ed in that stranger. He could not see the man's face; he did not presume it was a

sight of the stranger, and this feeling spurred his excl

an, Phil added: "Pull her dow

used to obeying Phil Morgan's mandates without much question. As told in the former books of this series, Morgan was an

enlistment in the Navy several months before the United States got into the war.

ey could be obtained, and was obliged to man some of them partly wi

e destroyer Colodia, one of the newest of her class, a fast ship of a thousand tons' burden. She made two cruises, both crammed full of excitement and adven

es Navy, Phil had a very thrilling experience. He fell overboa

home. Returning to the port in which they had been instructed to join the Colodia the evening before she again w

rious matter, for the naval authorities frown upon any tardiness of enlisted men in returning from s

e of an influential man, Mr. Alonzo Minnette, who was likewise a passenger on the stalled

f the Colodia's crew, whose adventures we are following, had many thrilling experiences. In the end, the destroyer, by a ruse,

divide among them if they discovered aboard the raider the treasure of the Borgias, a collection of precious stones, that

ome visiting his mother, was particularly anxious to get some young men, who were working in Elmvale and who

with that chap?" Frenchy demanded at las

settled down in his tracks and disappeared. One moment he was a plain figure st

the last snake out of Ireland!" gasp

gust, "you scared him off with your s

ng over there?" add

be something important up on that dam

nching the starter button again. "This F

ered the abashed

no guard, that is s

ing figure did they see. The water poured over the flashboard with a splashing murmur at that distance, and ran down under the bridge in a rocky bed. It was clear and cool looking

works just as the noon whistle blew. Seven Knott got out and began

Whistler and his chums were introduced by the boatswain's mate, wh

Perhaps no harder place to gain recruits could have been selected. In the first instance, all the boys w

on us. We don't know but any m

any fun out of your danger. We do. And we get promotion and

y we're all going to win gold

was right. But one lis

f you get sunk or blown up, on on

get no advance in rating at all, and you may get blown

rk for," declared one

eer which vastly amused his chums, for Ikey's in

ve boys had come in their automobile. Two or three of the munition workers spoke to the ma

candidate for the blue uniform of the

he?" h

n our laboratory. Nice

as one of the men guarding

s up there. There are soldiers

d Whistler. "Where's he

? Bl

said young M

rocks with a hammer, or hunting specimens, or botanizing. Great

r comment aloud, bu

r knocking specimens off of rocks. His interest w

his friends had seen in the bushes as they drove along the Upper Roa