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Show An Incident of Sea War. William McFee, author of "Casuals of the Sea," tells in an English rmrfr-Land rmrfr-Land and Water, of an attack by a submarine upon a steamer and scribes this incident of the engine room before the boat was sunk : "Fr those three men (the officers) stood by for the better part of an hour. Th? stokehold was empty, the steam W;1S dropping, and there was considerable water In the bilges, but they stood by watching the speaking tube ami the blind whltfe face of the telegraph pointing irresolutely to 'Stand By' lllt orders from the bridge). And presently present-ly the strain of waiting grew eiHr''"' sive, so that the chief, looking UP ''v ward the skylight, said to my friend. 'Mister, .go up and see what's delimit delim-it must be day;:ght now.' And ''' went .p, and came out on deck n"' found himself iwe to face with problem of some complexity. For tin' deck of the ship was deserted, ami f:'r across the dark sparkle of the seabe saw the boats crawling toward a sDH':ir of smoke on the skyline." |