CHAPTER IV

THE RAIDER

Word of the United States' declaration of war upon Germany was flashed
to the Algonquin on the fourth day out. It brought a thrill to Frank
and to Captain Stoneman, an American himself.

Mrs. Wheaton, however, was the only person aboard who did any bragging
as a result of it. She declared that now the United States had come to
the rescue of the world, she had no fear of German raiders or Germans
in any other shape or form.

The Algonquin was still two days out from Buenos Ayres. It was night.
Came a hail from the lookout forward,

"Ship, sir!" he sang out.

"Where away?" demanded Captain Stoneman from the bridge.

"Dead ahead, sir!"

Half an hour later the light of an approaching vessel became visible to
all on deck.

"The raider, do you suppose?" asked Frank, who stood near the captain.

"How do I know?" demanded the captain angrily. "It may be and it may
not be."