The prisoner gave the name of James Potter, which undoubtedly
was fictitious. No bail was offered for "Potter." If Mr. Melville
felt inclined to do that, he undoubtedly dreaded that such an act would
be construed as a tacit admission of Don's connection with the strange
business.
Captain Jack was sent, with an officer, to see whether he could identify
the two Italians who had trapped him the night before. Though all the
workmen of the yard were rounded up, Jack could not find his recent
assailants among them.
"And now," cried Mr. Farnum, when Captain Jack returned to the Farnum
yard, "you will have to get busy with any preparation on board the boat
that has to be made."
"No preparation is necessary," replied Benson, "except to remove the
automatic closer from the after port of the torpedo tube, so the Navy
men won't see it. That can be done in ten minutes or less. The
'Pollard' is all ready for inspection or any kind of tests, sir."
So Jack spent his time at leisure aboard the submarine. Eph and Hal
listened enviously to the recital of his night's adventure.
"And all that time," grumbled Hal, "I was taking an extra nap in the
starboard stateroom."
"And I was reading a great story about the boy scouts of the War of
1812," sighed Eph, regretfully. "Doing that when something real was
happening within a long stone's throw of here. Oh, Jack, Jack! Why
didn't you tip us off?"
"If I had only suspected that something was up, I would have done it,"
Jack replied.
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