The British lieutenant turned on his heel and rapped out an order. From the ensign staff the black cross of infamy was contemptuously hauled down by one of the _Bolero's_ men. To the halliards was toggled another ensign, somewhat similar in design but infinitely cleaner in its records and traditions. Seton glanced at his watch, and then at the forest of bare poles of the surrendered U-boats. In another half minute---- From the flag-ship a single gun boomed. As one, a galaxy of bunting rose in the grey, misty air, and on each of the surrendered U-boats fluttered the Black Cross Ensign once again, but with a vast difference. Floating proudly in the breeze above the flag of beaten Germany was the emblem of the true Freedom of the Seas--the glorious White Ensign. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN _By Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge, by Percy F. Westerman