Stepbuu had done extraordinarily weTi
1 bad, of course, read In the Loudon
paper of his four ships on Tuesday,
but he had sunk no fewer than seven
sin'*e, for many of those which should
have come to the Thames had tried to
make Southampton. Of the seveu.one
was of ‘20.000 tons, a gralu ship from
America; a second was a grain ship
from the Black sea. and two others
were great liners from South Africa.
1 congratulated Stepiian with all my
heart upon his splendid achievement.
Then, us w’e had been seen by a destroy
er which was approaching at a great
pace, we both dived, coming up again
off tiie Needles, where we spent the
night In company. We could not visit
each other since we had no boat, but
we lay so nearly alongside that we
were able. Stephan and I, to talk from
hatch to batch and so make our plans.
He had shot away more than half
C opyright, 1914, by P. F. C ollier Le Son
his torpedoes, and so had 1. and yet we
were very averse from returning to
eur base so long as our oil held out.
T h is r e m a r k a b le s t o r y w a s f i n i s h e d b y S ir A r t h u r C o n a n
I told him of my experience with the
Boston steamer, and we mutually
D o y le la s t M a y j u s t b e f o r e h i s v is it to A m e r ic a .
H e w r o te it
agreed to sink the ships by gunfire in
a s a la s t a n x io u s w a r n in g to E n g la n d b e fo r e s h e e m b a r k e d
future so far as possible. 1 remember
u p o n a n o th e r war.
A n d t h e w ar c a m e s o o n e r th a n ev e n h e
old Horll saying. "What use is a
had fe a r e d .
•
gun aboard a submarine?" We were
about to show. I read the Euglish pa
ond page. The first one began some per to Stephan by the light of my elec
SYN O PSIS.
A European power fa ce s a d isastro u s thing like this:
tric torch, aud we both agreed that
war with England. C aptain Siriu s tells
CAPTURE OF BLANKENBERG!
his king o f a plan which will bring E n g
few ships would now come up the
land to h er knees He goes to th e B ritish
channel. That sentence about divert
D E S T R U C T IO N O F E N E M Y 'S F L E E T
co ast with a subm arine
ing commerce to safer routes could
N ear th e mouth of th e T ham es he sin ks
B U R N IN G O F TOW N.
only mean that the ships would go
a big s tea m e r loaded with m utton, and
round the north of Irelaud aud unload
sev eral o th e r food ships. An a v ia to r hurls T R A W L E R S D E S T R O Y M IN E F IE L D
at Glasgow. Oh, for two more ships
bombs at th e subm arin e w ithout success.
L O SS O F T W O B A T T L E S H IP S .
to stop that entrance! Heavens, what
CHAPTER III.
would England have done against a
I S I T T H E EN D ?
The Fall of Blankenberg.
HE channel was covered with ¡ Of course what 1 liad foreseen had foe with thirty or forty submarines
English torpedo boats, buzzing, | occurred. The town was actually oc since we only needed six instead of
four to complete her destruction!
whirling like a cloud of midges.
After much talk we decided that the
And they
How t b t j thought they could cupied by the British.
it was the end! We would best plan would be that 1 should dis
hurt me 1 cannot iningiue, unless thought
by
patch a cipher telegram next morning
see about that.
accident 1 were to come up underneath
On the round the corner page, at the from a French port to tell them to
one of them. More dangerous were the
aeroplanes, which circled here and j back of the glorious resonant letters, send the four second rate bouts to
there was a little column which read cruise off the north of Ireland aud
there
west of Scotland. Then when I had
The water being calm, 1 had several | like this:
"Several of the enemy's submarines done this l should move dowu chan
times to descend as deep as loo feet
before 1 was sure that 1 was out of ¡ are at sea and have inflicted some up uel with Stephan and operate at the
their sight. After 1 had blown up the preciable damage upon our merchant mouth, while the other two boats could
three ships at Boulogne 1 saw two ships. Tiie danger spots upon Monday work iu the Irish sea. llaviug made
aeroplanes hying down the channel, and the greater part of Tuesday ap these plans. I set off across the chan
tind 1 knew that they would head off pear to have been the mouth of the nel in the early morning, reaching the
any vessels which were coming up Thames und the western entrance to smull village of Etretat. in Brittany.
There was one very large white steam the Solent. Uu Monday between the There 1 got off my telegram and then
er lying off Havre, but she steamed Nore and Margate there were sunk laid my course for Falmouth, passing
m
west before 1 could reach her. I dare
say Stephan or one of the others would
get her before long. But those infernal
aeroplanes spoiled our sport tor that
day. Not another steamer did 1 see.
save the never ending torpedo boats.
1 consoled myself with the reflection,
however, that no food was passing me
on its way to London. That was what
I was there for after all. if 1 could
do it without spending my torpedoes
all the better. Hp to date i laid tired
ten of them and sunk nine steamers, so
1 had not wasted my weapons That
night I came back to the Keut coast
und lay upon the bottom in shallow
water near Duugeness.
