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  DAVE DARRIN AND THE GERMAN SUBMARINES

  OR

  MAKING A CLEAN-UP OF THE HUN SEA MONSTERS

  By

  H. IRVING HANCOCK

  Author of "Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz," "Dave Darrin on MediterraneanService," "Dave Darrin's South American Cruise," "Dave Darrin Afterthe Mine Layers," etc., etc.

  Illustrated

  THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Akron, Ohio New York

  Made in U. S. A.

  Copyright MCMXIX

  By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I--ON THE SEA PATROL

  On the prowl at sea. Dan takes the rest cure. Dave springs a new trap for submarines. The enemy's alarm clock. "Searchlight men, stand ready!" A shell-made geyser. The sea duel. A submarine finish. "Wasted humanity." Orders by wireless. Shore leave. Mr. Matthews of Chicago. With the British sea-dog.

  CHAPTER II--THE MEETING WITH A PIRATE

  Dan has forebodings. "'Ware torpedo!" Dan's "forty winks" end. "All hands to abandon ship!" How the trick worked. A wonderful job. The loiterer at the radio room door. "I'll keep my eye on you."

  CHAPTER III--QUICK "DOINGS" OVER THE SHOAL

  Fisherman's Shoal. The bubble trail. "Over with the 'buoy'!" The driver's job. "Come up, or take a bomb!" Talking with the Pirate. A face seen before. Bechtold does some German lying. Poison vapors. Mystery in a berth. Bechtold's grab.

  CHAPTER IV--THE TRAIL TO STRANGE NEWS

  Fortune is partial to the bold. A hot burn with acid. Saving words from a wreck. Use for a prize crew. Bechtold bluffs. Dave unfolds the coming fate of the prisoner. That ugly word, "spy." "War breeds savage ideas."

  CHAPTER V--DAVE TALKS OUT IN COUNCIL

  The sheet that Dave saved. The drive against the troopships. "Sixty submarines!" Dave has the floor at naval headquarters. "I will stake my soul!" "Darrin, I wish we had you in our navy!" Three big cheers. Danny Grin feels proud.

  CHAPTER VI--THE GLOWWORM OF THE SEA

  Looking for the 117th Division afloat. Dave's extra nap. The row at the stern. The glow on the sea. The lie passed. Ensign Phelps picks up the mystery. The chart-room conference. The work of a spy. "A traitor on board!"

  CHAPTER VII--DARRIN HAS A SPY SCARE

  Dave quizzes the accused. Ferguson's turn on the rack. The search for evidence. "Have we spies on the 'Logan'?"

  CHAPTER VIII--THE BATTLE FOR THE TROOPSHIP FLEET

  On board the troopship fleet. Torpedo talk. "Keep your hair from turning gray before you reach the trenches." No clues or traces yet. The minute of signals. Vanguard of troopship fleet. Dave swerves for battle. "Let go the depth bomb!"

  CHAPTER IX--WHEN THE ENEMY SCORED

  The soldiers feel better. "They can't hit us." "They've got us!" The start of a panic. Destroyers scurry to save. The biggest submarine fight of all. Big guns roar.

  CHAPTER X--THE HOTTEST WORK OF ALL

  In Periscope Lane. Shooting of the good old kind. Clean work. Dave Darrin's lucky time. "Hit is the right word." Machine guns turn loose. Playing upon the Hun gun-crew. Beatty's luck changes.

  CHAPTER XI--A TRAP AND ITS PREY

  Turning turtle. "They're only Huns." The fighting storm clears. Listing the survivors. Extent of the American losses. Dan has some questions. Dave plans a ruse. Reardon and the marine. Jordan steps into the trap.

  CHAPTER XII--DAVE HUNTS A BIGGER FIGHT

  Blind man's buff on the waves. Judged by the goods delivered. Making the best of the unknown. The opening gun. The real fight looms ahead.

  CHAPTER XIII--A BATTLE TRY-OUT FOR SOULS

  The snap-shooting period. Zigzagging for life. A crazy marine waltz. The "Logan" turns special hunter. Dave can't get 'em all. "Specks" in the sky.

  CHAPTER XIV--TEAM WORK BETWEEN SKY AND WATER

  The "blimps" arrive. One of them makes a hit and helps Dave to one. The "Logan's" guns din out. Through the sea of wreckage. Runkle tells a tale. The accused spy denies. Dan has his "step," too. How spies are handled in Britain.

  CHAPTER XV--DAN'S TURN TO GRIN

  Not a word about the "Prince." Darry is puzzled. "Unmask!" Dalzell grins broadly. Dave thinks he's dreaming. A warship or a floating dry-goods box?

  CHAPTER XVI--ABOARD THE MYSTERY SHIP

  "Is this a masquerade?" Dan is wrong. Dave in his disguise. "Rubber!" Where did the laugh come in? Real mystery enough. "And the ladies--?" Dave gives it up. Then he doesn't.

  CHAPTER XVII--THE HUMOROUS ADVENTURE

  "Abandon ship!" The strangest of war crews. Heinie von Sub moves closer. "Open ports!" The trapper trapped. "Give them a chance." "Chermany is Chermany." The whole German story.

  CHAPTER XVIII--DANNY GRIN PROVES HIS METTLE

  The new wheat ship. "Do you begin to see the joke?" Guns at work in the night. The one-sided fight. Cowardly hounds. Dan loads his strategy. A great game. The German brand of treachery. Beating Hun team work with an American single. "Win or sink!"

  CHAPTER XIX--A GERMAN VIEW OF SUBMARINES

  Dan is glad at last. Sparnheim hears a lecture. Then faces an angry woman. "Don't touch such a beast!" What long life means to a pirate captain. Sparnheim is "insulted."

  CHAPTER XX--DAN STALKS A CAUTIOUS ENEMY

  Making the enemy guess. Result of Dan's trick. "He's going to gun us!" Dan loses men and a gun. "An outrage!" cries the German. "Report." "Home, James!"

  CHAPTER XXI--THE S. O. S. FROM THE "GRISWOLD"

  Dave's best good news. New ships for two. Bad news, it turns out. Runkle is on hand. The chums part company. S. O. S.! The "Griswold" attacked.

  CHAPTER XXII--DAVE'S NIGHT OF AGONY

  News of the toughest kind. Flashes from German guns. Dave plans his own attack. "Never again any mercy to a pirate!" "Belle!" Splash!

  CHAPTER XXIII--THE FIGHT TO BRING BELLE BACK

  Runkle helps valiantly. The still, white face. The surgeon shakes his head. "She did not suffer." Darry refuses to wake up. Dan at his chum's side. The fight for Belle's life. "'Ware torpedo!"

  CHAPTER XXIV--CONCLUSION

  DAVE DARRIN AND THE GERMAN SUBMARINES