“The submarine boat Dolphin, of Readestown, U. S. A.”
“Submarine boat?”
“Yes.”
“Jewhittaker! What kind of a craft may that be?” came back the astonished query. “Not for sailing under the sea?”
“Yes,” replied Frank, “just for that. What ship are you?”
“The ship Belden. Captain Uriah Snow, from New Bedford, U. S. A.”
“I am captain of this boat, the Dolphin, Frank Reade, Jr. I give you my compliments.”
“The same to you. Will you not come aboard?”
“Aye, aye!”
Frank turned to Pomp and Barney and said: