"No; I think I shall go to my cabin and have a good square meal. Strange to say, for the first time to-day I have an appetite."
CHAPTER XX
DAN BEFORE THE BOARD
The reports that the commanding officer received in his cabin were very encouraging. No water was found in the hold forward, and there was no indication that any damage had been done to the ship.
After finishing his lunch, the captain ordered the divers over to make an examination of the ship's bottom from the outside. They reported that the bottom was not even scratched by contact with the sand of the bay.
"We will discontinue torpedo practice for the day, Coates. It will be too late to do anything more. To-morrow we will go on with the work where we left off. I shall be busy the rest of the afternoon making a report to the Navy Department of the accident."
In his report the commanding officer told the full story, including the warning that Seaman Daniel Davis had wig-wagged to the ship from far out on the torpedo range.
In the early evening Dan was hunted out by the captain's orderly, who told the lad that the captain wished to see him in the former's quarters.
Dan was not sure whether he was in for a reprimand or not. But he hastened below as fast as he could.