The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet

s the destroyer--speed king of the modern navies--had emerged just at the

n hard upon the Yankee. Evidently the lookout on the destroyer had marked the path of the Dewey's torpedo in t

r away as fast as the submerging apparatus would permit. Then the quick-witted commander rang the engine room full speed ahead at the same t

had first been sighted. It was now a race between two cool and cunning naval officers--the German to hurl his vessel full upon the American submarine and deal it

the sharp commands emanating from the conning tower and the celerity with w

e directions, first to ship ballast in one tank, and then in another, shifting the added weight evenly so as not to

ng destroyer, and even then the conning tower furnished a target that might be crushed by the nose of the enemy sh

screamed Sammy Smith as he hugged t

ng to get the submarine,

ad suddenly shot into the submarine's engines the full power of the electric storage batteries and hurled the Dewey forward with a great burst of speed. There

ng overboard one of those infernal

ines. Gigantic grenades, they were, carrying deadly and powerful explosives timed to go off at any desired depth. One of them dropp

don big bluff Bill

erary, It's a long way t

g of steel against steel--and then the Dewey shuddered from st

of the torpedo room. Ted, standing close by his chum, clutched at one of t

five degrees. Above all the din and confusion could be heard the roar of a terrific explosion outside. The little

ed amidships declaring that the submarine had been dealt a pow

g?" asked Lieutena

appears as though the nose of that Prussian scra

e likely to cave in under the stra

emergency valve!" shou

s had been wonderfully impressed with it shortly after t

ballast tanks were automatically opened and every ounce of water expelled. As a result the su

ances on the surface," declared Lieutenant McClure to the little gr

crashed through the skin of the submarine; but, from the concussion astern and Chief Engineer Blaine's report, it was very evident that the Dewe

over us," came the announce

arine detonation--the explosion of a second depth bomb. This time it was farther from the h

urth of July celebration," remarked Bill

ow holes in their schwe

ey with a

ct the interior hull aft. An observation with the microphones discl

at time," suggested Lieutenant M

call, come to think

observed from the interior, she had not been dealt a severe blow. The executive officer ventured the opinion that the keel of the des

he rate of four and a quarter pounds to the square inch for every ten feet we submerge. It may be our plates were

n the intake of ballast ceased and the tiny vessel floated alone in the sea. Determined to take no more chances with the Kai

ould ascend and make a more detail

istribution of hot coffee and light "chow" and the cre

the telephones that the German ships had moved on w

ed its periscopes above the waves. Not a ship was in sight; there was not a trace of the

ed said to his churn in contemplati

differen

ad a chance,

tten us if we hadn'

you know he would do y

d to get in touch with the United States fleet. Jack crept into the wireless room that he might better understand what was going on. Lately

oing to stand you in good stead," remarked Jack whe

et a breath of fresh air again. Lieutenant McClure hastened to examine the deck of the

s the deck plates just aft the conning tower within a few inches of

e," the lieut

ssage into space in quest of other members of the allied navies. Sever

m an American warship far ou

receiver still to his ears, and wheeled to hand it to Jack. The latter took the flim

running fight with German raiding squadron. Give

alem. In reply came another radio from the scout cruiser, giving the

osition. German fleet

Sea. You may be able