Fresh-faced, slender, ebullient, radiating confidence, she was a dazzling figure in a swirling cotillion or at the taffrail of a steamer.

Almost before the cigarette was alight, a jarring shock made the Calder tremble from her shattered bows to her jagged taffrail.

As we watched her there were signs of a struggle taking place on board--pistol-shots rang out, and a heavy form plunged over her taffrail.

We leaned against the taffrail, as the ship heeled under a wind, white caps racing after.

The members of the crew crowded along the taffrails on the starboard side of the ship, where they shouted to one another and pointed excitedly in the direction of the submarine.