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Hetherton," said Frank quietly, "but be careful how you approach. I don't trust 'em. I'll keep 'em covered." Lieutenant Hetherton ordered his men to make prisoners of the Germans. There came a sudden interruption. The three Germans who had been in the cabin, as though by a prearranged plan, suddenly dashed back into the little building and flung to the door before they could be stopped.
"We're likely to come upon one of the enemy any moment, and we can't afford to let him see us first." "Very true, sir," Lieutenant Hetherton agreed. "Fortunately all our lookouts have sharp eyes. I'll venture to say a submarine won't come to the surface very close to us without being seen." "That's the way to talk, Mr. Hetherton," said Jack. "It shows the proper spirit."
"Just the other side of the reef." Jack whistled. "By Jove! We came awfully close," he said. "You did indeed," said Cutlip. "But for the reef you must have been discovered. Fortunately, it is very high." "I suppose the U-Boat is on the surface at this moment," Frank interjected. "Most likely," Hetherton agreed.
"Now," said Frank to Hetherton, "we can't leave him around here for if the Germans saw him they might take alarm. We'll have to have him sent back to the ship. I guess those two men are big enough to get him there." "Plenty big enough, sir," said one of them with a grin. "Good. Take him back, then, and come back when you have turned him over to Captain Templeton.
The next day brought the Hetherton party, all but Lucy Harcourt, who, Fanny laughingly said, was just now suffering from clergyman on the brain, and, as a certain cure for the disease, had turned my Lady Bountiful, and was playing the pretty patroness to all Mr.
"A party of three German sailors from a submarine nearby were seen to come this way," Frank went on. "You must have seen them. Now, if you are not trying to shield them, tell me where they are." "I don't know. I haven't seen them." "Call a couple of men, Lieutenant," said Frank to Hetherton. Hetherton raised a hand, and two sailors came forward.
It would be possible, Frank knew, to tire the Germans out, but he had no mind for such slow methods. He addressed his men. "Two of you," he said, "break in the door with your rifle butts. We'll cover you from either side." Two men stepped forward and the others stationed themselves on either side of the stout door. Frank called to Lieutenant Hetherton. "Guard all the windows," he shouted.
He was sure that Jack had not divulged the real reason for their present voyage, and he had said nothing about the matter himself. "Just a chance remark, I guess," Frank told himself. Aloud he said: "I hardly think it will come to that." "I hope not," replied Hetherton, "but you never can tell, you know." "That's true enough, too," Frank agreed, "but at the same "
Hetherton was always polite and lady-like, so that the rector looked forward with a good deal of interest to the evenings he usually gave to Lucy, who, though satisfied to have him in her sight, still preferred the olden time, when she had him all to herself and was not disquieted with the fear that she did not know enough for him, as she often was when she heard him talking with Fanny and her uncle of things she did not understand.
"I'm betting the same way," declared Frank. "Well, it's getting too hot here," said Jack. "We'll get back and let the big fellows get in the game." "Good idea, sir," said Lieutenant Hetherton. "Full speed ahead!" Jack ordered. At the sound of the great gun on the British warship Lion, the German admiral in command of the flotilla ordered his ships to slow down.
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