Those who read the first volume are
familiar with the way in which the boys met and vanquished the savage
hostility of Josh Owen and Dan Jaggers; they remember the desperate
battle, in the ocean's depths, with the crazy boatswain's mate. They
recall the dashing, laughable prank that Captain Jack played on one of
the big battleships of the Naval maneuvers fleet, and remember the
pretty romance, in which the submarine boys aided greatly, through
which Mr. Farnum secured beautiful Grace Desmond as his bride. Our
readers who have pored over the pages of the preceding volume, in fact,
will recall all the many adventures through which Jack, Hal and Eph
passed with daring and credit.
All the people in the world move forward--or backward--a bit every
day. And so, while, our young friends were still aboard the "Pollard,"
and happy, affairs were shaping that might alter the whole current of
their lives, their ambitions and their hopes. Convinced that he could,
by the use of sufficient energy and capital, equip a larger yard and
sell the United States Government a solid, efficient fleet of submarine
torpedo boats that would constitute a fearful menace on the waves--or
under them--to any foreign foe, Jacob Farnum had now begun to look
about for the necessary capital with which to expand what he believed
to be a highly promising business.
Thus it happened that the two Melvilles now came upon the scene.
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