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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

“Only just. I persuaded him to. Why shouldn't he? We can take it that the night has passed all right. Up to the present we haven't been discovered. They are still calling each other up, and now, even though they do find us, it's late. It will be daybreak in a couple of hours. Even if their torpedo-boats are near us, they won't be able to collect. Besides, how can they find us in weather like this? Look! you can't even see the rear of the fleet! It's 200,000 to 1 against any one running into us accidentally! But I don't like the breeze. It's freshening. Let's hope it won't break up the mist. If it does to-morrow will mean the end of the Suvoroff. But it's suddenly coming on thicker,” he said eagerly. “Why, we have been going for twenty-four hours

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