The Boy Allies in the Baltic

ive fathoms, M

stings, commander of th

r of the under-sea craft, repeated the command f

Chadw

ings' voi

ir

k from the surface-came to attention before his commander. Frank Chadwick,

pe?" questioned his

e-room trouble a

posted

s,

en fathoms, M

had been peering, and for a moment gazed thoughtfully at

rong we will be in Helig

rld that Heligoland, the great German fortress that guarded the approach to the few miles of German seacoast, was one of the

17 was bent upon

had seen many exciting adventures, as related in "The Boy Allies with the Terror of the Seas," had left the coast

lly into his confidence concerning this expedition. Since leaving England he had been busy in his cabin almost cont

rank

we going to do

stings

be your idea

erman war vessels. We might try and learn the lay of the land-perhaps I should say the water-

've hit it in more ways than one. In fact, I m

ittle guessing, to

Lord Hastings

learn more than we could reconnoitering beneath the water. That's where we shall try to fi

he left the bridge and disappeared in his cabin, only to reappea

nd beside you and give my orders. These waters are thickl

stion and Lord Hastings took his plac

p your eyes open. I need not mention the need of prompt actio

well

command that reduced the speed of

, he relieved a sailor an

f the Dardanelles-an accident in which all on board escaped as by a

cess known only to high officials of the British admiralty. Also, the D-17 was the last word in submarine craft in other respects. She had a speed of more than thirty knots when submerged, could move along even faster upon the surface of the water, and her bow, a so

Jack took his stand and stood with e

st fortification of the enemy, a few words concernin

He had lost his father in Italy immediately after the outbreak of the great war, and while hunting him in Naples, had been shanghaied aboard an Italian

most of his life in a little African coast town. His father died there and Jack found himself sole owner

yment. Jack hurried after them to collect and climbed aboard the schooner just as she raised anchor. A fight followed his demand for payment. By some resourcefulness a

taking a liking to them, answered their pleas to be made sailors by securing them c

ry off Heligoland; they had followed the German cruiser Emden, "the Terror of the Sea"; they had been in action with the British fleet that destroyed the German squadron off the Falkland Islands

they were

arine upon which they sailed had been destroyed, Frank engaged in a death struggle with a British traitor in the waters of the North Sea and had

ce, Lord Hastings had been named to comman

husky young Englishman. Also he was naturally more hot-headed than his friend, and giv

had been together. Strong as an ox, he was a bad customer to tackle in a rough and tumble and he

ith either rifle or revolver, as he had proved in several tight situations wh

ngs' tutoring, they had also picked up a smattering of Italian, Russian and Hungarian-n

eat war was almost at a standstill. It seemed that the warr

This, however, due in a measure to the activities of British under-sea craft upon which Jack and Frank had served,

ve through the Balkans had completely crushed heroic little Serbia and had opened a path to Constantinople for the German hordes. Also it had brought Bulgaria into the war on the

the D-17 steamed slowly toward the

es as well as he could by the chart that had somehow come into his possession,

sat there, seeing nothi

hed a little push-button; the throb of the engines cease

ached Lord

," he said