The stays were knocked away, and the submarine boat shot down the ways.
Into the waters of the basin she plunged and floated.
A handsome craft she was, revealed to the gaze of the interested spectators.
Cannon boomed and the people cheered.
It was a great day for Readestown.
Frank waved the United States flag and Barney in the pilot-house set the course of the Explorer out into the river.
First, however, the Explorer was allowed to plunge beneath the waters as an experiment and an exhibition.
She was a success in every point of view.
Down the river she glided and soon left Readestown far behind.
The course to the sea was uneventful, and we will pass over a lapse of time to find the Explorer forging along at a rapid rate of speed through the Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland.