MORE ABOUT THE “U-13”
“Frank Shaw!” cried Jimmie, crowding close to the lad lying on the locker. “What’s that you’re saying about the ‘U-13’?”
“I say ‘Look out for it,’ that’s all!”
“No, it isn’t all!” protested the boy. “Take another drink of this coffee and then brace up and tell us what you know! How did you get here and what and who and where and why is this ‘U-13’?”
Frank smiled as he struggled to a sitting posture.
“If you’ll rub the cramp out of that leg, boys, I’ll ‘fess up’ everything,” he began. “That leg feels as if some one were trying to pull some teeth out of it by the roots. A cramp is fierce.”
Two lads began massaging the offending member.
“If I’d known it was you swimming to us, I’d have lowered a boat myself and come to your assistance!” declared Jimmie.
“And if I’d known you were on board this schooner,” replied Frank, “I’d have left that ship long before I did!”
“Why, what’s the matter on that ship, Frank?” asked Ned.