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Show CHAPTER XLII. The captain's commande rang through ths U-boat and wars echoed back to him by hla aubordlnatee. His syes nsvsr left ths periscope. Near him a new man had taken a place. His hsnd clutched a large brass pistol, his fingers were about to pull the trigger. And out on the oceflrt. guarded Ky Tgle destroyer, waa a brave ahlp loaded i wtth my countrymen "the finest boys I America has sver raised" so Daddy Lor-1 Lor-1 Inier describes our soldiers. tin the Instant I perceived that not for ' nothing had I come to the end of ths ' world. Here was the work 1 had been I born to do. "In a mlnuteln a minute I I shall see the way." I aald to myself. I In JUNt one little minute mors 1 mould Join the great souls of all time, Jeenne I d'Arc and Kdith esvell. Only, no one living would ever know about me. I In Just a little minute more and t would I be one with thoussnds of unknown sol-i sol-i dters who have . died that other man t might live. t Then, on a sudden, my way waa clearl That precious pistol which I hsd kept to save mae!f, should save ths troop ship! It waa an automatic the Ijorimer boys owned similar guna And I knew thst If I pulled the trtfrser snd hung on to It firmly, firm-ly, a clip of bullets would lie fired, ft was plain, that a woman so armed and unmatched In the bowels of a U-boat could ir-ees up things considerably. The torpedo lieutenant's finger was on j the trigger, h's eyes on the captain who raised hla hsnd to give the signal ta fire. 1 aat up unnoticed In my bunk, concealed con-cealed my weapon in the folds of my blanket and turned tha mussla on the captain, l.uck holding, I would swsep a big circle In that U-boat, and lodge the last bullet In mv own breast. The thing was done as soon" as planned hut the bullete ran out raster than I ex pec ted and niy gun rifts iir-e'i-U I'etors the raussle hit my bosom. The next second I was very glad. It would have been a pity to miss the astounding as-tounding tumult I hsd crested. Ths commander aaa blinded with blood, ths torpedo lleutensnt hsd fsllen, but as his ftngsrs contracted, the torpedo had left the tube ahead of time a gr-r-r-h of compressed air told ths tals. Another man was surveying s hasp of glass and a pool of shining stuff at his feet. Bremer leaped to the periscope. It was time for me to swoon snd I did so promptly, at least 1 waa en my face and aa limp aa a rag. I had learned that art In the college gymn. My eyes were rosed but my esrs were wide open. Kough hsnds were sslslng me but still I listened to Bremer's voice. But Bremer wae a very cool and deliberate delib-erate oreature. Ha took his timehe seemed to survey ths whole h orison before be-fore he announced: "The shell crossed her bow, only scared her now she's slgtagglngr But tha destroyer de-stroyer la turning? Hhe'e coming- for us!" prise Association.) (ropyrtghtsjSyJNswspaperntsr- |