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Itowoll CO., ' ' Vewspaper AdTsrtlalnirBurean. 10 Sprues street, Mew York I T y &( HT The Great War Syndicate. By PBANK H ST00KT0N. Author of "Rudder Grange," "Amos KIN ' bright," "The Be Man of Orn," "The Christmas Wreck," "The Ldj or the Tlffer," "The Late Mrs. Null," The Hundredth Man," "The Casting Away or Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleahlne," "The Duaantes," etc Copyrighted by V. F. Collier, of Collier's Ones a Week, and published by special arranfcemont with him through the American Praia Associa tion. All rights reserved. Th m'nst ininortant ODjeci we3 la r.- vido a defenso against iho ocrc-.ricr-tracting and rudder breaking crabs; and to this end tho Adamant had been fitted with what was termed a "etern jacket." This was a great cago of heavy Bteel bars, which was attached to thp etera of tho vessel in 6uch a way that it could bo raised high above tho water, bo as to offer no impediment whilo under way, and which, in time of action, could bo let dowrcso ua to surround and protect the rudder and screw propellers, of which tho Adamant had two. This was considered an adequato de fenso against tho nippers of n syndicato crab; but as a mean3 of offense againbt theso almost submerged vessels n novel contrivance had been adopted. From a great boom projecting over tho stern, a largo ship's cannon va3 suspended per pendicularly, rnuzzlo downward. This gun could bo swung around to tho deck, hoisted into u horizontal position, loaded with a heavy charge, a wooden pk:;r keeping tho load in position when gun hung perpendicularly. If a crab should como under tho stern this cannon could bo fired directly down ward upon her back, and it wa3 not be hoved that any vessel of tho kind could stand many tnich tremendous thocks. It ,vas not known exactly how ventilation wa3 supplied to tho submarino vesselj of tho syndicate, nor how tho occupants wcro enabled to mako tho necessary ob servations during action. When under way tho crabs sailed somewhat elevated above tho water, but when engaged with an enemy only n email portion of their covering armor could bo seen. It was surmised that under end be tween some of tho scales of f.his armor thcro was somo arrangement of thick glasses, through which tho necessary ob servation could bo made; and it was be lieved that, even if tho heavy perpen dicular shots did not crush in tho roof of a crab, theso glasses would bo shattered by concussion. Although this might ap pear a matter of slight importance, it was thought among naval officers it would necessitate tho withdrawal of a crab from action. In consequenco of tho idea that tho crab3 wcro vulncrablo between tljKr overlapping plates, somo of tho Ada mant'a boats wero fitted out with Gat ling and machino guns, by which a shower of balls might bo sent under tho scales, through tho glasses and into tho body of tho crab. In addition to their guns, theso boats would bo supplied with other means of attack upon tho crab. Of courso it would bo impossiblo to destroy theso submerged enemies by means of dynamite or torpedoes; for with two vessels in closo proximity, tho explosion of a torpedo would bo as dan gerous to tho hull of ono as to tho other. Tho British admiralty would not allow even tho Adamant to explode torpedoes or dynamito bombs under her own stern. With regard to a repeller, or spring armored vessel, tho Adamlint would rely upon her exceptionally powerful arma ment and upon her great weight and speed. She was fitted with twin screws and engines of tho highest power, and It was believed that sho would bo ablo to overhaul, ram and crush tho largest vessel, armored or unarmored, which tho syndicato would 'bo ablo to bring against her. Somo of her guns wero of immenso caliber, firing 6hot weighing nearly 2.000J pounds and requiring half a ton of powder for each charge. Bo sides theso she carried an unusuilly largo number of largo cannon and two dynamito guns. Sho was so heavily plated and armored as to bo proof against any known artillery in tho world. Sho was a floating fortress, with men enough to make up tho population of a town, and with stores, ammunition and coal sufficient to last for a long term of active service. Such was tho mighty English battle ship which had como for ward to raiso the siege of tho Canadian port. The officers of the syndicate wero well aware of tho character of tho Adamant, her armament and her defenses, and had been informed by cable of her time of sailing and probable destination. They sent out Repeller No. 7, with Crabs J and K, to meet her off tho Banks of Newfoundland. This repeller was the largest and strongest vessel that the syndicate had ready , for service. In addition to the