U-BOAT THIEVES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3182, 5 September 1917, Page 6

U-BOAT THIEVES

A SKIPPERS STORY. A capacity for being cheerful In all circumstances is one of the most precious gifts with. which Nature can endow, a man. Happy-and few-are they who'possess it. Skipper Bendwpe waa one of dhese greatly-blessed individuals. His ship had "been submarined, tho Huns had robbed him. Yet was lie m no wise depressed or out of humour, buc told his story with a twinkling eye and ready smile. "Soon after, daybreak, said ho, "I was on the bridge; weather thick; dashed cold, looking forward to ray hot tea, cgga and bacon with tbe keen relish one always takes from the morning watch to the • breakfast tab.e. Away on the port hand I noticed what appeared to be a felling boat under hill sail. Didn't quite fancy the cut of her, eo called up my mate. ■ . rrm.~i. "Pointing her out, I asked him What do you make out of thaj, Bill? . Heconned her for a bit, then putting down his glass said, 'Moves funny for a hshin* boat. It's tin-fish (torpedoes) she tarries, I'll bet; them saps is only a "'Believe you're right' BUI,' I told him; 'we'll give her a wide berth, aud I rang up for full speed, and put tUe holm over. But tho submarine, for it was a submarine rigged to resemble ft fishin" vessel, noticed our alteration or course, and popped a shot across our bows. As we didn't stop for that sue sent another over our decks. " 'Next one'll go into our engineroom,' remarked tho mate, and knowing the ways of tho pirates, I passed ho had surmised about right Still, there's nothing like running while ■youive got legs, and I thought I'd chance it; /f, ""Bl't get away. The submarine didn t mean to let "us. She overhauled us so easily that yon might as well have tried to avoid Sunday as run from her. in< officer on her deck megaphoned is to lay to, saying that he meant to sink us anyway. If wo didn't stop and'down ladders' preetty quickly, he'd .sink the ship, and all hands with her. , "Seeing there was no help for it, i stopped engines and ordered all hands to catch up what they could Hot anno on deck and lower the boats. By tho time we had done Um P ' f w ' the aboard us. And'the first thing the thieV« did was to make us tarn out our pockets. They being ™*™™Jsfc all the -power of arguing lay on their side. So we just fished- out what money and watches and things we had, andtno pirates grabbed the lot. They hunted So all the grub they could find m the ship as well, their officer telling us that they wanted it worse'n we did, •«, we could go ashore and get mora and they SuuA-.The lubberly swabs I.hone they'll never get ashore again. After the grates had collected their loot they pulled back to their craft and made us go with them. And we had to lay alongside them while they fired into our ship and sank her. . . , . , "During this proceeding a pirate stood, on the submarine's deck taking photographs. One of our men asked himi tf he'd mind sending him a Picture post* as he could put it in the family album alongside the picture of. the nn&M and the kids. *oh, yes, certainly I mUi "ive me your address/ replies the pirate, smiling/as if he was- ever so pleased to be obliging. ■ 'Don't send it; ring it AYe'd like to "see you round Hull way,savs our chap.' , ..• , "Well after our poor old ship had gone the submarine dived herself, telling us to make for shore as.quickly as we could, which was superfluous for what could a ■ penniless, halt-naked cjew do going seafaring in a couple of dinchies? no surely didn't think wed set Sp to trade with the Indies in thorn! 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