They waited until the nurse
arrived, when Jack was put to bed on the newer submarine craft.
Jack slept through the night, moaning once in a while. Mr. Farnum and the
Dunhaven doctor were aboard early to look at him. The surgeon from the
"Hudson" also came over.
Under the effects of medicine Jack Benson was asleep when, at ten o'clock
that morning, the two submarine torpedo boats slipped their moorings,
following the "parent boat," the "Hudson," out of the harbor.
Ten minutes later the motion of the sea awoke the young skipper.
CHAPTER V: TRUAX SHOWS THE SULKS
"Hullo!" muttered the young submarine skipper, staring curiously about the
little stateroom aft. He had it to himself, the nurse having been put on
shore. "Under way, eh? This is the queerest start I ever made on a
voyage."
Nor was it many moments later when Jack Benson stood on his feet. His
clothes were hung neatly on nails against the wall. One after another Jack
secured the garments, slowly donning them.
"How my head throbs and buzzes!" he muttered, his voice sounding unsteady.
"Gracious! What could have happened? Let me see.
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