spring armor with which theso vessels were supplied, this ono was furnished with a second coat of armor outsido tho first, the elastio steel ribs of which ran longitudinally and at right angles to those of tho inner set. Both coats were furnished with a great number of im proved air buffers, and tho arrangement of spring armor extended five or six feet beyond the massivo steel plates with which tho vessel was originally armored. She carried ono motor cannon of large size. Ono of the crabs was of the ordinary pattern, but Crab K was furnished with a spring armor abovo the heavy plates of her roof. This had been placed upon her after the news had been received by the syndicate that tho Adamant would carry a perpendicular cannon over her stern, but thero had not been time enough to fit out another crab in the same way. When the director in chargo of repeller No. 7 first caught sight of tho Adamant, and scanned through his glass tho vast proportions of the mighty ship which was rapidly steaming toward the coast, ha.falt that a rcsDonsibilitr rested udoo him heavier f.lian any which lad yet been borne by an officer of the syndicato, but ho did not hesitato in tho duty which ho had been 6ent to perform, and imme diately ordered tho two crabs to advanco to meet tho Adamant, and to proceed to action according to tho instructions which they had previously received. His own ship was kept, in pursuanco of ordera, several miles distant from tho British ship. ' As soon as tho repeller had been sighted from tho Adamant a strict look out had been kept for tho approach of crabs, and when tho small exposed por tions of tho backs of two of theso wcro perceived glistening in tho sunlight tho speed of tho great ship wa3 slackened. Tho ability of the syndicate's submerged vessels to movo suddenly and quickly in any direction had been clearly demon strated, and although a great ironclad with a ram could run down and sink a crab without feeling tho concussion, it was known that it would bo perfectly easy for tho smaller craft to keep out of the way of its bulky antagonist. There fore tho Adamant did try to ram tho crabs, nor to get away from them. Her commander intended, if possible, to run down ono or both of them, but ho did not propose to do this ia tho usual way. As tho crabs approached, tho stern jacket of tho Adamant was let down and tho engines wcro slowed. This ctcrn jacket, when protecting tho rudder and propellers, looked very much liko the cow catcher of a locomotive, and was ca pablo of being put to a somewhat similar use. It wa3 tho intention of tho captain of tho Adamant, should tho crabs at tempt to attach themselves to his 6tcrn, to suddenly put on all steam, reverso his engines and back upon them, tho stern jacket answering as a ram. Tho commander of tho Adamant had no doubt that in this way ho could run into a crab, roll it over in tho water, and wh'.'n it wa3 lying bottom upward, liko aflo. '.ing cask, ho could movo his ship to a cistanco and mako a target of it. So desirous was this bravo and somewhat facctioua captain to try hia new plan upon a crab that ho foreboro to firo upon tho two vessels of that class which wero approaching him. Somo of his guns wcro so mounted that their muzzle3 could bo greatly depressed and aimed at an object in tho water not far from tho t;hip. But theso wero not discharged, and, indeed, tho crabs, which wero new ones of un usual swiftness, wero alongside tho Ada mant in an incredibly short tinio and out of tho rango of theso guns. Crab J was on the starboard uido of tho Adamant, Crab was on tho port Bide, and, simultaneously, tho two laid hold of her. But they wero not directly astern of tho great vessel. Each had its nippers fastened to one 6ido of tho stern jacket, near tho hingo liko bolts which held it to tho vessel, and on which it was raised and lowered. In n moment tho Adamant began to steam backward, but tho only effect of this mbtion, which soon becamo rapid, wa3 to swing tho crabs around against her sides and carry them with her. As tho vessels wero thus moving the great pincers of tho crab3 wero twisted with tremendous forco, tho stern jacket on ono side was broken from its bolt, and on tho other tho bolt itself was drawn out of tho sido of tho vessel. Tho nippers then opened, and tho 6tern jacket fell from their grasp into tho sea. sii&pping in its fall tho chain by which it had been raised and lowered. This disaster occurred so quickly that row persons on board tho Adamant knew what had happened. But tho captain who had seen evcrytliing, gavo instant orders to go ahead at full speed. The first thing to bo dono was to get at a dis tance from thoso crabs, keep well away from them, and pound them to pieces with hi3 heavy guns. But