Moving Picture News (1911) . t his eyeson the indicator. Down, down, down they went, andthen suddenly began to rise very slowly. To rise, butonly for a few feet. The indicator stopped. The Lieu-tenant did not move his eyes for a few seconds, then he looked round the boat and back again at the came quickly to his side. What is it. Lieu-tenant? he said, in a low voice. We arent rising, answered the Lieutenant, andEnsign Burns hastens to discover the cause. In amoment he saw what had happened and, seizing awrench, tried to regulate the valve, but it was no after the other,
Moving Picture News (1911) . t his eyeson the indicator. Down, down, down they went, andthen suddenly began to rise very slowly. To rise, butonly for a few feet. The indicator stopped. The Lieu-tenant did not move his eyes for a few seconds, then he looked round the boat and back again at the came quickly to his side. What is it. Lieu-tenant? he said, in a low voice. We arent rising, answered the Lieutenant, andEnsign Burns hastens to discover the cause. In amoment he saw what had happened and, seizing awrench, tried to regulate the valve, but it was no after the other, the men all tried, but it would notturn. They looked at one another in silence. ThenLieutenant Dalton spoke. There is one thing, mymen, that may bring us aid. We can shoot a manthrough the torpedo tube. Will any one volun-teer? Without hesitation. Burns stepped forward. Itwas the work of but a moment for him to remove hisouter clothing, and in another moment he was shoot-ing, a living torpedo, toward the surface of the The blood beat in his temples until it seemed his headmust burst. He never knev/ how he ever reached thesurface alive. But he did reach it, and with a fewstrong strokes reached the dock. Quick, men, he gasped, the pumps—the emer-gency tube—a diver, quick! He worked as only aman racing with Death can work. The diver, ready in case of an emergency, spranginto a boat, and taking the end of the tube, stood readyto dive. The oarsmen were strong, and soon he haddived, and was carrying help to the doomed men underthe water. Pump, men; work as you have never worked be-fore ! Eight lives depend upon you! They cannotbreathe without you, and so Burns urged them on,never thinking of his own exhausted state; neverthinking of his sweetheart, who stood pale and trem-bling. When Ensign Burns left the torpedo tube Lieuten-ant Dalton tried to instill into his men hope and cour- THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 The Office Boys Dream A Typical AmericanComedy
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