CHAPTER XVII
JACK PERPETRATES A PRACTICAL SEA JOKE
"Searchlight ahead, sir."
Captain Jack made the report to Commander Ennerling.
It was in the small hours of the morning, and the submarine, having
taken its prize in to Clyde City's harbor, was now on its way up the
coast to tie up for the night at Dunhaven.
They were running about six miles off the coast. As the president of
the Naval board had a great desire to test the craft running all but
submerged, only the upper portion of the conning tower was above the
water.
At Clyde City the "Selma" had been put in charge of the squad of the
harbor police boat, and the yacht's captain and mate, neither of them
badly injured, had been freed.
Dry clothing had been secured for the ladies, and they were taken ashore.
Eghert Lawton was profuse in his expressions of gratitude, and declared
that he hoped to meet all hands of the submarine party again at an early
date indeed. Our friends learned, later, that the mutineers had been
sent to prison.
Now only her regular party was aboard the "Pollard." For half an hour
the little vessel had been running along, nearly submerged, and with the
searchlight not showing.
At Jack's report Commander Ennerling looked up from the compass he had
been studying by the shaded light that showed at only that point in
the tower.
"She's coming head-on toward us," said Ennerling.
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