THE SECRET SERVICE SUBMARINE A STORY OF THE PRESENT WAR BY GUY THORNE NEW YORK SULLY & KLEINTEICH 1915 The verses used as preface appeared in the issue of _Truth_ for 4th November 1914. They are reproduced here by special and courteous permission of the Editor. The verses were published anonymously, but the author has kindly allowed me to mention his name. He is Mr. William Booth. THE SONG OF THE SUBMARINE This is the song of the submarine Afloat on the waters wide. Like a sleeping whale In the starlight pale, Just flush with the swirling tide. The salt sea ripples against her plates The salt wind is her breath, Like the spear of fate She lies in wait, And her name is "Sudden Death." I watch the swift destroyers come, Like greyhounds lank and lean, And their long hulks sleek Play hide-and-seek With me on the waters green. I watch them with my single eye, I see their funnels flame, And I sing Ho! Ho! As I sink below, Ho! Ho! for a glorious game! I roam the seas from Scapa Flow To the Bight of Heligoland; In the Dover Strait I lie in wait On the edge of Goodwin's Sand. I am here and there and everywhere, Like the phantom of a dream, And I sing Ho! Ho! Through the winds that blow, The song of the submarine! WILLIAM BOOTH. CONTENTS PART I I. REJECTED FOR SERVICE. MR. JOHN CAREY'S EXPLANATION 11 II. "THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG ABOUT THIS HOUSE" 23 III. BERNARD CAREY, LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER OF SUBMARINES 37 IV. DORIS AND MARJORIE GIVE A SUPPER PARTY. THE ARROW FLIES IN MORSTONE SEA-WOOD 59 PART II V. AT MIDNIGHT ON THE MARSHES. THE SECRET OF THE OLD HULK 77 VI. HOW JOHN CAREY FOUGHT WITH THE GERMAN GIANT IN THE SALOON, AND "MR. JONES" MET UNEXPECTED THINGS IN THE NIGHT 103 VII. THE MURDER OF MR. LOCKHART 122 VIII. THE TRUTH AT LAST, THE INCREDIBLE TRUTH! AND HOW THEY FOUGHT FOR THE SUBMARINE 128 PART III IX. OUT IN THE NORTH SEA. PREPARING FOR ACTION 145 X. THE SPEAR OF FOAM 154 XI. THE SUBMARINE FIGHTS FOR ENGLAND 164 XII. THE LAST CHAPTER--IN TWO PARTS-- DORIS AND MARJORIE HAVE A LATE VISITOR 177 RETURN OF THE SEVEN HEROES 184 [ILLUSTRATION: JOHN CAREY'S MAP OF THE MARSHES]