ing thrown off under the force of the compressed air and the
_Monitor_ lifted off the bed of the harbor. Striking a match, Binns
leaned over the depth dial, watching the fluctuating hand that marked
foot by foot the progress of the _Monitor_ upward. To lighten the
load as much as possible and counterbalance the weight of water in
the wrecked conning tower Ted released the torpedoes remaining in
the tubes. In a few minutes the indicator hand pointed to zero and
the _Monitor's_ officers realized that now their craft was riding
awash with her deck fully exposed.

Making his way forward through the gloom, Ted sprang to the hatch and
raised the lid. As the morning light streamed in through the opening
a muffled cheer resounded from the interior of the sub. Vaulting up
the ladder, Ted leaped on deck and looked around him. There to
starboard, not more than five hundred feet away, loomed a giant
cruiser. From her stern tailrail trailed a familiar emblem.

"The Stars and Stripes!" exclaimed the youth as his comrades swarmed
up about him from the hold of the prison ship.

A glorious victory had been won by the allied fleets. All about the
_Monitor_ were warships of the American, English, and French nations.
Reducing the land fortifications after a terrific bombardment, the
combined fleet had "rushed" the harbor in the wake of their
mine-sweepers, engaged and overwhelmed the larger units of the German
fleet there assembled, and driven some of the smaller craft into
the Zeebrugge Canal. Thousands of marines and blue-jackets, formed
into landing parties, had been set upon shore and were now taking
formal possession of the German stronghold.

"Hurrah for the _Monitor_!" the cry reverberated over the waters as
the plucky American submarine was made fast alongside the U.S.S.
_Chicago_ and the story of her night's exploits became heralded
about. Willing hands assisted in reclaiming the wounded and gas
victims from the hold of the ship. Jack and his captain, the latter
still unconscious, suffering from a severe concussion of the brain,
were lifted over the side and carried to the cruiser's sick bay
for their wounds to be dressed. It was found upon examination that
the ligaments and muscles in Jack's limbs had been severely torn
and the flesh lacerated, but that his injuries, while painful, were
not serious.

Great jubilation reigned on all the ships. A band on the forward
deck of the Chicago was playing "Stars and Stri