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[Illustration: AN INSTANT LATER THERE WAS A VERITABLE FOUNTAIN OF EARTH AND STONES SENT UP INTO THE AIR.]
AUTHOR OF “ONLY A FARM BOY,” “THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS,” “AIRSHIP ANDY,” “TOM TAYLOR AT WEST POINT,” “COWBOY DAVE,” ETC.
NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS
ONLY A FARM BOY TOM, THE TELEPHONE BOY THE BOY FROM THE RANCH THE YOUNG TREASURER HUNTER BOB, THE CASTAWAY THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES THE TWO BOY GOLD MINERS JACK, THE RUNAWAY COMRADES OF THE SADDLE THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL RIVALS BOB CHESTER’S GRIT AIRSHIP ANDY DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER DICK, THE BANK BOY BEN HARDY’S FLYING MACHINE THE BOYS OF THE WIRELESS HARRY WATSON’S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS THE BOY SCOUTS OF LENOX TOM TAYLOR AT WEST POINT COWBOY DAVE TWO BOYS OF THE BATTLESHIP JACK OF THE PONY EXPRESS
Copyright, 1915, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
TWO BOYS OF THE BATTLESHIP Printed in U.S.A.
CHAPTER PAGE I. In the Storm 1 II. Political Complications 9 III. Under Arrest 17 IV. Shifting for Themselves 26 V. In New York 32 VI. Robbed 38 VII. “Let’s Enlist!” 46 VIII. Joining the Navy 54 IX. At the Training Station 62 X. In Barracks 68 XI. “All Aboard!” 77 XII. The Cut Ropes 85 XIII. Target Practice 94 XIV. A Brave Act 103 XV. Ordered South 110 XVI. Heavy Seas 115 XVII. A Chase 124 XVIII. Big Guns Boom 133 XIX. Ashore 140 XX. The Riot 149 XXI. Unexpected News 158 XXII. The Pursuit 169 XXIII. Overboard 177 XXIV. The Missing Box 186 XXV. Cleared 199
“Say, Frank, it’s certainly getting pretty bad; isn’t it?”
“Well, Ned, it surely isn’t getting any better. I’m positive of that. Look out! Here comes a big comber!”
There was a surge of green, foam-capped water, which looked as if it would engulf and overwhelm the dory motor boat, in which crouched two youths, one about eighteen, and the other slightly older.
“Hold her nose right into it, Frank!” cried the younger lad, who was bending over the laboring motor.
“That’s what I’m doing,” was the answer of his brother, “Whoop! Some water came aboard that time!”
The dory, built for rough work in the open sea, did not actually ship the wave, for her high and peculiarly built bow and stern were intended to meet just such emergencies, but there was a heavy storm brewing, and the wind whipped enough water off the top of the big wave to make three or four inches in the bottom of the craft.