...wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag ; the muzzles of the long eight-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull ; the greasy,...firing into a continent. Pop, would go one of the eight-inch guns ; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny...

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long eight-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy,...firing into a continent. Pop, would go one of the eight-inch guns ; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny...

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy,...let her down, swaying her thin masts. In the empty immcnsitj7 of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. Pop,...

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull ; the greasy,...disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech — j and nothing happened. Nothing could happen. There was a touch of insanity in the proceeding,...

...she was shelling the bush. . . . Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy, slimy swell swung her up lazily and let her down. In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent....

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy,...thin masts. In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and y t water, there she was, incomprehensible, fidngjntpja cgn4 *t*^ tinent. Pop, would go one of the...

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of her long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy, slimy swell swung her up easily and let her down, swaying her thin masts. In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there...

...she was shelling the bush. 1t appears the French had one of their wars going on thereabouts. . . .1n the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there...was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. Pop, wonld go one of the sis-inch gons: a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would...

...their wars going on thereabouts. Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long six-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy,...continent. Pop, would go one of the six-inch guns; a small ll.mir would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a...

...was shelling the coast. It appears that the French had one of their wars going on thereabouts. ... In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.2 It is, of course, a symbolic image of futility: Europe with her puny technology trying...