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Emerson," panted Don Melville. "I'm off after Benson and Farnum." With that Don put his own sprinting abilities to the test, dashing into the woods at the point where he had seen the others vanish. Though it flashed through George Melville's head that Broughton Emerson must have given information to the rival boatbuilder, the elder Melville did not now stop to question Mr. Emerson.
"Yes, and I've got some fellow who's masquerading in our uniform!" yelled Captain Jack. Jacob Farnum had succeeded in hurling Don Melville away from him, and now the all but exhausted boatbuilder came through the forest with lumbering steps. All of a sudden the downed fugitive began to fight, and Jack was forced to be strenuous. "Here, let me take him.
"We know the fellow, I guess," nodded Jacob Farnum, "and we know he disposed of some blank paper to-night. But I did not know your drawings had been stolen." "Say," broke in Jack Benson, thoughtfully, "do you remember the two holes in the right side of the fellow's coat?" "Yes, I do," rejoined the boatbuilder. "Probably he's the same fellow.
The press of the country had been talking for some days of the new era that had dawned in submarine boat building. Grace Desmond was among the first to welcome the returning voyagers. She had promptly answered Farnum's telegram, and that boatbuilder had subsequently received from her two letters that he did not take the trouble to read fully to his companions.
A bullet, passing through his coat, might have made those two holes without touching his body." "Jove!" muttered Farnum. "Yes; that's so. I believe your guess is wholly right, Jack." "Tell me about that," begged Mr. Pollard. "One thing at a time, please," urged the boatbuilder.
"The placing of my son as I have indicated is an absolute condition on the part of our group." "And I have declined it," returned Mr. Farnum rising, and standing easily. "Then you do not want our capital, Mr. Farnum?" sternly demanded Mr. Melville. "Not on your conditions, sir!" came, sharply, from the boatbuilder. "Oh, you will come to your senses, soon," rejoined the capitalist, coolly.
"If we're going to get that reputation," muttered Benson, more than half seriously, "we'll have a heap to do in 'making good." "Just look here, Farnum, at what these boys have been at work on," begged the inventor, calling attention to the partly-finished model. In an instant the boatbuilder became absorbed in the idea as shown by model and drawings.
"It may be as well for me to wait and compare this record with those on file at the Navy Department." "Have you had all you want of this, gentlemen?" inquired the boatbuilder. "Shall we show you anything else?" "Yes; you might give us a run at full speed under water, at the lowest depth that you deem it wise to try to run the craft," answered the president of the board.
Farnum, who now had the envelopes taken from Don and the stranger. Jack started, holding to the arm of his late impersonator. "Mr. Farnum, may I have a word with you?" asked George Melville, as the others walked along. "Mr. Emerson," urged the boatbuilder, "will you walk on the other side of Captain Benson's prisoner? I want to make sure that no attempt at rescue is made."
With a jubilant laugh the boy in uniform was up again, and off. He got a good start, but the boatbuilder, after listening a few seconds, and getting the sounds of flight, bounded off, once more, in the right direction. Don had halted precipitately, when he saw the tumble, but now he too darted forward once more.
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