New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

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and the little ship was nearly lost In
blow off the Rockalls. Here Agaii
an English auxiliary cruiser appeared
approached the Aud and then steamed
away again. These tactics made
! Spirdler wonder whether, after all, the
English were not playing a game OF
"cat and mouse" with him, and whether
the whole plot had not been discovered
However, he held his course, and an
other days steaming carried him
through the danger zone without fur.
ther misadventure.
He now proceeded to the Irish Coast
and Tralee Bay, where he was to have
been met by an Irish pilot boat fyfin,
green flag at the masthead and hav
ing man with green sweater stand
ing in the bow. The Aud would fly
green flag as recognition signal in
return. Easement, having arrived in
the submarine. would come aboard, and
the arms would be landed at the little
dock at Tralee.
But Tralee Bay came as disappoint
ment and shock to the men on the
Aud. There was no sign of greer
flag; there was no pilot boat or. sub.
marine. Instead, fort, flying the
Union Jack and bristling with guns
rose on the headland. A British sol.
der patroled his post on the little
wharf. Not knowing what to do, Lieu.
tenant Spindler steamed in and
anchored in the bay. The next morn.
ing the sun rose on the same green
hills and empty harbor. The sub
marine and Sir Robert Easement ha,
not appeared.
According to Lieutenant Spindler
the submarine actually had entered tn,
bay during the night, but had mistake,
the Aud for British ship. Afraid O.
being seen, they had hurriedly pu
Easement ashore in small boat. A,
is known, he was soon made captiv,
by the British; who had learned of hi
coming and waited for him.
Commander Of British
Patrol Boat Boards Aud
Spindler, however, knew nothing O
this at the time. While he was delib
;; Grating new plans-he had thought o
i putting to sea again and embarking ol
j the career of a merchant raider
small English patrol boat came ur
After some haggling the English office
boarded the Aud.
Good morning, SIR he said. r an
very sorry to have troubled YOU 8
early in the morning. says Spindle,
I"With these words my English .col
league greeted me. In his left han,
ne held rusty pistol which might hav
dated from this time of Nelson. Be
hind him stood six English seamer
armed to the teeth and clothed !;
rather fantastic and dirty uniforms
, With nervous attention / fol
lowed every movement Of the English
man, ready at any moment to knoc]
hin. down if necessary. held M,
Browning pistol ready, cooked in m,
pocket.
I'm order to cut the business shor
asked him if he would like to se
my papers. As he answered in tn
affirmative I pushed him into the cabin
Then offered him fat Havana. an
ordered the steward to bring two Gun
of coffee.
This, OF course, was all by-play, fo
an Englishman like this (Lieutenan
Splndler previously had described hir
as having "a typical whisky drinker'
face) certainly would not drink coffe
the first thing in the morning. To M
10y | noticed that the whisky cunboar
had not escaped his attention. so re
marked quite casually, Perhaps yo
would rather have little whisky?'
That did it. With an enerreti
You're the man for me- he slappe
me on the shoulder and with charac
teristic shamelessness started to 60 t
the locker himself to pick out the be )
White Horse. I meanwhile picked ou
big tumbler, so that his ration woul
!. not be too SMALL.
According to Lieutenant Spindle,
the English officer, who commando
the outpost boat Shatter II, helped him
self frequently, and the talk becam
lively and merry. The ships paper
were produced, and the English locke
over the vessel, but saw nothing wron;
Meanwhile the German crew had bee
busy supplying the English enliste
: men with drinks. After 4 jovial hou