But I don’t mind admitting that I wish we were in the bay right now.
Sure we’ll make it! asserted Frank, as he shifted the wheel slightly to meet another comber, though not so large as the former one. Think we can make the inlet, Frank? inquired Ned Arden rather anxiously, as he straightened up, for now that the one big wave had been successfully coped with, there would be a short period of calm in the turmoil of the sea. 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. That’s what I’m doing, was the answer of his brother, Whoop! Some water came aboard that time! Hold her nose right into it, Frank! cried the younger lad, who was bending over the laboring motor. 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. Well, Ned, it surely isn’t getting any better. Say, Frank, it’s certainly getting pretty bad isn’t it? Two Boys of the Battleship CHAPTER I-IN THE STORM TWO BOYS OF THE BATTLESHIPĪUTHOR OF ONLY A FARM BOY, THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS, OF EARTH AND STONES SENT UP INTO THE AIR. Produced by Roger Frank, Juliet Sutherland and the OnlineĪN INSTANT LATER THERE WAS A VERITABLE FOUNTAIN *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWO BOYS OF THE BATTLESHIP ***
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