The Submarine Boys on Duty / Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat

arked Jack Benson, as he and his chum drove over

ll settle the bi

t settle, it'll show what poor c

dred dollars around the hous

o take that amount of real money, at night. If Mr. Forrester is willing to

to tell the truth, I haven't been thinking much about Jack, old fellow, all my real

ey does look rather small, compared wit

at Waverly Center, however, they had to inquire the way to the Forrester house. They found

Mr. Forester?" asked Ja

host, I a pleasant-faced, rather bald man

looked as though it served partly the p

do for you?" inqu

arnum, of Dunhaven,

don't want anything new in his line, and on any other

unt for the last bill," Benson went on, slipping the statement from an inner pock

time, and that it will be wholly conveni

nothing about you. You have the bi

t it, in Mr. F

"But-pardon me-how do I know that you have

r, signed by Mr. Farnum, authorizing me to receipt this account in his name. You may keep this authorization along with the receipt. Mr. Forres

ttlement. Yet his tone and his manner were such as not to

in the day to collect bills," hinted

have ventured over as late," Benson replied, softly. "Howeve

proclaimed him to be anything but a "quitter." Mr. Forrester began to feel that, if he succ

, "I don't want to draw for such a sum ag

row, if we have to," responded youn

osit in my bank in the mo

again to-morrow eve

e cash, instead of check, I can

eman added, un

to-night as have them

g Benson, his face beaming at thought of how easily a fine c

He was a man who meant to pay his debts, but just now he felt tha

spect that some such thoug

," said the boy, reaching over the d

eceipted the bill, dating the receipt as wel

ntly, putting back the pen, blotting the fr

to his safe. A few turns of the combinati

rning," he said, then began to count "If a burglar broke in to-night and cracked the safe,"

heart. He counted them, found the amount corr

e'd better divide the money, and then each

le as the two youngsters crossed the room, removing the

by," he chuckled. "Well, boys, I wish you a safe journey back with you

ourteously, for the settlement of the account. Then the boys we

or one evening," laughed Jack, as he t

make, in one even

ean, old fellow. You

do any of the talkin

al, you know we'r

until we reach Mr. Farnum's house and hand him the mo

n, as his chum leaped down into t

tones, the size of hens' eggs, which he placed on the seat between them. "It's the only form of arms we

ly. "Besides who'd ever think of holding up boys? And

y two other horse-drawn vehicles and one automobile. Then, suddenly, the keen e

f perhaps ten years stood by the roadside, howling and digging his soiled fists into his eyes as he blub

Oh, mi

, reining in the hors

mister! It'

tter with her?

ong, an' one o' them otterbubbles must ha' hit her. She give a yell, then crawle

ttered Jack, handing t

and see wh

the trees, to a clump of bushes. There in the dark Jack and Hal saw a huddled mass of something lying

thing human," called

boy nearly unconscious. Hal, struck at the same moment, felt h

n youngster, his tears suddenly g

dden, treacherous assault. That both were well prepared for the miserable trick was

wen, jubilantly, as he picked up Hal Hast

. Further and further into the thicket they bore their captives, pausing only

n the depths of the woods, dumping

ied," growled Josh Owen, panting somewhat,

ver Jack's face. "I can pay you back for that black eye,

Well, ye won't be at the launching! Take it from me that, if ye ever git back to Dunhaven, 'twon't be for many a day yet. We've got a fine place to hide ye, near here. Nobody'll ever find ye, even if they take

ave each of them a kick as he stood

marine boat, and of possibly losing their places in the crew. But now, a far greater terror assailed them. They had collected the eight hundr

rs, bending over and glaring into Jack's eyes. "Well, go on guessin'. My hate's that g

t' the road an' leave that horse somewheres further off. Probably, i

?" demanded Dan. "I can g

ets. Ye ought to find some

Jack and Hal, however, were satisfied that their captors

nued Owen, "ye know where to leave the

lacing Jack's shoes roug

he darkness, he saw som

en, in evil delight. "L

ker, Dan. Maybe ye'l

g captives, the rascally pair had the whole sum

o Dunhaven be like for these

w would their story of having been robbed sound? What a thin

most seemed as though