"
Major Woodruff led the way back into the cabin. There he examined the
chart, with a start of astonishment.
"The fellow was marking down all our mine positions," came savagely from
between the Army officer's teeth.
Then he picked up the book.
"A nice little assortment of notes on matters of military interest along
this coast," muttered the soldier. "Your long-legged fellow has been
busy at other points than Craven's Bay."
Then, closing the book with a snap, Major Woodruff looked keenly at the
submarine boy as he remarked:
"Mr. Benson, I think our present submarine tests can be well suspended.
We have a much more important task ahead of us--to catch this impudent
thief of military secrets! And, in this undertaking, Benson, you can be
of the greatest sort of help!"
CHAPTER V
SIGHTING THE ENEMY
"You can count on me, sir," declared Captain Jack Benson, eagerly.
"I can count on every one of you submarine boys, can't I?" asked Major
Woodruff, thoughtfully.
"You can count on us," declared Benson, earnestly, "as though every one
of us were sworn into the service and had a record of being tried and
tested!"
In an instant after speaking the submarine boy realized that this must
have had a boastful sound.
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