"Here he comes again!" yelled Mr. Durban, as he hurried to the side
of the ship. "The whale takes us for an enemy, I guess. and he's
going to ram us again!"
"And if he does it many times, he'll start the plates and cause a
leak that won't be stopped in a hurry!" cried a sailor as he rushed
past Tom.
The young inventor looked at the oncoming monster for a moment, and
then started on the run for his cabin.
"Here! Where are you going?" cried Mr. Damon, but Tom did not
answer.
CHAPTER X
OFF IN THE AIRSHIP
As Tom Swift hurried down the companionway he again felt the ship
careen as the whale struck it a powerful blow, and he was almost
knocked off his feet. But he kept on.
Below he found some frightened men and women, a number of whom were
adjusting life preservers about them, under the impression that the
ship had struck a rock and was going down. They had not been up on
deck, and did not know of the battle between the killer and the
whale, nor what followed.
"Oh, I know we're sinking!" cried one timid woman. "What has
happened?" she appealed to Tom.
"It will be all right in a little while," he assured her.
"But what is it? I want to know.
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