His words were truly startling, and for the moment it looked as if all on board the submarine craft were losing their presence of mind. Oscar ran to the engine room.
"Up! up!" he yelled. "And give her all the power possible! It is our one chance!"
The electric engine began to work as never before, and presently their downward course was stayed. Then they arose and Oscar directed they run ahead as before.
The mud was still on every side and the water ran hither and thither in all directions, carrying seaweed, wood and dead fish with it. The heat continued, but presently it grew cooler.
"I guess we are going to get out of it, after all," said Andy, mopping the perspiration from his forehead. "But, oh! what an experience! I never want another like it!"
"Don't crow until you are out of the woods," said Oscar.
"That was a real volcanic eruption and an earthquake combined, wasn't it?"
"Certainly—and not a little one, either."
"By no means."
Yet in an hour the danger was over and the sea once more resumed its normal condition.