Then, catching sight of his juniors, he came toward them.
"What are you doing ?" he asked.
"Watching," sighed Dave.
"And waiting," added Danny Grin.
"Then perhaps you youngsters will be interested in the news of what's going on under this superstructure," suggested Lieutenant Trent.
"What's happening below ?" demanded Dalzell.

"More watching---and waiting ?" "Why, I have an idea that we won't have to wait much longer," replied Trent, smiling at the eager faces before him.

"I've just learned that, for the last twenty minutes, Captain Gales has been standing in the wireless room, and that Commander Bainbridge is with him.

They are, so I hear, having a hot and heavy wireless talk with Admiral Fletcher." "A little _talk_, as a relief from so much watching and waiting, eh ?" asked Darrin, dryly.
"Why, I believe that the talk is going to lead to something real," replied Lieutenant Trent, trying hard to keep the flash of excitement from showing in his own eyes.

The fact is, something has happened." "Don't 'string' us like that!" urged Danny Grin.