"
"That's just it," went on his chum. "They may not have known
it, and have ripped a couple of torpedoes at her without any
warning. It would be just like them."
"Granted," assented the young inventor. "Well, we can take
another look around outside. Maybe there's a way of getting on
deck, and so going below from there. I wouldn't chance it from
here."
"Me, either," Ned answered.
They looked around a little more, a further view showing how
dangerous it would be to attempt to enter the shattered engine
room, where a misstep or a sudden change of equilibrium might
cause disaster.
"Nothing there," Tom reported to Koku and the others waiting
for him outside.
"Rope by up go him stern," said Koku, motioning toward the
after part of the wreck.
"What does he mean?" Tom asked one of his crew.
"Oh, he went walking around outside while you were inside,
sir," was the answer, "and he seems to have found a rope ladder
or a chain, or something hanging from the stern."
"Let's go and see it," proposed Tom. "I've been wondering if we
could get on deck.
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