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D a forward for\\nrd for nrd \ on the deck ded . of the sub subIe subme suie Ie me and aDd shouted to Aswami Aswnml Aswaml Pasha Pashataln PashaMain Pasliitain \taln taln Main \ Petcrson Peterson bare bareheaded hended headed Ira Bras Brasstood : erastood ) , stood on the bridge of the 11 \ W.It WIt al alIt alIt . It nil nl ! seemed unreal utterly utterlv utteriv ' 1m lm lmtile 1mble 1ble . , ble tile . . . 'C\ 'C C Es ' \ Even 'Cen en now It vv \ was ns as dlfllCU1t dithcult diniculte to toe toe e that the pirates plmtt'S plmttS plrntes ' had ben been benlIy beenfly belly " , . . lIy fly on board his shl-\\ shl shlIIhollt ship--without ship without shipwithoutw ship ( ) - - - \ ulthow \ IIhollt IIholltw . w struck struct . , . , , had rcnuneJ remo\J remo J renwsci \ " , tint t t iat mat pre- pre precargo precargo prcargo - - cargo under his eyes . . . t : . , , had bad there tbere been bl'en blen ' any nny ae nl a\ a al \ e erna ernaLven erni erniLven un unLven Lven If It the " Wallaro "nllnro nllnro llallaru ' * 1 I lid 1el ad cart car ca 1 t gun the tbe fate of ot all nll thosi tho"L thoL those " . "oUlen oUlen suuien "oUlenc1ll1drpn suuienrhlldrPn " numichildren , c1ll1drpn rhlldrPn belomu"t below belo\\ belo \ roust mu"t mut mutt " huve hue have hu\ hu \ e rested restedthe restedthe restthe the success of ot one shotstood shotstood sliot shot sliotstood stood listening to the time l'ul"ln lulln ' pulsing " : of ofux1llnry ofuxlliary ( , uxlllary ux1llnry uxlliary engine on bo-ird bo ird boud buard - the elhow dhow dhowching elhowtchlng illiotelling tchlng ching : the ncgroLS negroLs negroes si-ra si ra SLrn sera - II1J1In nbling nblingher iibllnher her Etcrn stem stern Then II tl ( I e a ( ' boats swung swungn swunga swucn n a two lines . , and llii 1111 time . dbo v lleaded headed lleadedr headedr lieader . r the head of at that thnt roc rod rocI ! v bland Island blandto Islandto Islarto to \ vblch which hlch tliey they lay lny ] ay Her lIer tier dec deck } " was waswith w ' " aJ aJwith ; with ne EC ccg-ci'i.Idenlv ccgcii.Idenlv ccg ci'i.Idenlv ciiIdenlv , ; " , - ( 1'1- 1'1 11 P1 1'1Jdt ' ' - . . , Jdt idenly > nlv all sisni slru signs : II u " ' tic li Ii L .lI.nlsheJ lI.nlsheJ lInlsheJ anisheJ . anisheJthe .lI.nlsheJthe . anlshethe , . the- the thesubmarme - subroarine submarme submarine C ( ' finirf Im mm the faint faintof fall1 1 of ot a bell on the 11 \ Willarooe 11Jnroo sllaroo ' sa s se e a . , , the tbe ship sbll ) be began nn to Ibratc lorate vibrate v \ but butand butsod butand and sod by all nil bo it cot ,11UOn 11UOn stations &ti ti & : , ( Inns $ ' ' the cap- cap caproared caproared caroared - ] - . roared 1 ihe the he orderV'1S order \ wig \V'1S V'1S V1S was ' tran trans transd transI : d I In dilnc dying d ) In : echoes ecboes from point to toof toof Iof . . of tne tl'le tlle time ' ship shIJ1 " Stand "tand tand by nil all bone hoar boneJDS hoaras hot hotins ins JDS as stand by boat bont sta eta sti . boat stationsterson stationserson stations stationsterson . terson erson sprang to the relegnph relegraph and andled anded anled led ed It " rull I"un Iun PuU f < speed \eed eed feed [ \ aheadtht aheadthen nhcad ahead -tht tht -then then - tli"d tlid " > n nd . d 1 to the tbe side of at the brld bridge e and andd andi and d i over again againWag againwas againwag Wag was too Iltcan latean late Il\tc Il tc latean \ an lice lIee Sec See sat In the control controlot controlof contriof , ot of the submarine submnrlne Seen tbrough through tbrougherlscope througharlscope througeriscope erlscope arlscope the towt-ring towt ring towulng towering - hull of the theroo th tharoo < aroo lroo roo seemed almost to ovcrhan overhnn overhang overhangLelous ovcrhanvicious ? vicious Lelous