with my
compliments."

Alfred was taken aboard and the ship's doctor was soon in attendance.
Every one crowded around and the names of the boys and the captain were
soon known to all the passengers. The _Evening Mail_ gave the most
interesting account of the affair, and Ralph read and re-read the item.

An hour afterwards, when everything had time to quiet down, and Alfred
had recovered sufficiently to sit up, Ralph drew out the newspaper, and,
to the surprise of Alfred, read the following:

"AN EXTRAORDINARY FEAT

"A SUBMARINE CAPTURED BY THREE
PRISONERS

"The war is a never-ending series of startling and remarkable
events, the latest being the capture of a German submarine by
the captain of one of the transatlantic liners and two American
boys who were passengers on the captain's ship when she was
torpedoed. The commander of the submarine took the captain and
the two boys from the boat in which they had sought refuge,
after their vessel went down in the Bay of Biscay.

"It was learned from the first officer of one of the
torpedo-boats that the submarine while on its way to Germany
was caught in the nets in mid-channel. While trying to
disentangle itself, the chief officer of the submarine met with
an accident, and, taking advantage of the situation, the
captain and his two boy companions, having found a case of
revolvers, held up the second officer and the crew, and
imprisoned them below.

"They are now bringing the submarine to England, and we hope to
be able to give more details tomorrow."

"There, what do you think of that?" ejaculated Ralph.

Alfred smiled, but a shadow came over his face, as he looked at Ralph.
The latter, seeing the change, jumped up, and cried: "Are you sick?"

"No," replied Alfred wearily; "but I have been thinking of father and
mother; I had a dream that I saw them standing on a dock; I wonder where
they are?"

"I have some interesting news for you," said the captain, as he entered
the cabin, holding a French paper in his hand.

"What is it?" asked the boys in unison.

"Boats three, four and five of our ship have reached port all right,"
said the captain.

"Have you heard about No. 1?" asked Alfred, as he leaned forward, and
anxiously awaited the reply.

"No; but it is likely that the other boats may have been picked up by a
west bound vessel, and it is not time yet to hear from the other side,"
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