"Queer but safe," smiled Ensign Hargreaves.
"I'm aching to get ashore," exploded Donald eagerly. "Is that a powerful wireless?"
"It is capable of sending up to three hundred miles on an average, and more under favorable conditions," was the reply.
"What's in that big shed?" demanded someone.
"That houses the Peacemaker. The shore shelves off abruptly and the submarine is housed under that roof in more than forty feet of water."
"A combination cook house and dining room."
"Shall we have lots to eat?" asked Tubby, his eyes glistening as he heard.
"Plenty, I hope," rejoined the ensign smiling. "There is an ample stock of provisions, and they will be received from the mainland as occasion requires."
"But how shall we reach the mainland?"