Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

ing out "a he slid below. Half an
! hour aSsed and no word from Mi
chaels. The Falcon waved violently in
the gale. not daring to hold too tightly
lest her S-inCh manila mooring lines
should part. At the rail the freezing
spray made the tenders and the lie
lines a mass of ice ~ the tenders on
the Falcons side struggled To keep
MichaelS air hose not too slack. not
too taut. II was hopeless in that sea
way.
Nearly an hour and Michaels has
not reported. nor does he answer sig.
nails on his life line. Michaeis IL
fouled below. Hastily Fade is reused
out of his bunk. where he has been
resting since his first dive. Quickly
the dressers case him in his Compound
diving rig. and. armed with 4 knife
and "A diving lamp. Fade also disap.
pears from sight into the icy sea that
is holding Michaels.
Eadie lands near the coming tower.
Here he finds Michaeis lamp. the wire
tangled in the descending line. About
10 feet away he finds Michaels
stretched face down. fiat on the So
deck. with his life line and air hose
forming n tangled net across his back.
helding him down. Swinging his lamp
to starhoard. Fade notes that the hose
in fouled in the Jagged cut made ny
the destroyer. Looming tn port. he
gees that there IL is caught far down
the side in the twisted plates torn from
the Pauld!nS's keel
Fade tries first To pull the air hose
clear. hut quickly desists. The broke n
steel plates are sharp and jagged \
strain will cause them ~ ctt the hose.
AMI then Michaels IL gone
Fade telephones up. send down n
| hacksnw." \ few minutes later 81
hacksaw. tied 10 a shariie slides
down his own mir hose and bumps his
diving helmet.
Fade stoops over the prostrate
diver md forces his lamp into
| Miehacls' free hand. Here. Mike.
Hold the lamp fore me- But Michaels
Is unconscinu and his ucryeless fing.
ers do not act. f.adie props the
light against the gun. leans into the
SIS death wound and starts tn Sav
away the twisted plates holding
MichaeiS' line.
IT II slew work. He mms, I've care.
full not To break the fragil. blade. lie
works an hour. and NJ last the - ~
| IL cut. Gingcrly h. lifts the al, los
free. Mieha"ls. released M that side.
| seems IN ri&e 10 an erect posi,inu.
buoycd up by the air in His suit
hut he siill is caught On the por, side
Eadi" slides Down there tn clear him,
\ sharp edge someW here catches his
suit and cuts n cash iii II. iuw.
mediateiy tsadte y suit Ia filed with
freezing water az to his neck. His
own position IL serious new. II he
should lnse his balance the helmet
also viii MI and he viii drown
Carefully t.adi" gathers III - iIttie
slack aud frees Michaels' air hose II
the wreekage. then climbs hack nHtr
the broken steel Ia the = IA deck
MichaeiS IL sWa>ing unsita,liiS b., :
air hose caught IN Eadie's t.adic
clears his own and releases Mlchaeis.
who floats tn The surface, Then,
| chilled Ia the home himself, I.adi,'
| starts up. He has hecn 'l"W" over
| two hours. Michacls nearly three and
! one half
shortly afierward Eaiie Is hahlcd
| through the storm swept surface Ia
| the Falcons deck. naNins fought n
mtti" al the bottom of the s"a That
stands out brilliantly IN tbs 'erotd"
OF the Navy. I'm no Sh.lt's"cpI neld nj