Tale of A Submarine

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 November 1915, Page 3

Tale of A Submarine

; 9 —: Tlio niau with the bronzed lace <u;cl tlio. roilling eye was enthralling 'his friends when Mr Button entered just in time to hear him sa.y: £ "And so 111 j" feliip went down with alij hands." "Went down?" queried Mr Buttoa, excitedly; "but where were you?" "1 was in the captain's cabin at tiie time,'' said the bronzed one. "\Vo 6ank, and scarcely a ripple was left m mark the spot." "How sadi!" said Mr Button. - "But 1 suppose you forced your "way out of the cabin and managed to s-.vim ashore? Or were you taken off by a passing vessel?" "No, I wasn't," said the bronzed one; "I just stood Avhere 1 was." "Look here," said Mr Button; "vnu Kay you were locked in a cabin an'J made no effort to escape, and yet lieve you arc safe and sound; before us? is this* a tale of the horse-marines?" l 'Xot exactly," said the salt; "It's a tale of the submarines. Iliat was the sort of ship I was aboard."