icer on deck.
The commander fired at Jack, but in his haste the bullet went wild. Jack
hurled himself forward, and the men gave ground. One, retreating, lost his
balance and went staggering across the deck and fell overboard.
Only the commander of the submarine now faced Jack, and he covered the lad
with a revolver.
"Hands up!" he said.
For answer Jack smiled slightly, and took a quick step forward.
"Crack!" the German's revolver spoke sharply, and Jack felt a hot pain in
his left arm. But the German had no time to fire again, for Jack was upon
him, pinning his revolver arm to his side.
"Now," said the lad, "I've got you!"
The two wrestled across the deck.
CHAPTER XVI
THE FIGHT ON THE U-87
In the meantime, members of the crew hearing the commotion on deck, rushed
up to see what was going on. Seeing their commander struggling with an
enemy, they hurried across the deck.
Jack saw them coming out of the tail of his eye. It was not time to
hesitate and the lad knew it.
With his arms still wrapped about the German commander, Jack struggled to
the rail and leaped into the sea. Down and down he went, never for a
moment relaxing his hold on the German. Then they came to the surface.
With a sudden jerk the German freed himself and aimed a heavy blow at
Jack. This Jack dodged and sought to regain his hold on his foe. But the
German wriggled away and struck out for the submarine.
In the meantime, Captain Griswold of the Ventura had been watching the
struggle as his vessel sped away from the scene. There was a strange light
in his eyes and he muttered to himself. At last he muttered an
imprecation.
"He's a brave boy," he said. "I can't run away and leave him like that."
He brought the head of the vessel around in spite of the protests of some
of the passengers, and headed back for the submarine.
"Man the forward gun there!" he cried.
For the Ventura, like other allied ships plying in the seas in those days,
carried small guns for defensive purpose
Notka biograficzna
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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