: The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas by Goldfrap John Henry Scott A O Arthur O Illustrator - World War 1914-1918 Juvenile fiction; Telegraph Wireless Juvenile fiction

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e watch,--put his anxiety into words.

"Is it that you will change the course or reduce speed, Captain?" he inquired.

The big, bearded captain turned on him like a flash. He raised his massive fist and brought it down on the table with a crash that bade fair to split the wood.

"We keep on as we are going!" he exclaimed. "Rather than let this ship get into the hands of the English, I'll send her to the bottom."

"Herr Ready," said the captain, "I am in command of this ship. The orders are full speed ahead."

A CLOSE SHAVE.

Bill Raynor received Jack's news with a shrug.

"I'm not surprised, to tell you the truth," he said. "I've met a good many Germans in the course of my sea-going years, and that's usually their idea,--rather sink the ship than give it up."

"We've got iceberg detectors," said Bill, "and maybe they'll sound the whistle and locate a big berg by the echo."

"They won't sound any whistle to-night," declared Jack. "That skipper is determined not to give any cruiser the least inkling of his whereabouts. I'm going to take a run on the deck, the wireless bell will call me if something comes. Want to join me?"

"All right. But it's not much of a night for a stroll outside."

"Anything's better than sitting in that cabin waiting for you-don't-know-what to happen."

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