We were all trimmed and ready at
the first break of day, for 1 expected
to catch some ships which had tried
to make the Thames In the darkness
and had miscalculated their time. Sure
enough, there was a great steamer
coming up channel and tlying the
American flag. It was nil the same to
me what tiag she tlew so long as she
was engaged In conveying contraband
of war to the British isles. There were
no torpedo boats about at the moment,
so 1 ran out on the surface and tired
a shot across her bows. She seemed
inclined to go on, so I put a second
one Just above her water line on her
port bow. She stopped then and a
very angry man began to gesticulate
from the bridge. I ran the lota al
most alongside. "Are you tlie cap
tain?” I asked.
"What th e "- 1 won't attempt to
reproduce his Inn gunge.
"You have foodstuffs on board?” 1
said.
" it ’s an American ship, you blind
beetle!” he cried. "Can't you see the
flag? it is the Vermondin of Bos
ton.”
“Sorry, captain.” I answered. "1
have really no time for words. Those
shots of mine will bring the torpedo
boats, and 1 dare say at this very mo
ment your wireless is making trouble
for me. Get your people into the
boats."
I had to show him I was not bluffing,
so I drew off and began putting shells
into him just on the water line. When
I had knocked six holes In Ills ship he
was very busy on ills boats. I fired
twenty shots altogether, and no tor
pedo was needed, for she was lying
over with a terrible list to port and
presently came right on to her side
There she lay for two or three minutes
before she foundered. There were
eight boats crammed with people ly
ing round her when she went dowu. I
believe everybody was saved, but I
could not wait to inquire. Prom all
quarters the poor old panting, useless
war vessels were hurrying. I filled
my tanks, ran our bows under and
THE COUNTY FAIR
By Petsr Radford
Lecturer National F a rm e r*’ Union
The farmer gets more out of the
fair than anyone else. The fair to a
city man is an entertainment; to a
farmer It is education. Let us take a
stroll through the fair grounds and
linger a moment at a few of the points
of greatest interest. We will first
visit the mechanical department and
hold communion with the world’s
greatest thinkers.
You are now attending a congress of
the mental giants in mechanical sci
ence of all ages. They are addressing
you in tongues of iron and steel and
in language mute and powerful tell an
eloquent story of the w'orld’s progress.
The inventive geniuses are the most
valuable farm hand6 we have and
they perform an enduring service to
mankind. We can all help others for
a brief period while we live, but it
takes a master mind to tower into the
realm of science and light a torch of
progress that will illuminate the path
way of civilization for future genera
tions. The men who gave us the
sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and
hundreds of other valuable inventions
work in every field on earth and will
continue their labors as long as time
Their bright intellects have conquered
death and they will live and serve
mankind on and on forever, without
money aud without price. They have
shown us how grand and noble it is
to work for others; they have also
taught us lessons In economy and effi
ciency, how to make one hour do the
work of two or more; have length
ened
our lives, multiplied
our
opportunities and taken toil off the
back of humanity.
They are the most practical men
the world ever produced. Their in
ventions have stood the acid test of
utility and efficiency. Like all useful
men, they do not seek publicity, yet
millions of machines sing their praises
from every harvest field on earth and
as many plows turn the soil in mute
applause of their marvelous achieve
ments.
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FARMER RADFORD ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
We Saw an Aeroplane Hovering a Few Hundred Feet Above Us Like a Hawk.
five large steamers, the Adeia, Molda
via. Cusco, Cormorant and Maid ot
Athens, particulars ot which will be
found below. Near Ventuor on the
same day was sunk the Verulam, from
Bombay. Uu Tuesday the S irglnia.
| Caesar. King of the East and Bath-
Under were destroyed between the
I Foreland and Boulogne. The latter
three were actually lying In French
waters, and the most energetic repre
sentations have been made by the gov
| eminent of the republic. On the same
day the Queen of Sheba, Oroutes. Di
i ana and Atnluuta were destroyed near
the Needles. Wireless messages have
| stopped all ingoing cargo ships from
coming up channel, but unfortunately
there is evidence that at least two of
the enemy s submarines are in the
| west. Four cattle ships from Dublin
to Liverpool were sunk yesterday even
lug. while three Bristol bound steam
! era, the Hilda. Mercury and Maria
Toser, were blown up In the neighbor
hood of Lundy Island Commerce has
so far as possible been diverted into
safer channels, but in tiie meantime,
however vexatious these Incidents may
be and however grievous tiie loss both
to the owners and to Lloyd's, we may
console ourselves by tiie reflection that,
since a submarine cannot keep tbe sea
came up fifteen miles to the south. Of for more than ten days without refit
course I knew there would be a big ting and since the base has neon cap
row afterward as there was—but that tured. there must come a speedy end
did not help the starving crowds round to these depredations."
S«) much for the Courier’s account of
the London bakers, who only saved
their skins, fH»or devils, by explaining our proceedings. Another small para
to the mob that they had nothing to graph was. however, more eloquent.
"The price of wheat.” it said, "which
bake.