tho iron screw propellers had scarcely begun to movo in the opposite direction before tho two crabs, each now lying at right angles with tho length of the ship, but neither of them directly astern of her, made a dash with open nippers, and Crab J fastened upon one propeller, whilo Crab K laid hold of the other. Thero was a din and crash of breaking metal, two 6hocks which were felt throughout the vessel, and the shat tered and crushed blades of the propel lers of tho great battle 6hip were power less to movo her. Tho captain of the Adamant, pallid with fury, stood upon the poop. In a moment tho crabs would be at his rud derl Tho great gun, double shotted and ready to fire, was hanging from its boom over the stern. Crab K, who3e roof had the additional protection of spring armor, now moved round so as to bo directly astern of tho Adamant. Before she could reach the rudder her forward part camo under the suspended cannon, and two massive 6tecl shot were driven down upon her with a force sufficient to send them through masses of solid rock, but from tho surface of elastio 6tccl springs and air buffers they bounced up ward, ono of them almost falling on the deck of the Adamant. Tho gunners of this piece had been well trained. In a moment the boom was swung around, tho cannon reloaded, and when Crab K fixed her nippers on tho rudder of the Adamant two more 6hot came down upon her. As in the first instance sho dipped and rolled, but the ribs of her uninjured armor had scarcely sprung back into their places before her nippers turned and the rudder of the Adanfant was broken in two and tho upper portion dragged from its fastenings; then a quick backward jerk snapped its chains and it was dropped into the sea. A signal was now sent from Crab J to Repeller No. 7, to the effect lhat the Ada mant had been rendered incapable of steaming or sailing, and that she lay sub ject to order. Subject to order or not, the Adamant did not remain passive. Every gun on board which could be sufficiently do pressed was made ready to fire upon the crabs should they attempt to get away. Four large boats, furnished with machine guns, grapnels, and with various appli ances which might be brought into use on a steel plated roof were lowered from their davits, and immediately began fir ln? upon tho exposed nortinrts nf the crabs, ir.'jir maciano guns wero loadca with small shells, and if theso penetrated under the horizontal plates of a crab, and through tho heavy glass which was supposed to bo in theso interstices, tho crew of tho submerged craft would bo soon destroyed. ' Tho quick eye of tho captain of tho Adamant had observed through hlsglas3, whilo tho crabs wero still at a consider able distance, their protruding air pipes, and he had instructed tho officers in chargo of tho boats to mako an especial attack upon these. If the air pipc3 of a crab could bo rendered useless tho crew must inevitably bo smothered. But tho bravo captain did not know that tho condensed air chambers of tho crab j would supply their inmates for an hour or more without recourse to tho outer air, and that tho air pipes, fur nished with valves at the top, wero alway3 withdrawn under water during action with an enemy. Nor did he know that tho glass blocks under the armcr plates of tho crabs, which wcro placed in rubber frames to protect them from concussion above, were also guarded by steel netting from injury by small balls. Valiantly the boats beset tho crabs, keeping up a constant '.Tusillade and en deavoring to throw grapnels over them. If ono of theso should catch under an overlapping armor plato it could bo con nected with tho steam windlass of tho Adamant and a plato might bo ripped off or a crab overturned. But tho crabs proved to bo much moro lively fish than their enemies had sup posed. Turning, as if on a pivot, and darting from Bido to side, they seemed to be playing with tho boat3, and not trying to get away from them. The spring armor of Crab K interfered somo what with its movements and also put it in danger from attacks by grapnels, and it thereforo left most of tho work to its consort. . Crab J, after darting swiftly ia and out among her antagonists for como time, suddenly made a, turn, and dashing at one of the boats, ran under it, and rais ing it on its glistening back, rolled it, bottom upward, into tho sea. In a mo ment tho crew of tho boat wero swim ming for their lives. They wero quickly picked up by (wo of tho other boats, which then deemed it prudent to return to tho ship. But tho second officer of tho Adamant, who commanded tho fourth boat, did not give up tho fight. Ilaving noted tho spring armor of Crab K, ho believed that if ho could get a grapnel between its steel riba lie yet might capturo tho ssa