came quickly forward and peer

ration from his face; then

ook nerve; for he must have

into the hands of an enemy," s

rry him into the house. Then we shall notify the civ

use, where they stretched out his mangled form as well as possible and covered it with

id, "we may a

" asked Jack. "I saw blood

rgotten," repli

is coat and Jack

id cheerfully. "I'll fi

d Hastings again donned h

ou are forgetting some

asked Lord Hast

is,

n all about that scoundr

had so recently placed Davis hors de

s was greatl

him," he said. "He may work

make himself extremely scarce," suggested Frank. "He'l

bably true," admi

id Jack. "I wonder if he recognized us as th

e probably believes we are in trouble. Guess he will

eve he recognized us," said Jack

ully. "Then the chances are he didn't take time to look at me. And he was u

re of introducing ourselves to him mor

ch that we shall,

ere," said Lord Hastings at this ju

e house, and half an hour later were ag

ow, sir?" a

ngs smiled

replied. "Well, I'll tell you. We are

asing?" excla

act

Frank. "And where i

a little you will see it

hames, but they could see nothing but a few small boats of various

that looks like it,

st on looking too far away. You don't see it for

ng in it now? You mean we are going

replied Lor

r--" beg

are there is nothing to equal the motorboat-particularly a swift m

d Jack, with some sarcasm. "

ith a smile, and added: "You don'

we were to feel a real vessel beneath our feet once more

ould like to kno

ask you something. Do you remember, the other day, of aski

" replied

on of this mystery is,

mean, sir?" e

ed, powerfully armed motorboats. The government has discovered, after much experimenting, that the one craft with an advantage over a su

ere they would do a

them; and then it is too late for them to act. Also, the motorboat, being small, is a much more difficult object to hit with a torpedo-it

explain it I can see the ad

an I," ag

stings

ralty officials been convinced half so easily, this submarine

, each occupant remained busy with his tho

ers, sir?" he asked. "I understood they were

d Lord Hastings. "You know how

hen a submarine crashes into the net she either tangles her n

k, "is why she doesn't fire a torpedo th

r, she is blind. She doesn't know in which direction to fire it. You

aid Jack. "How I wish

s. "And yet she came near be

t the same time I wouldn't mind

I may tell you that another such craft now is nearing compl

it, sir!" exclai

he wouldn't say so," J

ied Frank. "But it seem

re we bound now,

st. In fact, most of the motorboat fleet is in Irish waters. Since the sinking of the

upon the des

hips, neutr

et busy the better it will

h you there,

s wished to join the others of the fleet at the earliest possible mome

me to where the motorboat fleet had its base-Ban

, with guns bared and alert figures standing ready for action. It was not until Lord

curiously. The bay was b

e than two hundred here, if

ay to me, too

the matter to

there are in the neighborhood of a thousand of these little craft here. How

ed up and down the

act

going to get busy

d Hasting

romise you a little excitement to-night. Captain Smithers has a ti