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He knew that Jack would explain the reason for the change soon enough. Besides, the matter was none of his business. He gave the necessary orders. Jack turned to the second officer. "Will you take the bridge, Mr. Hetherton? Mr. Chadwick, please come to my cabin." The lads went below together. "Now," said Frank, after he had taken a seat, "what's it all about?"
That open grassy spot in the dense shadow of the west woods was just the place for a picnic, and it looked very bright and pleasant that warm June afternoon, with the rustic table so fancifully arranged, the camp stools scattered over the lawn, and the bouquets of flowers depending from the trees. Fanny Hetherton had given it her whole care, aided and abetted by Dr.
"Still out of range, sir," was the report. "All right But let me know the minute we can strike." "Aye, aye, sir." "Half speed ahead, Mr. Chadwick." "Aye, aye, sir." Frank signalled the engine room. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Guns spoke simultaneously aboard three of the enemy ships. "Still beyond range." It was Lieutenant Hetherton who spoke.
"What's up, Jack?" asked Frank. "Lower half a dozen small boats, Mr. Hetherton," instructed Jack before replying to Frank's question, "and have them manned by a score of men each, fully armed." "Aye, aye, sir." Lieutenant Hetherton hurried away. "What's up, Jack?" asked Frank again. "I have been ordered to inspect each submarine as it comes abreast of us," Jack replied.
"Looks like your good father had been very busy," he said to young Cutlip with a smile. "That's what the Germans will have the whole world doing for them if we don't lick 'em." "You're right there, sir," agreed Lieutenant Hetherton. "Well," said Frank, "we'll leave these things as they are. It will help divert suspicion from young Cutlip here when the Germans find his father is not on hand.
"If the boy is telling the truth," he said, "and I have no doubt of it, we are in luck. It may be that we can capture this German crew ashore and then take possession of the submarine." "But, sir," protested Lieutenant Hetherton, "if the submarine were to come to the surface now and catch sight of the Essex it would never come back again."
The Essex slipped quietly through the smooth waters of Hampton Roads and dropped anchor some distance off shore. At Jack's command the launch was made ready, and leaving Lieutenant Hetherton in command, Jack motioned Frank to follow him into the launch. A moment later they were gliding shoreward through the water. "We'll have to pay our respects to the commandant," said Jack.
"He's a good father in many ways, sir," he said, "but he seems to be scared to death of the Germans, especially of their submarine boats." "We'll have him up here before we let him go," said Jack. "Mr. Hetherton, pass the word to have; Cutlip brought to my cabin." Lieutenant Hetherton left the cabin.
"Quite an ovation," said Frank, as he and Jack descended to the latter's cabin, leaving Lieutenant Hetherton on the bridge. "It was, indeed. Yes, as I said before, it's a great country. You should be proud to be a native of it." "I am," said Frank simply. Following the return of the Essex to English waters, Jack reported at once to Lord Hastings in Dover.
This was on Saturday, and on the Sunday following there was no service at St. Mark's. The rector was sick, the sexton said; "hard sick, too, he had heard," and the Hetherton carriage, with Lucy in it, drove swiftly to the rectory, where the quiet and solitude awed and frightened Lucy as she entered the house and asked the housekeeper how Mr. Leighton was. "It is very sudden," she said.
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