little warship vvarshtp \ IUSbtp 1u In Yuan an lIee flee fleeoke He 1 > poke ) o\.e o.e o .e e oke \ . sortl softly softiy ) First I'lrst Ilrst rirst ' tube " he snld sold sailthe . . the first torpedo torlJedo was launche launched launched"lst launchedst launcheist " ist "lst lst st the helpless lnerIghtened linerhtened } liner lner linerIghtened Ightened ; htened faces of ot ste\\ ste stewards steards \ ards and andr andmembers an anr r meml members > ers of ot the crew some at of atwith ofwith cwith , { with war experience peered out outlortholes outirtholes 01 01lortholes lortholes irtholes . , . ' Men 'Jen Jen then \ were ere runnlng- runnlng running runningwas runnlngas running-was running was - - _ was " , as tumult-desperatlon tumult desperatlon tumult-desperation desperation tumultdesperatlonan tumultdesperationan tumult - - desperationan an lice See began to laugh langh That Thatd Thatpiping Thi Thid d plpln piping laughter Inughter swept s"ept sept " around aroundoily aroundally arounoily oily ally little Uttle compartment like Uke likeze a ate aa ze te a from Irom hell e torpedo burled Its wicked nose- nose noseLun noseLune nose noseLung - - Lung Lune Lun " was "as as cleterl-squarely cleterl squarely cle\ cle clever clet \ t > r l-s'1unrely l s'1unrely s1unrely I - squarely ' Intoengine Into Intoenlne Intoengine enlne engine ; : room There ft " was as a monss coonsa mons coons s a explosion eJ.1Jloslon eJ1Jloslon . which shoo shook ! . , the sub- sub subne subne sub-ne sub ne - - ne from stem to stern . . . Smokesteam Smokesteam Smoke Smokesteam steam dn dre dnpp pp d a veil between the theoed thened thened oed ned liner aUld sad nd the "atchln atchln " watching watciiing eyes 1) 1 ) of ofa ofn ( n a Hee lIce flee bee see e . . . Yet lie he trusted thep thep the thep p , , his chief torpedo operatorand operator operatorand operatorond and tube " he directedthe directedthe directed directedthe the first explosion bad had been an anmOU8 anmoua onmous mOU8 moua one , the second wcond wns wus was such sucheemed sucheemed sucheerned eemed eerned to rend the very heavenssecond heavenssecond heavens heavenssecond second torpedo had registered Intuber In Inlber Iniber lber tuber Two Hold 1I01d , , where whtre twenty t\\enry t enry \ cases casespotted casespotted casespotted potted Stilton Stiltoa tor for Colombo were wereed wereed wereed ed Thev They had hnd come aboard In la Insellle.s laseilles In-selllea In selllea -sellle.s sellle.s seilles - - . just before hefore Doctor Oestler Oestlert t ashore nshore They contained enough enoughi enoughm 1 m explosive to destroy a smalln smallu small smallnuan n u n uan no an nee Dee flee See rubbed his hI ! plump plumpds plumpds plumpds ds together and began to laugh laughIn laughIn In Although they had drawn drown awayn aayn awaya a\\ay a ay away \ n a the 11 " Wallaroo "allaroo allaroo sllaroo , a veritable tidal tidale e swept them , , but 1 iu'an iuan u'nn unn ' laughedAt laughed laugbed laugbedAt laughedAt At lasc lase lnst recovering hlmselt himself hlmseltOrder himselfrder himselfOrder Order ) rder All AU to cast the boats olt oIY oft nnd and andd nndd andd d the dhow bick b'lck blck ' ' ' came his high highhed highbed highbed hed bed Instructions InstructionsIe Instructionse Ie e glanced up to find Ond Len Chow al nt at ntelbow atelbow alelbow elbow He lie took the messnge message messngech messagech messagech ch Ms hIs second ! In n command badtght had bad hadught badlight ught tght , , , adjusted bla b1.8 b18 his . spectacles spectncles nnd and andchuckling and1 nndI I chuckling cbuckllng readNI.WS readiLWS read readNLWS NLWS NI.WS NIWS iLWS ! . OF OP IAPLOSION b\.PLOSIO b.PLOSIO b .PLOSIO PLOSIO 1APLOSIOV " \ . REo RE REoYLD RKYLD . YLD tLD POUT PORT SUDAN II USIS IIMS IS PAN PANl