The literary digest . , edgingthe steamer , toward the watching latter, however, promptly mannedher foremost gun, turned, and slowlysteamed toward them; she opened fire ata range of half a mile, the shell passingover the funnel of the disguised man-of-war. In the tense excitement of that moment,when mens nerves and faculties werestretched like banjo-strings, the report ofthe submarines gun rang loud through thestill air. One of the man-of-wars gun-layers, lying concealed within his collap-sible deck-house, heard the report, and,thinking that the ship herself had openedfire without th
The literary digest . , edgingthe steamer , toward the watching latter, however, promptly mannedher foremost gun, turned, and slowlysteamed toward them; she opened fire ata range of half a mile, the shell passingover the funnel of the disguised man-of-war. In the tense excitement of that moment,when mens nerves and faculties werestretched like banjo-strings, the report ofthe submarines gun rang loud through thestill air. One of the man-of-wars gun-layers, lying concealed within his collap-sible deck-house, heard the report, and,thinking that the ship herself had openedfire without the customary warning gongs,fiung down the screens which masked hisweapon. Any further attempt at con-cealment was useless. The fire-gongs rangfuriously at every gun position, the whiteensign was triced up to the mast-headin the twinkling of an eye, and the actionstarted. After the first few hits the sub-marine lay motionless, with her bowssubmerged and her stern in the air forupwards of five minutes, while shells burst. BERTH AW asyour Building Department T^HROUGH a unit sub-organl-?^ zation, made up by careful se-lection from our permanent force,we furnish and control all labor,purchase all materials,and let all sub-contracts for your construction is no divided responsibility; yourinterests and ours coincide in the effortto secure the best possible results. Ourcompensation is measured by the servicerendered. In this manner we have actedrepeatedly as the building department formany clients. In similar manner we canserve you. The spirit, the purpose, and the methods ofAberthaw Construction Service are embodiedin our book bearing that title. If you care tolearn more about this service, write for this book. «-7S BERTHAW COff^UCTION COMPANY B0STDN\ MASSACHUSETTS
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