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"It is going up on the submarine 'Thor. According to the old Norsemen tales Thor was The Thunderer also the fellow who struck with the big hammer. It looks like a Rhinds boast that they are to do big things on this lightning cruise." "Yes; Thor was an old Norse god," muttered Captain Jack. "And the early Norsemen were very largely pirates.
Rhinds even telephoned for the reporters, and, when they came, gave out an interview in which he stated that Mr. Farnum was satisfied that no blame over the torpedo incident could be attached to the owner of the "Thor." Farnum, when questioned by the same reporters, declared that he had nothing to say. That night Rhinds was almost cheerful.
"We are directed," Jack read on, "to be ready within thirty minutes. We must follow the 'Oakland' down the bay at a cruising speed of sixteen miles an hour. Once out of the bay, the 'Oakland' will signal our formation to us." "Do you see the boat the Rhinds signal is going up on?" laughed Hal Hastings.
No sooner had Rhinds entered the hotel than a bell-boy moved over, drawing him aside and saying something in a low tone. "I'll wager that talk would interest us, if we could hear it," remarked Jack Benson, sarcastically, to his friends. Rhinds, however, turned and hurried off. In five minutes he was back in the lobby. Eagerly he glanced about for the Farnum party, and located it.
"Be careful, Fred," warned Rhinds, "not to make any moves that will be our undoing!" "Have I gotten you into any trouble yet, Mr. Rhinds?" "No," admitted the older man, though he added, half-jeeringly: "Nor have you beaten the Pollard crowd at any point along the road, that I can remember." "Wait!" retorted Radwin, mysteriously.
"But, anyway," insisted John Rhinds, blandly, "you must admit, Captain, that our possession of the full number of torpedoes allowed us is proof positive that we haven't been firing even one of them." "That showing is certainly in your favor, Mr. Rhinds," admitted the president of the naval board, coldly.
Jack's work was more slow, this time. It was some moments before he had the new range figured out. "How far astern of the 'Zelda' are we now?" called Jacob Farnum. "A shade over a half a mile." "Whew! And the race only a third run." "In other words," went on the young captain, "the Rhinds boat is gaining steadily on us at the rate of a quarter of a mile an hour.
They chuckled a long while, then shook hands and went to bed. The boys, however, as we know, were safely aboard the submarine. Mr. Farnum had left a call for eight o'clock in the morning. It was about twenty minutes later that Farnum and Pollard knocked loudly on the door of the room occupied by Rhinds. "Well?" demanded Mr. Rhinds, opening the door, and appearing, minus coat and vest.
"Yes; though not by such large margins as to rule the Rhinds boats out of all consideration," replied Lieutenant Danvers. "So the Rhinds boat is to be our rival in future tests our only rival?" cried Jack, eagerly. "Yes, and not speaking as an official, Mr.
Congressman Simms quickly presented Rhinds to the other two, one of whom was Rear Admiral Townsley, and the other Lieutenant Jasper, the Admiral's aide. "Now, Mr. Rhinds," pursued the Congressman, "the admiral has decided that the first thing to do is to go aboard the 'Thor, and see whether any hiding place exists in which you might have stored a fifth torpedo."
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