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He took as short a course as he could making straight for the Basin, where he made out the “Hudson” and the two submarines. “Hey! There’s the captain!” shouted Eph, wonderingly, for Somers’s eyes were sharp at all times. Out of the conning tower sprang Hal Hastings, looking eagerly in the direction in which Eph Somers pointed: “Eh?” muttered another person, lounging near the rail of the gunboat.
“Will they beat us, though?” grinned Hal Hastings. “You and I, Jack, happen to know that the ’Farnum’ is a bit the faster boat by rights.” Suddenly the signal broke out from the gunboat. “Race her, Eph!” shouted Captain Jack. “Aye, aye, sir!” Eph Somers’s right hand caught at the speed signals beside the wheel. He called for all speed, the bell jangling merrily in the engine room.
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