every dollar that they put in with us. That's the thought that makes
investors shy."

"Yet Mr. Melville did not seem to be afraid of the chance of losing,"
remarked Jack Benson.

"He's a gambler all the way through, and he has some moneyed friends of
his sort," replied Mr. Farnum. "But it's hard to find such investors."

"Now, for that idea I mentioned," proposed Captain Jack. "You can see
what you think of it. Why not get people to talking about our boat?
Why not make them talk about it as the most wonderful thing possible in
a submarine boat? You know how I managed to leave the boat under water,
and to return to it. The thing has never been done before. You know
how simple the trick was, and that it was blundered upon by accident.
But the people of the country at large don't know. Show the trick is
done. When they hear about it, broadcast, won't they think that the
'Pollard' is the only real thing in submarines? Use the 'Pollard' type
of boat, and no more men need be killed when a boat won't rise. That's
the way the people will talk. So, Mr. Farnum, why not write to the
editor of each of the biggest daily papers, inviting him to send a
representative here on a near date, to see the thing done? Don't let
the editors know just what feat is to be displayed. Simply let them
know, in a mysterious, general way, that the thing we will demonstrate
revolutionizes the whole art of submarine warfare--as it really does."

"That will make people talk, surely," acknowledged the young boatbuilder.

"And there'll be pressure put upon Congress to buy your boat, and more
like it," urged Captain Jack. "All the newspaper talk will be free