"And now down we go," said McClure as he signaled to take in ballast.
Not waiting to note the effect of their fire, the officers of the
_Monitor_ sent their ship careening into the depths and went down to
a depth of fifty feet with a greatly decreased speed.
"Guess we had better turn now and make for the open sea," said McClure
as he grasped the rudder key to swing the _Monitor_ around.
But at that moment came a sharp rasping sound on the forward hull of
the American vessel and then a mighty ripping sound aft followed by a
grinding in the region of the propeller blades and an almost sudden
stoppage of the _Monitor_. McClure and Jack looked at each other,
dismay written in their faces.
"Trapped!" ejaculated the little captain. "We are caught in a submarine
net!"
CHAPTER XXII
YANKEE INGENUITY
There was no denying the fact that the _Monitor_ had become enmeshed
in one of the German wire nets.
Unmistakably the scraping against the hull of the submarine was that
of the cables and chains that composed the net.
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