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Those would-be jokers seemed to know when they had taken hold of what Bobolink termed the "business end of a buzz-saw;" at any rate they were only conspicuous during the remainder of the night by their absence. Of course every one of the boys on board the two motorboats was glad when the first peep of dawn came.
"You'll find," interrupted Lord Hastings, "that for submarine warfare there is nothing to equal the motorboat particularly a swift motorboat such as this; and we are now on our way to join the fleet." "Fleet? Fleet of what?" asked Jack, with some sarcasm. "Fleet of motorboats, perhaps?" "Precisely," said Lord Hastings with a smile, and added: "You don't seem to think much of the idea."
Needless to say, not a single hand remained unraised. Paul deliberately counted them to the bitter end. "Just twenty-four; and as that is the total number present, we'll call it unanimous," he said, just to tantalize them a little; and then, with an air of business he went on: "Two splendid gentlemen of this town, by name Mr. Everett and Colonel Bliss, happen to own motorboats.
There have also been added to the operating naval forces by purchase, charter, etc., many hundred vessels of commercial type, including all classes from former German transatlantic liners to harbor tugboats and motorboats for auxiliary purposes. Last year the construction of capital ships and large vessels generally had been to some extent suspended.
The long bend opposite, and up and down stream, where no sign of life had been, suddenly disgorged skiffs and little motorboats of people whose floating homes were hidden in tiny bays, or covered by neutral colours against their backgrounds.
"It's the motor, I guess," Paul observed. "Get out our anchor, and follow suit." A minute later both motorboats lay anchored in the middle of the swift-flowing Radway, and about sixty feet apart. "What's the matter?" shouted Jud, taking it upon himself to learn the facts in the quickest possible time, so that signal flags were not used.
From the decks hands were waved and handkerchiefs fluttered toward the little vessels below, the passengers aboard leaning over the rails and speculating idly upon their presence. The two foremost motorboats were The Hawk and the Lion, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Thompson and Lord Hastings. The others followed close behind.
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