"I do know something about it," declared Frank; "but how do you expect me
to know all these details? This is the first time I've ever been in
Newport News, and I've never been to Norfolk. How do we get there from
here?"
"Either in the Essex's launch, or by ferry."
"Which way do you choose?"
"Ferry, I guess. It will save trouble all around."
"Any way suits me," said Frank.
"You talk like you were dead certain of going along," remarked Jack with a
grin.
"Of course I do. I know you could not be hard-hearted enough to leave me
behind."
"Nevertheless," Jack declared, "I'm not sure I shouldn't leave you in
command here."
"By George! That's no way to talk," declared Frank. "Hetherton can stick
on the job here."
"Well, I guess it will be all right," said Jack. "We may as well pack what
belongings we shall need. We shouldn't be gone more than a day or two."
"I hope so, and I feel sure we shall. There has been no sign yet of enemy
activities in this water."
"And there won't be any sign in advance. When the Germans strike it will
be suddenly."
The lads threw what belongings they believed they would need into their
handbags and were rowed ashore. They proceeded at once to the pier of the
Chesapeake and Ohio ferry and soon were moving along toward Norfolk.
It was a short ride to Norfolk. Arrived in the city an hour later, they
inquired the way to the offices of the Washington and Norfolk Steamboat
company, where they were fortunate enough to be able to secure a stateroom
that night.
It was still early, so the lads spent the afternoon looking about the
city, called by the natives the "New York of the South." They went aboard
the steamer Northland at 5.30 o'clock, and at 6 the boat left its pier.
Jack and Frank remained on deck until after the Northland had put in at
Old Point and taken on additional passengers. Then they went below to
dinner.
"You know this isn't a bad boat," Frank declared after a walk around,
following their dinner.
"Indeed it isn't," Jack
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