The death of Pargloss and the capture of his confederate had put a damper on other plans to tamper with the Central American Canal, and no trouble was experienced in finishing the journey.
Arriving in San Francisco, Oscar was much surprised to receive what was little short of an ovation by the citizens.
All had heard of the wonderful work done by the new Holland and all wished to see the craft, her young commander and her brave crew.
But time was precious and the submarine boat remained in San Francisco Bay but a few hours.
A cablegram had come from the Far East, that the Hawaiian Islands were to be attacked and that the enemy wanted to use Honolulu as a base of supplies.
At that time, Honolulu, the capital of the islands, had grown to be a city of three hundred thousand inhabitants. Many of the people were Americans and much of the money invested there had come from California.
The Holland was soon bound for Honolulu, and this made a run of nearly ten days for the craft.
"Now we are getting into the territory of earthquakes," remarked Andy. "I wonder what a strong under-water earthquake would do to us?"
"I don't think I would care to experience an earthquake," replied Oscar. "We are having lively times enough fighting the enemy."
The run to the Hawaiian Islands was made without trouble of any kind, excepting that the weather was hot and they had to come to the surface of the ocean every night to get cooled off.