monster. For some minutes Crab K con tented it3elf with eluding him; but, tired of thi3, it turned, and raising its huge, nippers almost out of tho water, it seized the bow of the boat and gavo it a gentle crunch, after which it released its hold and retired. Tho boat, leaking rapidly through two ragged holes, was rowed back to the ship, which it reached hah! full of water. Tho great battlo ship, totally bereft of tho power of moving herself, was now rolling in tho trough of tho 6ea, and a 6ignal came from tho repeller for Crab K to mako fast to her and put her head to tho wind. This was quickly done, the crab attaching itself to tho stern post of tho Adamant by a pair of towing nip pers. Theso wero projected from tho stern of the crab, and wcro so constructed that tho larger vessel did not communi cato all its motion to tho smaller one, and could not run down upon it. As soon as tho Adamant waa brought up with her head to tho wind she opened firo upon tho repeller. Tho latter vessel could easily havo sailed out of tho rango of a motionless enemy, but her orders forbado tlm. Her director had been in structed by tho syndicato to exposo his vessel to tho firo of tho Adamant's heavy guns. Accordingly tho repeller steamed nearer, and turned her broadside toward the British ship. Scarcely had this been dono when tho two great bow guns of tho Adamant shook tho air with tremendous roars, each hurling over the sea nearly a ton of steel. Ono of these great shot passed over tho repeller, but the other struck her armored sido fairly amidship. There was a crash and scream of creaking 6teel, and Repeller No. 7 rolled over to windward as if she had been struck by a heavy sea. In a moment she righted, and shot ahead, and, turning, presented her port side to tho enemy. Instant ex amination of tho armor on her other 6ide showed that tho two banks of springs wero uninjured, and that not an air buffer had exploded or failed to spring back to its normal length. Firing from the Adamant now came thick and fast, tho crab in obedienco to signals turning her about so as to admit the firing of some heavy guns mounted amidships. Threo enormous solid shot struck the repeller at different points on her starboard armor without inflicting damage, while the explosion of several shelh which hit her had no more effect upon her elastic armor than the impact of the solid shot. It was the desire of tho syndicate not only to demonstrato to its own satisfac tion tho efficiency of' its spring armor, but to convinco Great Britain that her heaviest guns on her mightiest battle 6hips could havo no effect upon its ar mored vessels. - To prove tho absolute superiority of their means of offenso and defenso was tho supreme object of tho syndicato. For this its members studied and worked by day and by night; for this they poured out their millions; for this they waged war. To prove what they claimed would be victory. When Repeller No. 7 had sustained the heavy firo of the Adamant for about half an hour, it was considered that the strength of her armor had been suffi ciently demonstrated; and, with a much lighter heart than when he had turned her broadside to the Adamant, her direc tor gave orders that she should steam out of the rango of the guns of tho British ship. During the cannonade Crab J had quietly slipped away from tho vicinity of the Adamant, and now joined the re peller. The great ironclad battlo ship, with her lofty sides plated with nearly two feet of solid steel, with her six great (-una, each weighing moro than a bun drod tons, with her armament of other guas, machine cannon, and ci:noc; every appliance of naval warfare, with a small army of ofllcers and men on board, 'was loft in chargo of Crab 11, of which only a few square yardi of armored roof could bo seen abovo tho water. This littlo ves-, bcI now proceeded to tow southward her vast prize, uninjured, except that her. rudder and propeller blades wcro broken and useless. Although the engines of tho crab wcro of enormous power, tho progress mado was Blow, for the Adamant was being towod 6tern foremost. It would havo been easier to tow tho great vessel had tho crab been attached to her bow, but a ram which extended many feet under water rendered it dangerous for a sub merged vessel to attach itself in its . vicinity. During tho night the rcicller kept company, although at a considerable dis tance, with tho captured vessel; and early tho next morning her director pro pared to send to tho Adamant a boat with a flag of truce and a letter demand ing the surrender end subsequent ovacu ation of tho British ship. It was sup posed that now, when the officers of the Adamant hod had time to appreciate the fact that they had no control over tho movements of