The Submarine Boys and the Middies / Or, the Prize Detail at Annapolis

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“You Are Not Likely to Be of Any Use Here.”
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The Submarine Boys and the Middies OR The Prize Detail at Annapolis
By Victor G. Durham Author of The Submarine Boys on Duty, The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip, The Submarine Boys and the Spies, Etc.


“The United States Government doesn't appear very anxious to claim its property, does it, sir?” asked Captain Jack Benson.
The speaker was a boy of sixteen, attired in a uniform much after the pattern commonly worn by yacht captains. The insignia of naval rank were conspicuously absent.
“Now, that I've had the good luck to sell the 'Pollard' to the Navy,” responded Jacob Farnum, principal owner of the shipbuilding yard, “I'm not disposed to grumble if the Government prefers to store its property here for a while.”
Jack Benson saw that twinkle, but he did not ask questions. If the shipbuilder knew more than he was prepared to tell, it was not for his young captain to ask for information that was not volunteered.