d see each other very well, but we soon made out they
were Germans. They discovered our nationality about the same time
and they wouldn't believe us when we told them we were from the U.S.
submarine that had sunk them."

"Did they try anything rough on you?" put in Jack.

"No," continued Ted, "they were so thankful to be in that boat instead
of floundering in the sea they didn't care much about anything else.
When we told them our vessel was somewhere close by they wouldn't
believe it until we showed them the faint streaks of light from the
_Dewey_ through the fog. Then Bill Witt told them they would stand a
better chance for their lives if they got in touch with the American
submarine. They parleyed a while over that and finally decided they
would take Bill's tip. That's how we got up within range of you
fellows and got back here again. We might have floated around all
night and been picked up in the morning and then again we might not."

"Well, I'm glad you're back again, chum," added Jack with an affectionate
hug. He now hurried back to the conning tower to be within call of
his commanders. The _Dewey_ was headed due east; running on the
surface, with her boatload of prisoners trailing behind.

Two hours' running brought the _Dewey_ within the ten-mile zone of
the Dutch coast, and suddenly she ran into the hail of a huge
brigantine that appeared to be becalmed. She lay quiet in the water
without a tangible sign of life except her binnacle lights.

Watchful against any deception, McClure ordered the gun crews on deck
and the "Twins" ready for action. Then he challenged the sailing craft.

The answer came in German. Likely the watch thought his vessel had
been approached by a U-boat of the Central Powers. Challenged again
in English, the fellow went below and returned in a moment with an
English-speaking companion. Lieutenant McClure briefly made known
his desire to turn over the German prisoners.

"But we don't want them," came the reply.

Jack and Ted, standing out on deck together, grinned. This seemed so
unlike Dutch hospitality.

"Holland doesn't seem to be so fond of Germans, does she?" joked Jack.

"Can't much blame them," Ted replied soberly. "They have enough
mouths of their own to feed without any more outsiders."

Lieutenant McClure insisted, however, on putting the Germans aboard
the brigantine and finally won out. The lifeboat went alongside
and the _Dewey_ stood by until every T