their vessel: that their armament was powcrles3 against their enemies; that tho Adamant could bo towed wherever tho cyndicato choso to , order, or left helpless in mid-ocean, they would bo oblired to admit that thero was nothing for them to do but to surrender.. But events proved that no 6uch idea3 had entered tho mind3 of tho Adamant's officers, and their action totally pro- soon as it was light enough to seo tho repeller tho Adamant began firing great guns at her. Sho was too far away for : tho shot to striko her, but to launch and ; send a boat of any kind into a storm of shot and shell was of courso impossiblo. Tho cannon puspendod over the stern of tho Adamant wa3 nlso again brought into play, and shot after shct wa3 driven 1 down upon tho towing crab. Every ball rebounded from tho cpring armor,' but tho officer in charge of tho crab bo camo convinced that after a time thi3 : constant lxmnding, almost in tho samo place, would injuro hia vessel, and ho I 1 J 1 I! A - il i A. Bignaicu iuo repeucr to uiz.t tuevi. Tho director of Repeller No. 7 had been considering tho situation. Thero was only ono gun on tho Adamant which could bo brought to baar upon Crab K, ' and it would bo the part cf wisdom to ' gun. Accorumgiy 1110 oow or mo re- poller was brought to bear upon tho Adamant, and her motor gun was aimed at tho boom from which tho cannon was suspended. Tho project! lo with which tho cannon was loaded was not an instantaneous motor bomb. It was simply a heavy coiid shot, driven by an instantaneous motor attachment, and was thus impelled oy uie samo power ana in me same man ner as llio motor bombs. The instantane- . ou3 motor power had not yet been used at so great a distance as that between tho Bion was ono of intense interest to tho small body of scientific men having ' chargo of the aiming and firing. Tho calculations of tho distance, of tho . necessary elevation and direction, and of tho degree of motor power required, wcro mado with careful exactness, and when tho proper instant arrived tho but ton was touched,- and the Bhot with which the cannon wa3 charged was instantaneously removed to a point in tho ocean about a milo beyond tho Ada- ; mant, accompanied by a large portion of tno ucavy room at wnicn ino gun nau : been aimed. Tho cannon which had been suspended from tho end of this boom fell into the sea, and would have crashed down upon tue roor 01 rau jv, nau not mat vessel, in obedience to a Bignal from tho repel- lrTV lvpj5tifl ifa linld tirwin thn Arlnmnnt 1 -l . .1 i ir. bVllUl IWJUljr IXLlgUU UUt lUltU IVDIUbWl from tho fall of this great mass of metal . nnrn llirt r.rftb. but Itwnjt mneirlfrfvl urn. . A 1 f1.4. . U..1 dent not t. take useless risks. Tho officers of the Adamant wero ' ,1 .. !. j -1 : ,i 1 .t. fall of their gun, with which they had expected ultimately to pound in the roof of the crab. No damage had been done to the vessel except the removal of a portion of tho boom, with somo 01 the chains and blocks attached, and no one on board tho British ship imagined for a moment that this injury had been occa sioned by the distant repeller. It was supposed that the constant firing of the cannot had cracked the boom, and that it had suddenly snapped. Even if thero had been on board ; the Adamant the means for rigging up an other rirrnnfrement rf thn kind for ner ' pendicular artillery practice, it would havo required a long time to get it into working order, and the director of Re peller No. 7 hoped that now the British captain would 6eo tho uselessness of con- But tho British captain 6a w nothing of 4 1 t.I.l 1 x l -i. Y mu ikiuu, uuu oiiuii uiiu snub iivui U13 guns were hurled high into tho air, in hopes that tho great curves described would bring some of them down on the deck of the repeller. If this beastly 1 t 11 1 . . M . . store snip, wnicn couia stana lire Dut never returned it, could bo sunk, tho Ad amant's captain would be happy. With , mo exception 01 uio loss 01 uer motive power, his vessel was intact, and if the stupid crab would only continuo to keep noise of her cannonado should attract somo other British vessel to the scene, tho condition of affairs might bo altered. All that day the great guns of the Ada mant continued to roar. The next morn ing, however, the firing was not resumed, and the officers of tho repeller were greatly surprised ' to see approaching from tho British ship a boat carrying a whito flag. This was a very welcome sight, and tho arrival of the boat was awaited with eager interest. TO BS COSTIxriD.). It its proven by agriculture stansofa that $5 worth of dog annually kill $1,000 worth of sheep, besides having five or six days and nights left to the do? to keep the whole neighborhood awake with a chorus of barking.