Nor was this accomplished without serious, and even sensational,
opposition from the representative of a rival submarine company. Hence
the boys went through some rousing adventures. Incidentally, they
fell against practical instruction in hazing at the Naval Academy.
Adventures enough had befallen the submarine boys to last any man for a
lifetime. Yet, as fate decreed it, Captain Jack Benson and his staunch
young comrades were now destined to adventures greater and further
reaching than any of which they could have dreamed. In advance, this
winter trip to Spruce Beach promised to be little more than a pleasant
relaxation for the youngsters. What it really turned out to be will
soon be made clear in the pages of this volume.
"It seems a very risky plan that you're trying, Jack," remarked Jacob
Farnum, at last.
"Don't you want me to do it, sir?" asked the young skipper, looking up
instantly from his chart.
"Why, er--"
But here David Pollard, the inventor of these boats broke in, eagerly:
"Of course we ought to do it, Farnum. Jack is wholly right. If we enter
the harbor at Spruce Beach in this fashion, and carry through our entire
plan successfully, what on earth can there be left for opponents of our
class of boats to say?"
"Not _if_ we succeed, of course," smiled Farnum.
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