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The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / Making Good" as Young Experts"

Chapter 10 A RACE FOR MIXED PRIZES

Word Count: 1214    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

ed behind a cloud Jacob

tonishment. He had grown to trust Captain Jack Benson to the utmo

came Don's low bu

son, and bring us all the points you can? A

d not see the uniformed one's face very well, he obser

anyone see us here toget

ow to communicate wit

's a

hand as a sign

nod, turned to make hi

oise, that

mendous energy behind them, ca

oiling, found himself unable

gh the bushes, making a bee-line

eer dismay, yet he had the

Travel as fast a

n. Young Melville was a very fair sprinter, but h

coundrel, I'll settle

keeping on d

ad the fugitive was now dashing

s, Benson! You ca

earth!" shouted Jacob Farnu

. He had been a runner at college, and n

apitalist had not been averse to stooping to the purchase of secrets from anot

e now came out qu

w could Farnum ever hav

Emerson," panted Don

and F

es to the test, dashing into the woods at t

n Emerson must have given information to the rival boatbuilder

rather heavy, started off p

"and Don, though usually self-contained, is hot enough of temper,

the rear of the other capitalist. It was a curious Indian file that

acob Farnum, after the fugitive.

d a cloud, the running boy, looking back over his shoulder, cou

but reach out his hand and grasp the boy's collar. But just then the boy wen

nd fell over the fugitive, plunging, head-first

good start, but the boatbuilder, after listening a few seconds, and get

hen he saw the tumble, but now

ed Do; "I've got to be at hand to

nning before he again came

ish. The fugitive suddenly dived throug

t, then halted, looking un

no sound to gu

impatiently, to himself. Yet he did not dare risk running forwa

d, too, chuckling

glancing backward over hi

uckled

s ears. Don, in his glee, had lost the chance to make so much noise wi

s he advanced, he heard the running of the uniformed b

given to making empty threats, de

Stop, or I'll send some lead af

elville, again in purs

Benson! Scoot! He

of that snake-in-the-grass behind

eans felt like giving up the race. All the same, the boatbuilder, long out of practice in athleti

th. "Oh, for a little light on this cloudy night! If I could be sure the

desperate resort, Farnum did all in hi

ld have done it, no doubt, but for a

being in much better training, increased his ow

the back of Jacob Farnum, catching him aro

young Melville, "He'l

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The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / Making Good" as Young Experts"
The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / Making Good" as Young Experts"
“From the book:The United States Government doesn't appear very anxious to claim its property, does it, sir? asked Captain Jack Benson. The speaker was a boy of sixteen, attired in a uniform much after the pattern commonly worn by yacht captains. The insignia of naval rank were conspicuously absent. "Now, that I've had the good luck to sell the 'Pollard' to the Navy," responded Jacob Farnum, principal owner of the shipbuilding yard, "I'm not disposed to grumble if the Government prefers to store its property here for a while." Yet the young shipbuilder - he was a man in his early thirties, who had inherited this shipbuilding business from his father - allowed his eyes to twinkle in a way that suggested there was something else behind his words. Jack Benson saw that twinkle, but he did not ask questions. If the shipbuilder knew more than he was prepared to tell, it was not for his young captain to ask for information that was not volunteered. The second boy present, also in uniform, Hal Hastings by name, had not spoken in five minutes. That was like Hal.”
1 Chapter 1 A BIG CLOUD ON THE SUBMARINE HORIZON2 Chapter 2 A SUBMARINE STUNT THAT DUMFIOUND THE BEHOLDERS3 Chapter 3 MR. MELVILLE HURLS THE CRASH4 Chapter 4 A SQUALL IN AN OFFICE5 Chapter 5 DON MELVILLE TAKES A HAND6 Chapter 6 THE POLLARD HAS A RIVAL7 Chapter 7 MISSING-A SUBMARINE AND CREW8 Chapter 8 FARNUM STOCK GOES UP9 Chapter 9 A RASCALLY PIECE OF WORK10 Chapter 10 A RACE FOR MIXED PRIZES11 Chapter 11 WHAT BEFELL THE REAL BENSON12 Chapter 12 THE CAPITALIST DOESN'T LIKE THE SITUATION13 Chapter 13 ON TRAIL AS YOUNG EXPERTS14 Chapter 14 FOOLING THE NAVY, BUT ONLY ONCE15 Chapter 15 SERVING IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE, NOT WAR16 Chapter 16 FIGHTING A MUTINY WITH THREATS17 Chapter 17 JACK PERPETRATES A PRACTICAL SEA JOKE18 Chapter 18 EPH ENJOYS BEING RESCUED19 Chapter 19 JACK STUMBLES UPON A BIG SURPRISE20 Chapter 20 CONCLUSION