Look again at the map and see how Holland and Belgium together absolutely wall Prussia in from the sea. Belgium has been taken on by Prussia; if we do not tear that lower jaw from Prussia, Holland will be lost, and the sea-power of England threatened with destruction.
The ruffian with the automatic pistol waiting behind the tree requires the life as well as the basket of the little figure advancing toward him.
He has been in ambush for forty years.
H. DE VERE STACPOOLE.
The Sea Mine
THE SEA MINE