Dave Darrin and the German Submarines

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CONTENTS

Chapter I—On the Sea Patrol

On the prowl at sea. Dan takes the rest cure. Dave springs a new trap for submarines. The enemy’s alarm clock. “Searchlight men, stand ready!” A shell-made geyser. The sea duel. A submarine finish. “Wasted humanity.” Orders by wireless. Shore leave. Mr. Matthews of Chicago. With the British sea-dog.

Chapter II—The Meeting with a Pirate

Dan has forebodings. “’Ware torpedo!” Dan’s “forty winks” end. “All hands to abandon ship!” How the trick worked. A wonderful job. The loiterer at the radio room door. “I’ll keep my eye on you.”

Chapter III—Quick “Doings” over the Shoal

Fisherman’s Shoal. The bubble trail. “Over with the ‘buoy’!” The driver’s job. “Come up, or take a bomb!” Talking with the Pirate. A face seen before. Bechtold does some German lying. Poison vapors. Mystery in a berth. Bechtold’s grab.

Chapter IV—The Trail to Strange News

Fortune is partial to the bold. A hot burn with acid. Saving words from a wreck. Use for a prize crew. Bechtold bluffs. Dave unfolds the coming fate of the prisoner. That ugly word, “spy.” “War breeds savage ideas.”

Chapter V—Dave Talks out in Council

The sheet that Dave saved. The drive against the troopships. “Sixty submarines!” Dave has the floor at naval headquarters. “I will stake my soul!” “Darrin, I wish we had you in our navy!” Three big cheers. Danny Grin feels proud.

Chapter VI—The Glowworm of the Sea

Looking for the 117th Division afloat. Dave’s extra nap. The row at the stern. The glow on the sea. The lie passed. Ensign Phelps picks up the mystery. The chart-room conference. The work of a spy. “A traitor on board!”

Chapter VII—Darrin Has a Spy Scare

Dave quizzes the accused. Ferguson’s turn on the rack. The search for evidence. “Have we spies on the ‘Logan’?”

Chapter VIII—The Battle for the Troopship Fleet

On board the troopship fleet. Torpedo talk. “Keep your hair from turning gray before you reach the trenches.” No clues or traces yet. The minute of signals. Vanguard of troopship fleet. Dave swerves for battle. “Let go the depth bomb!”

Chapter IX—When the Enemy Scored

The soldiers feel better. “They can’t hit us.” “They’ve got us!” The start of a panic. Destroyers scurry to save. The biggest submarine fight of all. Big guns roar.

Chapter X—The Hottest Work of All

In Periscope Lane. Shooting of the good old kind. Clean work. Dave Darrin’s lucky time. “Hit is the right word.” Machine guns turn loose. Playing upon the Hun gun-crew. Beatty’s luck changes.

Chapter XI—A Trap and its Prey

Turning turtle. “They’re only Huns.” The fighting storm clears. Listing the survivors. Extent of the American losses. Dan has some questions. Dave plans a ruse. Reardon and the marine. Jordan steps into the trap.

Chapter XII—Dave Hunts a Bigger Fight

Blind man’s buff on the waves. Judged by the goods delivered. Making the best of the unknown. The opening gun. The real fight looms ahead.

Chapter XIII—A Battle Try-out for Souls

The snap-shooting period. Zigzagging for life. A crazy marine waltz. The “Logan” turns special hunter. Dave can’t get ’em all. “Specks” in the sky.

Chapter XIV—Team Work Between Sky and Water

The “blimps” arrive. One of them makes a hit and helps Dave to one. The “Logan’s” guns din out. Through the sea of wreckage. Runkle tells a tale. The accused spy denies. Dan has his “step,” too. How spies are handled in Britain.

Chapter XV—Dan’s Turn to Grin

Not a word about the “Prince.” Darry is puzzled. “Unmask!” Dalzell grins broadly. Dave thinks he’s dreaming. A warship or a floating dry-goods box?

Chapter XVI—Aboard the Mystery Ship

“Is this a