“Making port, Hal?” he called.
“Yep,” came the reply. “We'll be at anchor in five minutes more.”
Jack made his way slowly to the door of the engine room.
“Eph,” he called, “as soon as you've shut off speed, take Truax above and you two attend to the mooring.”
“Take this other man up with you,” urged [pg 069] Sam Truax. “I don't know anything about tying a boat up to moorings.”
“Time you learned, then,” returned Eph Somers, “if you're to stay aboard a submarine craft.”
“Take this other man up with you,” again urged Truax.
Eph Somers turned around to face him with a good deal of a glare.
“What ails you, Truax? You heard the captain's order. You'll go with me.”
“Don't be too sure of that,” uttered Sam Truax, defiantly.