ott! What

he had been thrown by a violent shock and rubbed his hea

inst the side of his cabin, as had Jac

brief, and it was not an

ly, Mr. Templet

ve the

e that connected with the engine

o?" i

engines, Jarvis?" a

r," was t

ody h

t, sir, by being thrown against t

rig

s stepped fr

't say for sure, my guess would be that, in rising, we came up u

lated. "I hadn't thou

At this time of year it is no uncommon thing for large icebergs t

t shall w

hen we are from beneath the berg, we

ignal for ten

and this German belief persisted in spite of the fact that Lord Hastings and his two young officers had performed such a feat

remembered it well. They had spoken of it often as the submarine made its way a

t have passed from under the iceberg, or whatever it was t

again, now," h

very slowly, for Lord Hastings had no mind to cras

d as his reason for his caution. "There is no need testin

ould force her way thr

der's rejoinder. "It depends upo

hen, with a slight grating

again," s

stings

an iceberg," wa

olidly for a considerable distan

d hardly be,"

e than once; and for that reason it may

ur next move, s

e'll try and force our way to the surface. We've got to get up for a look around, and

erhaps half an hour and then Lord Hastings

fter ascending several fathoms, the

Hastings. "We'll have to try and break thro

epth, the vessel's course was checked. Then Lord Hastings ordered th

ap upward. A few moments later there was a violent shock and all aboard

Hastings and gave th

ter result and Lord Hastings imm

. "I am afraid we have strained our seams. We'll need an overhauling imm

has happened to our per

d Lord Hastings quietly. "However, we can rig up an

sir," Jack put in at this junct

her go," repli

re. Again there was a violent shock, followed by a

e up, sir," s

may be up, but there is no telling yet w

ay and the two lads fol

d west, as far as the eye could reach, there was nothing but ice. True, it was broken

ntiments of the other

you think of t

are talking to me," was Frank's r

ere and wait for it to t

n what?" a

poken up to this moment, now

ip, boys. While there

of some kind, sir?"

closely you will see that a hundred yards ahead there, there is w

single voice. "But the ice betwee

shape our course for that particular poi

Frank. "The chances are that the ice beyon

we get there," said Lord H

he submarine submerged to a depth necessary to avoid any poi

o the surface, the D-17 rose gently, pushing the loosely formed ice to both sides as her nose

ck glance around. "The ice doesn'

o your reasoning awhile back, there was really no use in trying to reach this spot. But now that we are here you s

er, sir," re

l try our luck at forcing

ay, sir?"

ext words were e

d ahead!"

sharp, steel nose plowed into it with violence, and the ice, thick though

think she'd do it,

ings smil

ng," he said. "But it is better to be on the move than lying sti

; and then, perhaps half a mile fr

again," was Lord

time after time; and some five hours later, those upon deck made out clea

the D-17 against the apparently impenetrab

s gave a sig

as we go along. There is no need stopping to do it here. Every minute may b

d Hastings turned to

ahead, Mr.