PANCR PANIEII l CR n IIEADLD UEADLD HEADLD iOR FOR iOROUu OR lOU IOU \OUu OUu lOUu IOUu \ u an IIee liee flee See nodded , , read the mes mese mese mese e a second time and began verf very verftly veryiy vertly ] tly iy to hiss . . . . . . . . . . Jack ack Kattray Rattrlly Rattray . , , chief chlet officer omcer , . who whod whoseen whod d seen the torpedo was ractngthe racingthe racing ractng racingthe the bridge lie had jjst just reaelled reached reachedladder reached3 ) ladder when It crashed Into the theglne theme thegine glne me room One of ot the boilers hollers went went.d wentd . , . d I he was heaved hen.ved henved . off oft his feet , . lost losthold losti lostJ J hold of ot the rail , , and pitched intoscuppers Into . scuppersDazed scupperslazed scuppers scuppersDazed Dazed lazed temporarily confused , . he he19gered heggered heigEered 19gered ggered cp up Some Somewhere " here behind andow and andlow andlow low ow there was a shambles-"hrlekll shambles "hrlekll hrlekll shambles-sbrieks sbrieks shambles"hrlekllllch shamblessbrieksich shambles - - " bricksilch llch ich he was never to forget target to hisng his hisIng hisIng Ing ng day He lie tottered again tor Cor for the theder theader Ider < der and was halfway haltway up when tb the theand thecond cond and torpedo found Cound Its billet blUet In the thecret theret thecret , cret ret cargoThe cargo cargoThe The 'be be [ ' whole of ot the Wallaroo torwardthe forwardthe forward torward forwardthe the bridge burst upwardII upward 111 \II II \ e a alcano a'nano ailcano } lcano 'nano nano ' The deck dpck planking plan1.lng plan1lng . ho1lled bellied ho1lledlward belliedivard belliedpward lward [ ivard and shot hot him Into the sea ashe ashe as ashe he he had been propelled by a 8 catapult catapultUways catapult.Always catapultAlways . . Always Uways , , . In such Euch catastrophes catnstrophes seemmiracles seem seemig 19 miracles mlrllcles occur The case of Jack Jackattray Jackttray Jackat attray ttray tray was one of ot them Physlcally Physically Physically.e Physicallye . , . e was unhurt Mental confusion was wasleared wasaged wasleared leared aged by his plun plunge e Into cool deptbsHe depthsis depths deptbs depthsHe He is came to the tbe surface Immediately Immediatelyeslde immediatelyside Immediatelyeslde eslde side a 8 floating fioatlng deck chair Upon UponhIs Uponle Uponhis hIs le he rested his hands for tor the tIIO coo cootat wonent tIIOl1ent l1ent tat content to be 811vePut alivePut alive 811ve alivePut Put he would have gambled a 'ear ear rear ' \ ear ot of othe ofe ofbe he e chance of ot life ure that remained to him himhave himo lm lmo o have been spared the spectacle he hevas heis hevag vas is now compelled compc\\ed compc ed \ to witnessThe \ witness witnessThe Itness ItnessThe The Wallaroo WaUaroo was sinklns sinking slnl.ln slnlln . : fast . 1 ushliig ushlllg ushlag the timely lImely piece of ot wrecl.n.e wrecln.e wreclne wreckage wrecl.n.ebefore wreckagebefore wrccka . . , , ? before him he ducked dllcked his I > head ead and andkicked andkicked ni kicked off oIY " wildly "lIdly lIdly Then resting on the thefragile thefragile tl fragile raft he w " watched atched ntched IIcirtrendli IIeutrendln IIeirtrending IIeirtrendingcries ; : cries reached him rIguresele figures rIgures rlgures \ weie \\ele ele nete le1p leap le1pIng leaplog Ing log ( from Crow row her decks He lie . saw s\W s W ' \ n a m1n man mansi in ' 1'1 11 si ' siring ring from the ( lie rail ss \ vvlfli leh itli a 11 vv \ woman oman In inhis [ his 1115 arms . . . The forward fomard part of tlie the slilp ship broke brokefree brokefree brol brolfree , free of the hull hllll The bowels bO\\lls bO lls \ \ of the1lnilaroo the the"nll:1roo tl " Wallaroo "nll:1roo nll1roo 1lnilaroo : dropped out of her 111 