Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-06-06

ANY casualties among your men.
captain?"
No. worse luck. Not MAD
scratched by Joe. and the hligiiters
scurried around like rabbits nj II dog
show. Look ut them In the boats out
there. They haven't col here yet, the
beg.ars. Lei me at that gun, by Joe.
and I'll sink them"
II was hard not TO syInpathize with
MIN. but still his conduct had appar.
eutly been lnexcusahe.
"Why did you endanger your mems
lives like that, captain? Ii not only
was the height of folly. but Ii was In
human!"
Just then our ships surgeon, Doctor
pietsei, cuIne along.
"llello. captain"
Hello doctor"
They greeted each other like long
LOST friends. save that there was
shadow OF uneasness In the captain
fralernal demonstrations.
Doctor rietsch bud gone out with
our urmnred cruiser Moewe on one OF
her freehooring expeditions Among
| The captured captains Of that cruise
! was our present guest wha wniie
aboard the aiuewe, had struek up
pleasant eomrnaesliip with the doctor.
Now he, along with the other cap
tains had been released on parole.
Ihpy hud signed written promises fhni
they would engage In no further war
ACTIVITY Believin. he mad broken
his parole he Thought the Germans
would hang him from yardarm Il
they ever caught him. When he saw
we we're an auxiliary cruiser. ne al
ready felt rope tightening around his
I neck. That WIS why he had tried sc
desperately to yet away.
We amused ourselves with formn
discussion. after which ! addressed
our guest with suitable gravity.
1--WE are OF the opinion, captain
that your parole did mol cover you
calling us merchant cuptain 0ni.
direct cumbatani service WIS included
under the hending of war activity
Therefore. we feel ourselves unntT o.
unhappy necessity Of hanglns you
Well. the smile on that hnrd. wealth
er-benten face WIS like sunrise. w
nnw understood the ul-lna-hnmnn me
lives behind his actions, and we re
spected his plucky attempt to &c
away In rhe face OF paInf-f.ink CUR
fire. Sailors ourselves, we could onl
salute this skipper who, with wnrtf
| less. spineless crew. had to fake ti1
| wheel himself. and then only 10 lin
/ his rudder chain smashed.
| THE sea WIS so rough now TINT *
| did moi send bombing party TO boar
| the Lunay Island. nut sank her by d
| rect guntire.
/ That night l-eudemann and 81
/ over hotties Of beer and talked abol
/ our prospects.
/ "Wel. old chap" said |, "everythir
i mas begun well. It's a fine cruise. q
/ when will they sink us?" s
81 | MOI, III HiIa fii'. hN iSlii@Ht -
II I'll our hotel Is fnll."
IL You see our buecnneerIns raid W
Il pretty certain 70 rptllain Il secret IN
Il the time came WHEN lack OF spa
Il would compel lis to release our pr
onprs ami send them 10 port. Til
the news of our frpehnntna iau
would out. and cruisers wonld he I
after us In every part OF The world
= "And Ii we don't capture any ms
y ships" reflected. I'VE can so
~ cruising indefinitely"
..Then let's eaten some more qul'
10 w." laughed l.eudemnnn, III will
.,reat sJnr, Ia play hide and seek "
- cruisers"
20 Tint mate OF mine was always II
he mo for trouble But then that v
what we had all come through
TO blockade IN nope Of tindng. SO II
Is, wanted nlenfy Of excitement, then
70 sooner we SEM the crews OF eight
nj ron shlps into some port the 500
'ce would the alarm 20 ouT-"Geri!
we rnIder In the Atlanricl" Then. (
IN Ilnyd's insurance rates would start
II. sour when the news got out, and 81
n's with supplies tint the Allies nee
err. budly would he held In port Alss
1oi number ut cruisers wonld no donht
w detached from blockade patrol q
ii across fhe North sea That was
inn interesting part OF iI-those cruis
ami and how TO elude them.
red .I.eudpmann." | said "the De
rod rhp lookout, the more ships we
elf catch. We aIready have u good |,
lin on. but I've thought ~ d way to I
ing better one hundred pair Of {
, 10 are better than two pair"
vas "What do you mean?"
for .Well. from NOW on, I'm COINS
clip change that offer OF ten pounds al
'ith bottle of champagne that we prom
The 70 the first OF our two looknuts to
hey ship. I'm going to open II TO e
rhly me on bnardl II III,
his ITO BE CONTiNUED.1