"Hurray!"

"Bless my accident policy!" voiced Mr. Damon.

Mr. Hardley appeared dazed, and then, as the submarine was
again moving through the water, seemingly none the worse for the
accident, the gold seeker approached Tom Swift.

"I want to apologize, Mr. Swift, for my actions and words,"
said Mr. Hardley frankly. "I admit that I lost my head. But it's
my first trip in a submarine."

"I realize that," said Tom, equally frank, "and we'll forget
all about it. It was a strain on you--on all of us--though there
really was no very great danger. Now, are you game enough to
continue the trip?"

"Try me!" exclaimed the adventurer. "You won't find me acting
so like a baby again."

Nor did he, even when the craft reached the open ocean and went
down to a considerable depth, where, had any accident occurred,
there would have been grave danger to all. But Mr. Hardley seemed
to enjoy it.

"Maybe I've misjudged him," Tom said to Ned, when they were
getting ready to go back.

"It's possible," agreed the financial manager. This trial,
which so nearly ended disastrously, was only one of several. No