Chapter I: Front Matter

THE SECRET SERVICE SUBMARINE

A STORY OF THE PRESENT WAR

BY GUY THORNE

NEW YORK
SULLY & KLEINTEICH
1915

The verses used as preface appeared in the issue of _Truth_ for 4th
November 1914. They are reproduced here by special and courteous
permission of the Editor. The verses were published anonymously, but
the author has kindly allowed me to mention his name. He is Mr.
William Booth.

THE SONG OF THE SUBMARINE

This is the song of the submarine
Afloat on the waters wide.
Like a sleeping whale
In the starlight pale,
Just flush with the swirling tide.
The salt sea ripples against her plates
The salt wind is her breath,
Like the spear of fate
She lies in wait,
And her name is "Sudden Death."

I watch the swift destroyers come,
Like greyhounds lank and lean,
And their long hulks sleek
Play hide-and-seek
With me on the waters green.
I watch them with my single eye,
I see their funnels flame,
And I sing Ho! Ho!
As I sink below,
Ho! Ho! for a glorious game!

I roam the seas from Scapa Flow
To the Bight of Heligoland;
In the Dover Strait
I lie in wait
On the edge of Goodwin's Sand.
I am here and there and everywhere,
Like the phantom of a dream,
And I sing Ho! Ho!
Through the winds that blow,
The song of the submarine!

WILLIAM BOOTH.

CONTENTS

PART I

I. REJECTED FOR SERVICE. MR. JOHN CAREY'S EXPLANATION 11

II. "THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG ABOUT THIS HOUSE" 23

III. BERNARD CAREY, LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER OF SUBMARINES 37

IV. DORIS AND MARJORIE GIVE A SUPPER PARTY. THE ARROW
FLIES IN MORSTONE SEA-WOOD 59

PART II

V. AT MIDNIGHT ON THE MARSHES. THE SECRET OF THE OLD
HULK 77

VI. HOW JOHN CAREY FOUGHT WITH THE GERMAN GIANT IN THE
SALOON, AND "MR. JONES" MET UNEXPECTED THINGS IN
THE NIGHT 103

VII. THE MURDER OF MR. LOCKHART 122

VIII. THE TRUTH AT LAST, THE INCREDIBLE TRUTH! AND HOW
THEY FOUGHT FOR THE SUBMARINE 128

PART III

IX. OUT IN THE NORTH SEA. PREPARING FOR ACTION 145

X. THE SPEAR OF FOAM 154

XI. THE SUBMARINE FIGHTS FOR ENGLAND 164

XII. THE LAST CHAPTER--IN TWO PARTS--
DORIS AND MARJORIE HAVE A LATE VISITOR 177
RETURN OF THE SEVEN HEROES 184

THE SECRET SERVICE SUBMARINE

PART I