The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers

ad been leading us floundering around helplessly, with the German

he hand steering gear and run in

elling him what to do. Ames propped himself up against what was left of the bridge a

rman destroyers were sweeping down on the helpless boat ahead, the missiles from their light gun

against the shattered bridge. He swore every time one of our s

was beginning to have hope when I heard the screaming of a heavy shell from one of the land forts. Exactly amidships of the destroyer it landed.

we might be able to save a few if any survived, although it was against admiralty orders to stop when in

frightful jar and the steering gear was wrenched out of my hands and I was thrown to the deck. When I pick

s!' Ames yelled. 'I'm

as long as

t we drove ahead with one screw, then with the other, to get a zig-zag course; next we backed first with one propeller and then the other. Each ti

the German destroyers out of business. The other one

king we must have finished her, too, but she was still firing.

d a single gun mounted in her bow, and one or two amidships. She had no armor and a rifle bullet probably would

The man in the prow swung his rope and let the coil fly. It fell across our stern. There wasn't much left to m

s. Some of our shots went home. The little old tugboat was hit once,

tection of the guns of our fleet. From the flagship, signals were be

lating us?

e out when we had a chance. Well, he wouldn't have come out himself had he be

given up. We cruised about for several days, in spite of our crippled condition. The ship's carpent

" declared Frank. "Too bad, though, that the raid coul

Jack, with a vein of sarcasm in his voice, "

ne, though,"

ermans captu

goland. Wait until Uncle Sam gets in

, "but what's all thi

declaring wa

ion already has passed the house and is being debated in the senate. It wouldn't surprise me

here is no hitch,"

ll be. Come, let's go t

Hasti

waiting the arrival of Lord Hastings, a few word

an American lad o

oard a sailing vessel. After some adventures he fell in with Jack Templeton, a young Englishman, who had sp

vice agent, and they had gone through all kinds of troubles with him. Lord Hastings had commanded several

. Jack was huge in stature and of enormous strength for one of his age. Frank, on the other ha

ck much envy, was shooting. He could hit almost anything wi

than once this had gotten him into such trouble that

ey had met Lord Hastings. Their commander recently had lost hi

d been informed by Lord Hastings that

ndon, "Lord Hastings will be glad to see you back again. He has been anxious, especially now that he

ll that place without

if I had to, but I would much rath

at for a few minutes there the other night it looked as though I w

steps below. These a few mome

rd Hastings,

tings stepped into the room. His eyes fell up

. "I certainly am gl

ok hands