On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles

inst her tall side. 'Fun!' he repeated rather grimly. 'You won't think it so funny when you find yourself crawling up a cliff with quick-firers barking at you from behind every rock,

ho was standing beside Ken Carrington, t

fighting,' he remarked in h

moment befo

' he sai

his long body with

you and I have been training together these six months, and you'v

e know why I have now,' ans

ly, and after a few momen

as I'm concerned, and it brings back the most rotten time

want to,' said Burney, with the q

ht sooner tell you than any one else.

puzzle to me how a chap like you came to be a Tommy in this outfit. W

ith this crowd than any I know of. And as for a commission, that's a thin

ather was in the British Navy. He rose to the rank of Captain, and then had an of

' said Burney in

h officer, Admiral Gamble, who managed all the Turkish naval affairs.

amble,' put in Burney. '

ey got hold of everything, and five years ago Admiral Gamble gave up. So did my father, but h

to work it. The Turks liked him. They'd have given it him like a shot. But the Germans go

a German named Henkel came along and offered to buy him out

there was a flaming row, and He

the big row in the Balkans, and the war had h

that?' put

'Pretty thoroughly too, as I heard afterwards. They took

while the big ship ploughed steadil

said Burn

white a man as you want to meet, and he got me away and over the border into Greece. It was in Thr

aid Burney. 'And-and, by Jove, I su

Turks are not as black as they're painted. It's Enver Bey and his crazy crowd who have rushed them into

ome to be in with

went there two years ago and got a job in the ir

ere was

asked Burney. 'Have you

dropped a tone-'I mean to. If

y, and suddenly gr

heard some one behind that boat. No, stay whe

e,' he said aloud. 'I

e boat, but as soon as he thought he was out of sight in the da

rk figure dart forward, the feet evidently shod in

e, the decks were of course in darkness, and the man, wh

back to

exedly. 'The beggar

e was some

. I saw

ion who

itated

a low voice, 'but I've got my s

that s

who looks aft

thoughtfully. 'He's an ugly looking varm

ore than once since we left Alexandria. I'm going to

n. They say we'll be in Mud

m going down to get a warm bath. It may

on said good-night in

things from his bag and went down the passage to the bathroom. The 'Cardigan Castle' had been a swagger li

or the switch of the electric, when he noticed, to hi

ime a ship shows no lights at all, and it is a fixed rul

f light-just a single beam, no more than a few inches in diameter-struck through the d

e between him and the open port, and instantly th

man who stood in front of the port raised to a l

niously arranged lenses, throws one tiny ray which can be caught and flung back by a specially constructed mirror. That was what was happ

the cement floor. In the darkness, he failed to see this, and ca

p, and the man made a da

him. Before the fellow could get it open, Ken was on

of a trapped cat, the m

ing his left shoulder. The sharp pain maddened him, and his grip tightene

nd the other, thrown off his balance, went over bac

together, and rolled ove

ong and active. He wriggled like an eel, all the time making fra

left hand, and held it in a grip which the other, struggle as he might, could not bre

et go with his right hand, and drove his fist at the other's head. He missed his face, but hit him somewhere, for h

lf up, and getting his knees on his adversary's

ant's hand. As he rolled across the floor, followed a crash as though the very heavens were falling. T

imself on th

of feet. Half stunned, Ken struggled to his feet, and staggered towards the door. As he did

en. In a flash the truth blazed upon him. He was locked in. The spy had locked the do