"Z-z-z-z-z-z!" the wires snapped with their message, as he flashed
forth the code call of the United States fleet.
Would he be heard? Was there any vessel within range that would
pick up his random call. For five minutes the boy rattled away
and then closed the key to listen. What was his joy to get an almost
immediate response. It was the U.S.S. _Farragut_, a destroyer,
reporting her position and asking what was wanted.
In rapid-fire reply Jack related the sinking of the _Dewey_, gave her
latitude and longitude, and urged immediate assistance.
"But where in the world are you sending your radio message from?" came
the query out of the sky.
"In a German wireless station on the Belgian coast just about six miles
south-----"
But the message was never finished, for at that moment Jack heard a
slight movement behind him and turned to look into the revolver of a
bulky German who, in broken English, commanded the American to surrender!
CHAPTER XVII
UP FROM THE DEPTHS
Back in the hold of the sunken submarine whence Jack Hammond had made
his miraculous escape, stirring scenes were being enacted.
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