The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise / The Young Kings of the Deep

Benson, fond as he was of such d

rought the others h

urged Radwin, rising. "

e at the curb. However, Radwin kept on down the street, turning in a

ub," whispere

adwin. "Then you're

on a haymow, if the other two

off, and see that y

ed briskly back and i

after writing that letter in the drug-store, I forgot to mail it, and j

at it's funny the others haven't come alo

good idea,"

eached the corner at w

he was n

ack and joined the party a

find out,"

" suggested Radwin. "We can leave Benson here, to t

. "There's a little matter I want to

r. He saw Jack and the Rhinds man

tings regarded them with the friendly interest that he, like most other Americans, always felt for sailors. But the

was saying, "I mistook him for a Navy officer.

igns of rank on it," nodded the other s

him," replied the f

nterposed Hal, springi

that you are speaking

ke your'n, replied the first sailor

're talkin' about has red

" demanded Hal, a feeling

nk of fight than he could handle. He's kinder dazed and silly, now, and talkin' about queer things. Hal

s! That was the sole picture that appear

eclared, quickly. "Where is the place? Or, bette

e got to stand in together once in a while. When I seen your friend knocked down I jumped in and floored the big

rs would go into any of the low drinking resorts of the town; but he

isk walking the two sailors

r," stated one of them. "Don't be afraid to go up a

I'm afraid, thank

pping ahead, pushed doo

other sailor bri

him self seized on that dark stairwa

ly as he could judge, in the dark, he had four ass

el dining room, to find that the last diners had depart

ough the billiard room, writing room and other plac

rious public parts of the big hotel. Then they returned to

matter?" que

ir. "Benson, I reckon I'll sit here a few minutes. Then I'll get to my r

o back to the corner, and tell Hal, so he

orner, however, instead of finding Hal, the young skipper

Benson, messmate?" h

nodded Jack, looki

first speaker. "It ain't so awful bad, though.

corrected th

to run down the street and get into it. T

erposed the s

house nearby, and a doctor called in to stitch him up. Somers sent us to find his messmates. We found your

d Jack. "Tough luck, an

mates are," volunteered the sailor. "Hast

o bring Mr. Somers hom

sent a feller for a carriage," b

un back to the hotel. I left Radwin in there. I'll be ri

Benson scurried down the street, the two suppos

its" repeated

re Jack returned, coming

g, boys," he spoke, hasti

Come along and we'll pilot you

rrected the

nto an alleyway. The houses down in this alley were dark. Most of the little bui

pushed open a door. "There's light enough on the seco

onstrated the

lf suddenly attacked, not only by the sailor