"And so can the Rhinds boat, probably. But some of the others will find
themselves sorely put to to keep up the speed for twenty-four hours."
"And, if they don't?" queried Jack.
Danvers shrugged his shoulders.
"Then I guess they'll have to be satisfied with being left far behind,
unless they signal that they're in actual distress."
"This speed," mused Captain Jack, "must be part of the government's
plans for another test. The Navy Department must have planned to see
whether any of these boats could stand such a gait for twenty-four long
hours."
"I couldn't tell you if I knew," remarked Lieutenant Danvers, with a
quizzical look, then turned and strolled away.
"And I guess," muttered the submarine boy to himself, "that that's about
as near as a fellow can go to giving a tip, once he has had the Navy
muzzle padlocked to his jaws."
Some of the submarines in this long race--for such it was--were better
equipped as to the number of the crew. The Rhinds had this advantage,
carrying a captain and four men, in addition to Rhinds himself and his
secretary.
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