02818cam a22004093u 4500 78563 UtSlPG 20260610134825.0 m cr n 260607r20261922utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Sleath, Frederick, 1889-1966 The judgment of Johan Coull The judgement of Johan Coull Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the January 1922 issue of Wayside Tales magazine. Release date is 2026-04-28 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) The judgment of Johan Coull by Frederick Sleath is a nautical short story written in the early 20th century. It follows North Sea salvors who uncover a wartime mystery involving a famed whaling captain, German submarines, and a ghostly, weed-draped ship; the likely topic is the moral reckoning and revenge born from submarine atrocities at sea. A salvage crew aboard the Seabird, led by Big Jim Martin, anchors over a sunken liner and stumbles on five intact German U‑boats and the wreck of an Arctic Line freighter tied to the loss of Johan Coull’s son. In a breathless dawn calm, a phosphorescent, weed-covered vessel rises: the Arctic Belle, Coull’s own whaler. Securing her with pontoons and pumps, the men find unsettling clues—women’s cabins, a full courtroom rigged in the hold, a hanged skeleton aloft, and a compartment of chained men drowned—suggesting Coull had captured U‑boat crews to judge them for crimes after his boy’s death. Deeper in, they discover Coull dead at a broken door and, inside, a German sailor and a girl dead in each other’s arms beside auger holes that scuttled the ship; Big Jim infers she freed her lover, who sabotaged boats and pumps and chose to sink with her, thwarting Coull’s “trial.” In somber respect, the salvors strip their gear and let the Arctic Belle settle back into the sea, leaving the grim judgment and its secrets buried. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Chicago, IL: H. H. Windsor, 1922 Short stories Submarines (Ships) -- Fiction Ships -- Fiction Salvage -- Fiction North Sea -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Fiction Stoops, Herbert Morton, 1887-1948 Produced from the January 1922 issue of Wayside Tales magazine. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78563 119281 119281