were herded before Jack.
They stood there sullenly, their eyes on the deck. One of them wore a
heavily braided and imposing uniform. Jack addressed him.
"You are the commander of that submarine?" he questioned.
"I was," answered the German.
"You were, what?" asked Jack sharply.
"I was the commander."
"You don't seem to catch my meaning," said Jack, taking a step forward.
"When you speak to me say 'sir.'"
"Then you shall say 'sir' to me," said the German.
"Oh, no I won't," Jack declared. "I never say sir to a murderer."
The German's eyes lighted angrily.
"It would be well to be more careful of your words," he said.
"Nevertheless," said Jack, "I repeat them. You, are a murderer, and as
such should be hanged at once. I'm not sure it is in my province to string
you up, but I'm strongly tempted to do so and take the consequences."
"But I guess you won't," sneered the German.
"Then don't try me too far," said Jack quietly. "To my mind, men like you
and your cowardly followers should be put out of the way the same as a mad
dog; and certainly there is no law against killing a dog."
"I warn you," said the German, taking a step nearer the lad, "to be more
choice in your words."
"Silence!" Jack thundered, "and don't you dare step toward me unless I
tell you to do so." He turned to Frank. "Take those men below and put them
in irons," he ordered.
Frank stepped forward to obey, and again the German commander protested.
"You can't do that," he said. "My men are prisoners of war and as such are
entitled to all the usual courtesies."
"They are, eh?" asked Jack. "Then I'll modify that order a bit,
temporarily, Mr. Chadwick, will you kindly bring irons for this man here,"
and he indicated the German officer. "I want his men and all our
passengers to see how he looks in shackles, which he should have been made
to wear long ago."
Frank hurried away. The German commander, after taking one step back at
Jack's words, stepped quickly forward again. His hand went to his
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Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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Joanna Baillie (September 11, 1762February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, her cottage at Hampstead was the centre of a brilliant literary society. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.