During the next few weeks the world was startled by the exploits of
some daredevil sort of a submarine that seemed to have an uncanny
habit of turning up right in the heart of German fleets. Units of
the German navy were being sunk with ridiculous ease. U-boat bases
were raided and upon one occasion the mystery submarine had worked
its way into a German harbor and blown up a cruiser.
Late one afternoon, just before dusk, the _Monitor_ fell in with a
submarine of unusual length and depth, a monster vessel of the type
of the famous _Deutschland_ that had made the memorable transatlantic
voyage earlier in the war, but of even greater displacement.
Running partly submerged the _Monitor_ had sighted the big fellow
several miles astern. Jack was in the conning tower at the wheel
when he noticed the U-boat across the water.
"Looks like an undersea cargo boat," said Jack after he had reported
to McClure, and the two stood gazing intently at it through the
periscopes.
"The Germans aren't trading with cross-atlantic nations any more,"
said "Little Mack" with a grim smile.
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