The Submarine Boys for the Flag / Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam

E-text prepared by Jim Ludwig
Note: This is book six of eight of the Submarine Boys Series.
Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam
1910
CHAPTERS I. Do You Speak German? II. French Spoken Here III. The Man Who Marked Charts IV. Jack's Queer Lot of Loot V. Sighting the Enemy VI. Flank Movement and Rear Attack VII. A Lesson in Security and Information VIII. Eph Feels Like Thirty Tacks IX. Jack Plays with a Volcano X. Mr. Grey Makes New Trouble XI. Facing the Secretary of the Navy XII. Navy Officers for an Hour or a Day XIII. Commander of a U.S. Gunboat! XIV. The Bow Gun Booms and Eph Puts Off XV. The Right Boat and the Right Crew! XVI. The Duel Through the Door XVII. The Last Hour of Command XVIII. Eph Bets an Anchor Against a Fish-Hook XIX. Jack's Caller at the United Service Club XX. The Girl in the Car XXI. Daisy Huston Decides for the Flag XXII. The Part of Abercrombie R.N. XXIII. Foreign Trade Becomes Brisk XXIV. Their Lives Deeded to the Flag
Hey, there, Mister! called out Jabez Holt, from one of the two office windows in the little hotel at Dunhaven.
As there was only one other man in the office, that other man guessed that he might be the one addressed.
With a slight German accent the stranger, who was well-dressed, and looked like a prosperous as well as an educated man, turned and demanded:
You are calling me?
I reckon, nodded Jabez.
Then my name is Herr Professor—
Hair professor? repeated Jabez Holt, a bit of astonishment showing in his wrinkled old face. Hair professor? Barber, eh? Why, I thought you was a traveler. But hurry up over here—do you hear me?