hopscotched

Updated: June 22, 2025

He did not know what it was, but he could see right away it didn't have a friendly look; so he hopscotched across the engine-room floor and up a handy ladder to the deck, taking his assistant along in his wake. After rescuing the passengers it took three tugboats to pry sub and steamer apart. Our C boat must have hit her a pretty good wallop, for as they fell apart the steamer sank.

James B. (James Brendan) Connolly - The U-boat hunters