" It was well on toward four o'clock and
soon would be daylight.
Creeping along at half speed, the _Dewey_ veered slightly to starboard
and steered a course N.N.W. toward the oncoming craft. After cruising
thus for a quarter of an hour the submarine was stopped altogether
again and her captain conferred again with his wireless chief.
"She seems to have changed her course," announced Smith after listening
intently at both port and starboard microphones. "As near as I can
calculate she has turned off abruptly to port and is running due east
toward the coast."
"Fine!" exclaimed McClure. "A German for sure. And now perhaps we
can track her to her lair."
In a few moments the _Dewey_ thrust her periscopes up out of the sea
and set out in pursuit of the unknown ship. It was yet too dark to
make her out, except for a dim blur that showed faintly against the
background of the Belgian coast. By striking the _Dewey's_ latitude
and longitude they figured they were at a point five or six miles off
Blankenberghe.
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