CHAPTER XI
BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED!
Nor was Jack's guess in the least wrong. Even had the submarine boys attempted to bolt they would have found it impossible. They were surrounded.
The cadets closed quickly in upon them. There were more than thirty of these budding young naval officers.
It was Cadet Merriam who stepped straight up to Jack, giving him a grotesque and exaggerated salute, as he rumbled out:
"Good evening, SIR!"
Like a flash Jack Benson comprehended. These cadets intended fully to even up matters for having been obliged to say "sir" to these very youthful "civilian instructors."
"Good evening," Jack smiled.
"You have come to see the camelroorelephant, SIR?"
"We've been told that we might have that pleasure," Jack responded, still smiling.