By this time I was becoming rather stood at 3ft shillings a week before tbe
anxious, as you can imagine, to know declaration of war, was quoted yes
wii.it was going on in the world and terday on tiie Baltic at 5‘2. Maize has
what England was thinking about It gone from *21 to 37. barley from 19 to
all. I ran alongside a fishing bont, 3ft, sugar (foreign granulated» from 11
therefore, and ordered them to give up shillings and threepence to 10 shillings
their papers Unfortunately they had and sixpence '
"Good, -my lads!” said I when I read
none except a rag of an evening paper,
which was full of nothing but betting It to the crew. "1 can assure you that
news. In a second attempt I came those few lines will prove to mean
alongside a small yachting party from more than the whole page about the
Eastbourne, who were frightened to fall of Blankenberg. Now let us get
death at our sudden appearance out of down channel and send those prices
the depths
From them we were up a little higher.”
All traffic had stopped for London-
lucky enough to get the I.ondon Chron
not so bad for the little Iota -and we
icle of that very morning
It was Interesting reading so inter did not see a steamer tbnt was worth
esting that I had to announce it all to a torpedo between Duugeness and the
the crew. Of course you know the Isle of Wight. There 1 called Stephan
British style of headline, which gives up by wireless, and by 7 o'clock we
you all the news at a glance It seem I were actually lying side by side In a
ed to me that the whole paper was smooth, rolling sea Hengistbury head
headlines, it was in such a state of ex bearing N. N. W. and about five miles
citement. Hardly a word about me distant. The two crews clustered on
and my flotilla. We were on the sec the whalebucks and shouted their Joy
at seeing friendly faces once^ more.
J
under The keels of two British cruisers
which w’ere searching for us.
Halfway down channel we had trou
ble with a snort circuit In our electric
engines and w'ere compelled to run on
the surface for several hours while we
replaced one of the cam shafts and re
newed some washers. It was a tick
lish time, for had a torpedo boat come
upon us we could not have dived. The
perfect submarine of the future will
surely have some alternative engines
for such an emergency. However, by
the skill of Engineer Mono we got
things going once more. All the time
we lay there I saw a hydroplane float
ing between us and tiie British coast.
I can understand how a mouse feels
when It is in a tuft of grass and sees
a hawk high up iu the heavens. How
ever, all went well. The mouse be
came a wuter rat; It wagged Its tall
in derision at the poor blind old hawk,
and It dived down into a nice, safe,
green, quiet world, where there was
nothing to injure it
It was ou Wednesday night that the
Iota crossed to Etretat. it was Friday
afternoon before we had reached our
new cruising ground. Only one large
steamer did I see upon our way. Tbe
terror we had caused bad cleared tiie
channel. This big boat had a clever
captain ou board. His tactics were
excellent and took him In safety to
the Thames He came zigzagging up
channel at twenty-five knots, shooting
off from his course at all sorts of un
expected angles With our slow pace
we could uot catch him. nor could we
calculate his line so as to cut him off
Of course he bad never seen us, but he
Judged and Judged rightly that wher
ever we were those were the tactics by
which he bad the best chance or get
ting past. He deserved his success.
But. of course. It is ouly In a wide
channel that such things can be done.
Had I met him in the mouth of the
Thames there would have been a dlf
ft*rent story to tell. As I approached
Falmouth I destroyed a 3.000 ton bont
fmm Cork laden with butter and
cheese.
Ttailt night (Krt<ln.v. April llli 1 called
up Stephan. but received no reply. As
I win within a few miles of our ren
j dezvous and as he would not be cruis
j ing after dark. 1 was puzzled to ae-
: couut for bis silence. I could only
I in a glue (but Ills wireless » a s derang
ed But, alas. I was soon to ttnd tbe
j true reason from a copy of the West
, ern Morning News, »bleb 1 obtained
• from a Hrizham trawler
•(To be continned next week)
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The home is the greatest contribu
tion of women to the world, and the
hearthstone is her throne. Our so
cial structure Is built around her, and
social righteousness is in her charge.
Her beautiful life lights the skies of
hope and her refinement is the charm
of twentieth century civilization. Her
graces and her power are the cumu
lative products of generations of
queenly conquest, and her crown of
exalted womanhood is jeweled with
the wisdom of saintly mothers. She
Ijas been a great factor in the glory
of our country, and her noble achieve
ments should not be marred or her
hallowed influence blighted by the
c( -ser duties of citizenship. Ameri
can chivalry should never permit her
to bear the burdens of defending and
maintaining government, but should
preserve her unsullied from the allied
influences of politics, and protect her
from the weighty responsibilities of
the sordid affairs of life that will
crush her ideals and lower her stand
ards. The motherhood of the farm
is our inspiration, she is the guardian
of our domestic welfare and a guide
to a higher life, but directihg the af
fairs of government is not within wo
man's sphere, and political gossip
would cause her to neglect the home,
forget to mend our clothes and burn
the biscuits.
P. L. STERLING, Agent
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