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"It's all right!" his chum insisted. "I was filming away up to the time you went under. Now, let's get back." By this time the crowd of men, including Captain Wiltsey, had arrived. But there was nothing for them to do.
But later, when they followed up the wires which Blake had severed, which had run from the brass-bound box to a point near the spillway of the dam, it was found that only a small charge of dynamite had been buried there a charge so small that it could not possibly have done more than very slight damage to the structure. "I can't understand it," said Captain Wiltsey.
"But I don't understand it all," objected Blake, and Joe, too, looked his wonder. Both were seeking a reason why the captain had said he was glad Mr. Alcando had gone out to get the camera he had forgotten. "I'll explain," said Mr. Wiltsey. "You have no doubt heard, as we all have down here, the stories of fear of an earthquake shock. As I said, I think they're all bosh.
Captain Wiltsey of the Bohio had given orders to run the engine at full speed, hoping by the use of the propeller to offset somewhat the powerful current. But the rush of water was too great to allow of much relief. "There goes the emergency dam!" suddenly cried Blake. "Gone out, you mean?" yelled Joe above the roar of waters. "No, it's being swung into place. It'll be all over in a few minutes.
Alcando a prisoner in the midst of the Canal guards. The Spaniard looked at the boys, and smiled sadly. "Well, it it's all over," he said. "But it isn't as bad as it seems." "It's bad enough, as you'll find," said Captain Wiltsey grimly. "Are you sure the wires are disconnected, boys?" he asked. "Sure," replied Blake, holding out the brass box. "Oh, so you found it," said the Spaniard.
"Oh, it's all in the day's work," spoke Blake. "Now I wonder how that happened?" "That's what I'd like to know," said Captain Wiltsey. "I must look into this." An inquiry developed the fact that a misplaced switch in some newly installed electrical machinery that controlled the upper lock gate was to blame.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll go back and get the camera I was so careless as to leave out," spoke Mr. Alcando. "I'm glad he's gone," Captain Wiltsey said, as the cabin door closed. "I'd rather tell this to just you boys. I've just had a queer warning," he said. "A warning?" repeated Joe. "Yes, about Gatun Dam. There's a rumor that it is going to be destroyed!"
They have kept very secret, and worked very much in the dark." It had been arranged, among Captain Wiltsey and his helpers, that they were to give a certain signal when they discovered the dynamiters at work, and then the boys would set off their flashlights and begin to work their hand cameras.
The next moment he had knelt down, and with a pair of pliers he carried for adjusting the mechanism of his camera severed the wires with a quick snap. The ticking in the box still went on, but the affair was harmless now. It could not make the electrical current to discharge the deadly dynamite. "Boys! Boys! Where are you?" cried Captain Wiltsey. "Here!" cried Blake.
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