Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
BOY INVENTORS’
DIVING TORPEDO
BOAT

BY

RICHARD BONNER

AUTHOR OF “THE BOY INVENTORS’ WIRELESS TRIUMPH,” “THE
BOY INVENTORS’ VANISHING GUN,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN_

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1912,
BY
HURST & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE RUNAWAY CAR 5

II. THE “WHITE SHARK” 16

III. A WONDERFUL CRAFT 23

IV. MORE STRANGE DISCOVERIES 35

V. A WILD CHASE 44

VI. JACK MAKES A PROMISE 54

VII. THE LAUNCHING OF THE MODEL 61

VIII. JUPE BATTLES WITH A WATER MONSTER 71

IX. OFF ON THE STRANGEST CRAFT ON RECORD 85

X. IN DIRE DANGER 92

XI. TOM’S PLAN FOR RESCUE 103

XII. A BRITISH SKIPPER 113

XIII. AN IMPORTANT TELEGRAM 119

XIV. THE VOICE IN THE DARK 132

XV. THE MAN BEHIND THE MYSTERY 142

XVI. ADAM DUKE’S METHODS 150

XVII. THE TABLES ARE TURNED 159

XVIII. HEAVEN’S INTERVENTION 166

XIX. AN INSUFFICIENT DISGUISE 174

XX. A NAVAL ENCOUNTER 183

XXI. A FRESH DANGER 196

XXII. A NARROW ESCAPE 204

XXIII. THE “WHITE SHARK” AND THE SQUADRON 211

XXIV. A MYSTERY ADRIFT 222

XXV. LOST IN THE FOG 236

XXVI. “A PHANTOM OF LIGHT” 243

XXVII. LAND IS SIGHTED 250

XXVIII. A SINGLE CHANCE 260

XXIX. A FORTUNATE FIND 269

XXX. A FISH STORY 277

XXXI. FACING A SERIOUS SITUATION 286

XXXII. THE “WHITE SHARK” TO THE RESCUE 299

The Boy Inventors’ Diving Torpedo Boat