Shoot me out the torpedo tube,
sir. I'm a good strong swimmer and I may be able to attract their
attention. The thing has been done before and I'm perfectly willing
to take a chance."
"Your proposal is in good faith, boy," interrupted his commander, "but
it strikes me as a foolhardy proposition. We are down here more than
eighty feet and, even though you got up to the surface, the chances
of your gaining the attention of that vessel are mighty slim."
Jack stepped forward eagerly. "It has been done before and I'm willing
to take that chance," he urged. "If we stay here we are done for.
Unless we find some way of floating the _Dewey_ within the next
twenty-four hours we've all got to take our chances on getting out of
here. Let me go now. It might as well be now as later on. We've
got to act quickly."
For a moment Mcclure stood motionless surveying the intrepid youngster.
It seemed such a desperate chance, and yet, under the circumstances,
something had to be done.
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