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The boat would be caught between them as they met. It seemed minutes before it was over, though the crash was instantaneous. With a horrible crunching and wrenching of timber, the Mayflower went down into a great boiling cauldron; and when she came to the surface again, her deck was as level and clean as a scow's.
"I charge you one t'ousan' dollar." Royal's jaw dropped. "The devil you say!" he exclaimed. "I don't want de job your scow's no good but I toss a coin wit' you. One t'ousan' dollar or free trip." "Nothing doing," snapped the ex-horseman. "Bien! Now I give you li'l AD-vice. Hol' hard to de right in lower end dis canon. Dere's beeg rock dere.
Lieutenant Danvers quickly rang for speed and then brought the submarine boat within about three hundred yards of the scow, and at a position that pointed the nose of the "Hastings" at the middle of the scow's hull, the line of fire making a right angle with the scow. "Get ready to watch, out there!" warned the naval officer.
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