"It's one of the four-inch forward guns," said a seaman, standing near.
"But what are they shooting at?" asked Alfred.
"Submarine, I suppose," was the reply.
"Don't know; haven't seen one; but I suppose the lookouts spotted the fellow," was the reply.
Every one now crowded forward, and gazed in the direction of the pointed glasses in the hands of the officers. In the distance nothing was visible but the conning tower and the two periscope tubes, but that was enough.
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The boys moved forward, and the captain noticing them, spoke a word to the commander on the bridge.