Lieutenant McClure briefly made known
his desire to turn over the German prisoners.
"But we don't want them," came the reply.
Jack and Ted, standing out on deck together, grinned. This seemed so
unlike Dutch hospitality.
"Holland doesn't seem to be so fond of Germans, does she?" joked Jack.
"Can't much blame them," Ted replied soberly. "They have enough
mouths of their own to feed without any more outsiders."
Lieutenant McClure insisted, however, on putting the Germans aboard
the brigantine and finally won out. The lifeboat went alongside
and the _Dewey_ stood by until every Teuton had climbed up the side.
"Auf Wiedersehen and thank you, sir," called the German officer as
the _Dewey_ backed away and turned her nose out to sea again.
The days that followed were crowded with colorful incidents for the
band of Americans aboard the gallant little submarine. With the
arrival of Uncle Sam's submarines in the North Sea and their active
participation in the warfare against the Imperial German Navy the
forages of the cruiser and destroyer raiders out of Wilhelmshaven
and other German ports were decreasing in number.
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