Part 28 (2/2)

”I found the eneht battleshi+ps and about a dozen scouts Their course est”

The admiral made a rapid calculation

”By Jove!” he said, ”they will catch Pomeroy before we join him But there's time yet We can warn Pomeroy to ed I think, Captain Bolitho, we ularity in joining if he gives us a full account of his--er--experiences, after dinner to-night”

”And the Reds, sir?”

”Before dinner, one or the other of us will be out of action Whether Reds or Blues, we shall have leisure to hear how Mr Smith went round the world in seven days”

POSTSCRIPT

The following extracts from the Press, neatly pasted in Kate Smith's scrap book, have a certain historical and romantic interest for the persons concerned, directly or indirectly, in the incidents of the foregoing narrative

(_From Our Own Correspondent_)

CONSTANTINOPLE, Friday

The appearance of an aeroplane thiscaused a considerable sensation It descended in the old archery ground of the Sultans, to the terror of the juvenile population that now uses the Ok Meidan as a coh no authentic infor and intrepid air to Persia on a secret dad railway

(_From Our Own Correspondent_)

BOMBAY, Monday

The natives of the Mekran coast are again showing signs of insubordination The gunboat _Penguin_ has just come into harbour, and her commander, Captain Durward, reports that on Saturday he discovered a crowd of Baluchis in the act of se

He landed a party of bluejackets half a e, and swooped upon it siers scattered in all directions, but the ring-leaders were captured, together with a large nureatest credit on this able and energetic officer

_Later_

The craze for aviation has at last broken out in India Two airmen made a sudden appearance at Karachi on Saturday, and departed after a brief stay for the interior They are said to be in the e vast sums on his latest hobby

BRISBANE, Monday

News has just arrived by wireless frounboat _Frobisher_, off Ysabel Island, that the crew of the survey-vessel _Albatross_, which recked there a fortnight ago, are safe The party, it will be reer Se is very brief, and a reference it ht to be an error--REUTER

SINGAPORE, Wednesday

The Penang correspondent of the _Free Press_ telegraphs--”The barque _Elizabeth_ put in to-day in tow of a stea of this port, and reported an extraordinary incident in o in a cyclone south of the Anda, fire broke out in the forehold, and was kept under with the greatest difficulty Her plight was discovered and reported here by the driver of an aeroplane aswas i rumours are prevalent as to the identity of the aviator in question; Captain Bunce, of the _Elizabeth_, insists that the airman's name was Senerally accepted opinion is that he is an officer of the German navy, which has recently adopted the aeroplane for scouting purposes On no other supposition can his presence so far fro to the facts that he arrived in the night of Sunday and departed immediately, no trustworthy information is obtainable”--REUTER

_(From Our Own Correspondent_)

TORONTO, Wednesday

The later editions of the _Sphere_ contain a detailed account of the extraordinary world-flight accoer Smith of the British navy, which sets at rest the rumours and speculations of the past week

Lieutenant Smith left London last Friday at 1230 am