thousand inhabitants.

This was about all that the submarine boys knew of their destination,
until they arrived in the bay on the afternoon of the day after they
left, Dunhaven.

Their run down had been a continuous one. Jack had had Biffens to
relieve him at the wheel, while Mr. Farnum had helped Hal in the engine
room. Besides, Besides, Lieutenant Danvers had stood a few tricks at
the wheel.

While Jack came in the "Benson," which carried the two remaining loaded
torpedoes, Eph had handled the "Hastings," with Ewald as relief.
Williamson had handled the engines of the latter boat. David Pollard
standing relief engine room watch.

The work had been hard and confining. It was a relief to all hands when
they found themselves heading into Groton Bay.

Not far from the city water front lay two United States gunboats, the
"Chelsea" and the "Oakland." Near the gunboats a fleet of seven other
submarine craft lay at moorings.

"We're not the only crowd, then," mused Jacob Farnum, "that has seen fit
to enter more than one boat. I shall have to get busy in the hunt for
information."

"I'm not much worried about the triumph of the Pollard boats over
competitors," declared Danvers, generously. "And, if anything can win
for you, Mr. Farnum, it's the having of such enthusiasts as your