through throughthe tlirout rough roughthe ; the gjping JJpll1g gaping ; holo hole below belo\\ belo beloher \ her brlde-anll brlde anll bridge-and bridge and brldeanllthe bridgeandthe bridge ; - - ai the big slilp shill shlp dlv dive ln 11 d 11TIaUrar dIlattray l Kaitray TIaUrar Ilattray . , , clutching dutc1llng his little Jlttlp rart raft rartthrew raftthrew rn ) threw one arm acro across 3 ' > the folded Cohllll wood wooden \ woo God Goden [ en strut strut's struts . ' . . Sinl Sh'11 Sh11 Shat ' en though he was he heknew 1 1knew 1.neIts . knew 1.ne\ 1.ne ' \ " Its presence pre"t"nce pretnce pretence " " nione nlone alone "pelll pelll " spelled ' snha salva snhatlon salvation salv ii tlon tion And pushing pu"hlng puhlng " It before lilm him he heI hetegan 1 1lepan I lepan tegan egan to s\\ s snim s1m swim \ 1m slowlv slowly ( , Iowl ) yet ) ct et further fllrther out outto outto 01 01to to sen sea to\\ to tow to1r tovvirds \ 1r irds ' 5 where a liundred hundred and andtorty andforty ar forty torty th fi\e fi e the \ e miles due sOlllh\\ sOlllh sOlllhe southvvc&t southvvct southwest \ e & t . Port I'ort Iort PortSudan I'ortSudan Po PoSudan ' Sudan n nestled nc'ctied ncctied ( ' ' < ; tled on theCrIC'1n the \ vfricin \CrIC'1n CrIC'1n CrIC1n tfrican ' coast coastand coastand coas and II ' M 1 S C ; Pinllicr P1nlher Nnlher ( ' Captain 'aptlIn aptlIn : Ihr liar Ihrwood liarwood II-i II i - wood raced rneed towards him * . . * * . * . * . * . * . * , . TI Tic Tie e miss m'lSS mlSS ' of at 'Hctk'1e Hctk1e wreckage 'Hctk'1eas ' wreck ' igc ; \ was \\as as "prp1d prp1d cpreid "prp1dOl'r cpreidover " sprc ' o\vr o vr O\l'r l'r lr over \ ' \ a great surface o 01 . tie s r " r i A Apall Apall pall of at : Kmol F:1D01 F1D01 srnol e a an an1 1 at sl'ini slini st'1m st1m "mm mm " ' " was 35 rIsIng rIsIngslowl risingslowl risin ; ; slowlv slowl ) rising Tlie The t two " 0 nnchlne m1chlne machine gunsin guns gunsIn gur gurIn In the subnnrlnes subnnrlne submarines s conn conning In/ In InII / : II towers towerscradled lowci ) " ers erscraclled cradled craclled Into 1cth icthiti activity It ) sweeping swccpln ; : th1t that th1tare'1 thatnrea tir arci are'1 are1 nrea ' where wbere survivors sun Ivors ; struggled ftrugglell lu In the thefiot1D1 theflotcanm U Uflotsini flotsini fiot1D1 flotcanm " ' of ot the "red red sired w " reded ell ed liner Uner I"rom Irom Prom I"romthe Promthe " Froi Froithe the deck dec1 . of ot the dhow men am arn nra e cd ed 1 < "lth lth with "lthi "lthrIfles withrifles " wit i , rides rIfles picked plc1.ed plc1ed . out more distint dlst1nt dlst'mnt dlstmnt ' swin swim s swimtr " 1m ir If tr ers ersAnd And no\V-darting no V darting now-darting now now \ - - darting actively ncth'ply ncthply ' about aboutamonst aboutamongst nboi amongst amonst ; thit th1t that nnrine OI'1rlne OI1rlne marlne ' "h'1rJhlE's-no\\ "h'1rJhlE's h1rJhlEs no churalIes-now churalIes now "h'1rJhlE'snocame churalIesnowcame " shinbles ' ) ' - no \ ' .1 1 . came the llns IIns lies of the " shari "harl harl chart s . s1u a aunn . 1u \unn unn \ ' u nn IIee l1ee flee See from Crom the deck decI . of the thesubm'lrlne thesubmarine tl submarine subm'lrlne submlrlne ' watched thoughtful thouhtfllll thoughtfully : ; ! } ) Ihad I Ihad had counted on the churls " shari "hnrl hnrl s he s said said'tut sili ild < 3 : ' 'lut lut 'tut tut ' I nt ne\ ne nc\erthele nc erthele neerthele neverthele \ \ erthele s Be 1e we 1\ 1 ' \ e mils- mils mllst musF milstake ' - take tnke nochances no nochances B Bchances chances chancesfrom chancesI"rom chancesProm " from I"rom Irom Prom the deck of ot the dlow dl ow black blackm1rksmen blackmarksmen . mirksmen m1rksmen marksmen were maUn making ; : go gm gml , m 1 l pracllc prarUce practice prarUcehid practicehid Kid hid Uro Brown frown " n his |