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THE STRAFING OF U 254 "BOTH bow tubes—fire!" Von Loringhoven's voice, pitched in a low guttural key, rose through the space of two words to an excitable crescendo. At last was the hour…
PRISONERS OF WAR "YOUR bird," wirelessed Lieutenant-Commander Ronald Tressidar, D.S.O., of H.M. Destroyer "Antipas." "Thanks," was Barcroft's laconic reply. "S…
THE END OF THE "TANTALUS" "SHE'LL do it, I fancy," remarked the officer of the watch as the sorely stricken "Tantalus" drew closer and closer to the shore. The crui…
A CHANCE SHOT "WHAT are you going to do with yourself, old man?" inquired Eric Greenwood, late assistant-paymaster of H.M.S. "Tantalus," after the court-martial had sat upon the s…
LAID BY THE HEELS "EXCUSE me," said Mr. Greenwood diplomatically, after having welcomed his guest's friend and given him a second invitation to lunch. "I've some work to do i…
THE STRUGGLE IN THE LONELY COTTAGE "YOU'RE a bright sort of friend, Entwistle," was Peter's greeting. "Pushing off with young Farrar and leaving me in solitary contemplation …
THE BURNING MUNITION SHIP "How about a few hours ashore?" asked Sub-Lieutenant Farrar. "There's a boat at seven bells, I hear." "Only too delighted," replied Eric G…
THE FUGITIVE AT two o'clock on a bleak morning four men sat upon the trunk of a fallen tree in the deep recesses of Tongby Woods. Rain was descending in torrents, accompanied by a howling gale. …
BILLY'S FLYING-BOAT "BY all the powers, Slogger! You here?" Farrar "brought up all standing," face to face with one of the last persons he expected to encounter at Malta. He …
RAMMED "SAIL one point on the port bow." The hail, coming from the look out for'ard, made Farrar hasten to the weather side of the navigation-bridge and bring his night-glasses to the …
