in-shore as he dared, and for several hours cruised about in the
neighborhood. But he saw nothing to indicate the presence of a submarine.
"If there's a U-Boat here, it's keeping pretty well under cover," said
Frank.
"So it is," replied Jack. "I don't know where the admiral got his
information, but I've got my doubts of its authenticity."
Frank's eyes were caught at that moment by the sight of a small row boat
putting off from the shore. He watched it idly for a moment, and then
noted that it was headed directly for the Essex.
"Hello," he said, "here comes some one to visit us."
Directly the little boat scraped alongside the now stationary destroyer
and the figure in the boat indicated that he wanted to come aboard.
"Don't know what he wants," muttered Jack, "but it'll be just as well to
have him up and find out."
A few moments later the occupant stood before Jack and his officers on the
bridge.
"My name," he said, "is Charles Cutlip, and I live back there." He waved a
hand shoreward. "I suppose you are hunting for submarines, Captain?"
Jack nodded.
"That's what we're here for," he affirmed.
"I thought so," said young Cutlip--he was a little more than a boy. "Well,
Captain, maybe I can help you."
Jack gave an exclamation of astonishment.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I don't know exactly," replied the boy. "Yesterday afternoon, while I was
in the house alone, three strange men appeared at the door. They wore the
costume of an ordinary seafaring man, but when they asked me for food they
had a strange manner of speech. They weren't Americans, I'm sure of that."
"And you think they were from a submarine, eh?" asked Jack.
"I'm sure of it, Captain. There were no other ships near, and they could
not have come overland, for it is a long ways to the nearest village and
they had neither horses nor automobile."
"And what did you say to them?" asked Frank.
"I gave them what food there was in the house, but they said it wasn't
enough. About this time my
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Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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