lied, "they may be removing the gold or they may be

found down there will

a

ndered legible by proper and judicious handling." "Here we go, then," Jack exclaimed. "I'll expel the water in

ws be doing while we are getti

t our lines, probabl

ng in the ship they must be supplied with air by a

If attached to the hose leading into the helmets before being placed, two or three might work from such

all figured out

t that he has it right. Those Moor

room in New York to know that he is an expert in the submarine business. He may be a

k around in our water suits until we fi

plain murder,

ons were reversed," Frank suggested, "still, I woul

," Jimmie admitted,

ack said, in a moment. "That is one thing I did not pay at

nspiring with the leaders of the revolution now brewing in China. He declared that the Washington officials w

ed Frank. "I'm dense as to that pa

" Jimmie

rposely posted as to the shipment of the gold, and that they were to seize it as soon as it left th

e wouldn't be foolish enough to place incriminating papers

ooked ways. Anyway, it is claimed by some that the mail boat was rammed, that it w

howed her to be near the surface, and, as Ned estimated, directly above the wreck. Then an anchor

gured that any part of the wreck could now be visited. The drop lines were also lo

a good deal depends on the vigilance of the boy left in th

in a minute the three boys found themselves on the upper deck of the wreck. It was ti

he three boys he peered out of a darkened

d, "so the thieves won't know what is going on unless the

ose when they touched sharp angles, Ned, accompanied by Jack, advanced down t

rtly exposed to view. Their entrance into the room seemed to create something

a ghastly face was turned toward his own. A few unfortunate ones ha

er, the boy soon recovered his equilibrium, and went about his work courageously, notwith

that part of the ship where, according to their drawings, the captain's cabin had

motioned to Jack to extinguish his light. T

fishes and squirming things brushed against his legs and

he Great Northwest, in the Canal Zone, in the cold air far above the roof of the world, they had usually been in touch with all

ear against it, then reached out and took Jack by the

came the glow of illuminated water. Ned's worst fears were rea

that he was in danger of failing in his mission brought the hot blood surging to his head. He did

. The men working on the other side of the door to the captain's cabin might have cro

rly interest him. The point wi

sue? For a time, as he stood against

tion presented by the unusual situati

workers on the other side of the d

close at hand. The men who were searching the captain

as another

d already b

o was to locate the submarine. For all he knew, pr

until he returned. Jimmie, owing to a defect afterwards corrected, could not expe

to where Frank had been left. His first care should be to find the exact location of

n of the once fine ship. She had gone down prow first, and

wn, so as to see under the keel. As the outer shell of the ship was here at least a yard above the bo

rds away, lay the dark bulk of a submarine. Only for a light glimmering thr

at. Their lines and air-hose passed through the outer door in well-guarded o

his boat had been attacked. After a few moments devoted to observation, Ned crept around the keel and looked dow

eak in the shell. This led him to the conclusion that the way to the very bottom was block

ion. The men about the wreck were all so busy that it did not se

which, leaving the stranger, might be leading to her rival. Finally he discovered, much

hought, "that Jimm