Of the night
Under them-hs thrilled with fanatic hatred
-damnably confident passenger in their
svening nnsy wers seated at flower decked
tables in gilded saloons. Under them again,
fsr, Car below. the nremen weee shovsling,
shovelins. naked to the waists in the eye
searching heli Of the open furnace doors
From the bunkers the coal was tumbling
DOWN to them in IN avalanche Of black
ehunlsA all indistinEuishably ike each other.
His hyperexcited mental activity began to
ind new channels for itself.
He found himself speculatins-unabis to
stop specializing. . new form Of torment
reeled out by that ceaseiessly whirring ma.
chine In his head-on the nature Of the ex-
piosion when It should occur. Would he
hear II In this part Of the ship7 He remsm.
bered. In Newspaper accounts Of torpedoings
during the war. the statements Of passengers
In big liners who had heard nothing. felt
euly . slight shock. when the ships side was
blown tn. That diabolical little German,Jsw's
internal machine would explode deep down
in the vary center Of the vessel blow dc
hslly out Of her .; the forecast rang in his
sazn What sound would come to him heref'
A mighty roar. rending her vitais. ninsing
every one prostrats. or = -. ~
WAT soas tAats his heart stopped in rec
egnition Of fa,away. mufned shock. Id.
listened. his senses strained 70 an intense
aSuteness what was that duil shock. deep
down in the shipf His scream rang. strange
snA tsrritying. IN bis sars. unconscious ~
he vas that be had uttered it. He started
from hi bunk. eiutehsd 1t the edge q q With
eiawiiks. figid fingers, sweat psarlins upoa