The Motor Boys on the Atlantic; or, The Mystery of the Lighthouse
t one of the monsters of the deep had been sighted off the beach, and a
can't we go out and have a look at h
where else," Jerry repl
saw the old sailor beckoning to them. "Av
what he wants?
n that Bob remarked he would wear them out in a short time at that rate. Hi
n what he wants," Ned repl
ich there were quite a number of persons. Several were gett
to do it! Couldn't have done it any better myself!" as Jerry brough
call us?"
so we can kill that whale. Shiver my t
r kill whale
y you don'
sing two very hairy and much tattooed a
eled in th
eled in t
illed
e bigge
llest kind
boys, if you wait a minute I'll go after my harpoon a
n from the dock toward a little shanty that st
risk it,
said. "He doesn't look as if h
lot about the ocean, and we can ask him about the lighthou
carried a tub, while over his shoulder was a long pole. He ra
e's the iron that sent many a good whale, and some bad
e that had seen service, to judge by the look of it. I
nting to the cuts. "I did every one myself. And this tub and line-well they've s
b, with its coil of line in the bottom, at the bow. Then he sat down ne
a nod from the latter, Bob cranked the engine, an
of the old sailor. He did not want t
" the sailor replied, not looking up from the delica
remarked Bob. "All the other boats are ahead of
f they're within seeing distance. Put her right between the two points, lad, there's less c
gh the water. Ahead was quite a flotilla of sail and motor boat
self that the harpoon was sharp enough. "Almost as fast as the Dolly Gray, in which
at care in this, and Ned and Bob watched him curiously. The
remarked. "If it snarls why it's
e any danger?" asked
board," was the sailor's r
later had overhauled some of them. Ten minutes more and she had passed the
eze to ruffle the surface. There was a long gent
stand in the bow, and, skipper, you send her forward or back, as I tell you. If we
y, somewhat inclined to laugh
"Put her out a little more, skipper.
oats, which seemed to be headed for one spot. They were
"We'll point up that way, and maybe we can
He knew the creature would not merely float around on the water, but would dive, and swim be
other boats within a quarter of a mile. The rest were hov
those boats it will be all
ered ahead with his one keen eye. He was as still as though the carved figurehead of a ves
ion in the water. It seemed to boil and bubble. Then som
ter shot up from the surface of the ocean.
she blows!" yelled Sam