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...remote seaports Germans piled aboard steamers to register with the captains their...
...chain of five between the U. S. and Europe),† the Westphalen is too small to allow planes to land on her deck. If the water is smooth it is a simple matter for the Westphalen-or any surface ship-to hoist a flying boat aboard. In rough weather this is dangerous as well as difficult. The Westphalen employs an ingenious system...
...their way to the railroad station by taxi. They persuaded the taximan they were students in good standing, entitled to a weekend but for reasons of their own leaving quietly. The taxi sped across the State line to Middleton, N. Y. The train pulled in and they clambered aboard. The whistle echoed excitingly through the dark hills. Phelps Newberry Jr. and Henry Wetter Jr. breathed easier when they reached Grand Central Station and found no policemen waiting for them. They went to a cheap Times Square hotel, the Bradley House, registered as "Norman Thompson" and "John Adams." Next day, clad...
...some close escapes from British cruisers; her crew had a fat share of prize money coming to them. Their last capture, a sloop flying the Spanish flag, they discovered too late was a U. S. vessel. Of the prize crew of four men put aboard her, one was drowned in a hurricane, one died of tropical fever; the other two were shipwrecked. When the Glimpse got safely home again Captain Dodge paid off the survivors, held the missing men's share a year. But it was longer than that before the castaways escaped from their Indian rescuers, then from...
...only by a trick: she got a doctor to show Dr. Einstein a sphygmomanometer. Inquisitive, he fiddled with it to see how it worked, had his blood pressure counted before he knew it. Examination showed Dr. Einstein no more unhealthy than the average sedentary person. But last fortnight, aboard the S. S. Westernland en route to the U. S., he felt unwell, was obliged to keep to his cabin one evening. When he reappeared next morning, visitors approached to ask questions. Dr. Einstein explored an egg, said nothing. Thereafter Frau Einstein had all she could do to shield him from...