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Harry Hunter had graduated from the Academy the year Happy and his class were plebes, and had been the two-striper of the company of which Wheedles was now the two-striper. His return to Annapolis with his lovely young wife was the signal for all manner of festive doings, and it need hardly be added that Mrs. Harold's party had a row of seats which commanded every corner of the stage. Mr.
It was like looking at a picture a moving picture and all was beautifully distinct. Our commander consulted a card, decided the speed of the warship, and then again propped his head against the reflector. "Raise periscope," ordered the two-striper.
With care, the two-striper skipper gave his orders to get the submarine under way, and soon he stuck her nose at the east. One felt the frost in the air, and fingers grasping the canvas shield of the conning tower were benumbed. Three men stood in line on the aft hatch while the submersible glided through the port waters.
My feet were numbed with cold as I walked for'd and looked at the empty tube. The next thrilling moment came when the commander decided to bring his craft to the surface. "Come to surface and blow external tanks!" ordered the two-striper. "Open five, six, seven, eight, to blow!" The round, white perforated lungs of the submarine sucked in the air in the craft.
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