The United States, I mean, and he would make us repeat all sorts
of statistics about what the Germans had won and done."
"He said there was one chance in a million of our escaping," said
Beany, "and he wanted us to have a lot of inside dope to tell our
people. Of course it was all brag, almost every bit of it. We
could see one thing. Those fellows were all sore. They didn't
know what at, but they were sore just the same. Our fellows are
never like that."
"You bet they are not!" said Porky, fondly and proudly. "The
difference is plain as the nose on your face. I tell you what I
did do; I made some little drawings of some of the things we
heard. Sort of plans they were talking over. But you can see
the submarine yourselves. You say she is safe."
"Get to what happened this morning--I mean yesterday," said
Beany.
"Well," said Porky, "first thing we knew, the Captain looked
through the periscope, and then he turned around and told the
others something, and, say, they were pleased to death! You see
they wanted to make up their required number of ships torpedoed,
and get back to port. The Captain called me over, and told me
to look, and there you were, way off, but plain. It was not
really light.
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