The Submarine Hunters

The Submarine Hunters
A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War

By

0
(0 Reviews)
The Submarine Hunters by Percy F. Westerman

Published:

1918

Pages:

230

Downloads:

1,644

Share This

The Submarine Hunters
A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War

By

0
(0 Reviews)

Book Excerpt

you might incautiously give the show away. You had a good passage?"

"Excellent," replied von Ruhle. "I am getting well-known to the strafed English custom-house officers at Queenboro' and Harwich. They recognize me by my stick, I believe, but they little know that it is a new one every time. What do you think of this? I have brought it as a specimen for you to see. Just fancy! every time I cross to Holland twenty kilogrammes of good copper are on their way to the Fatherland. By this time Herr Stabb of Essen is well acquainted with my Malacca canes."

"A good weight to carry about," remarked Ramblethorne, wielding the disguised bar of copper. "I wonder you troubled."

"Mein Gott! I could not leave it," declared von Ruhle. "Someone might take a fancy to it, and then the secret would be out. But tell me: have you succeeded in getting that commission you spoke of?"

"I am still living in hopes," replied Ramblethorne. "Of course I could have obtained a post of temporary surgeon in the Brit

More books by Percy F. Westerman

(view all)