Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes:

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=).

Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.

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THE MOTION PICTURE COMRADES SERIES

By ELMER TRACEY BARNES

The object of these books is to place before the reader the unusual experiences of a party of boys who succeed in filming a number of interesting scenes.

The stories are replete with striking incidents on land and sea, and above all they describe with remarkable accuracy the methods employed to obtain many of the wonderful pictures which may be seen on the screen.

=The Motion Picture Comrades’ Great Venture; or, On the Road with the Big Round Top=

=The Motion Picture Comrades Through African Jungles; or, The Camera Boys in Wild Animal Land=

=The Motion Picture Comrades Along the Orinoco; or, Facing Perils in the Tropics=

=The Motion Picture Comrades Aboard a Submarine; or, Searching for Treasure Under the Sea=

_12mo. Cloth 50c per volume_

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THE MOTION PICTURE COMRADES ABOARD A SUBMARINE

OR
SEARCHING FOR TREASURE UNDER THE SEA

BY
ELMER TRACEY BARNES

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1917, by AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I HOW IT HAPPENED 13

II THE FIRST DIP UNDER THE SURFACE 20

III A PERIL OF TROPICAL WATERS 31

IV THE INDIAN SHARK-KILLER 38

V GIVING THE ENEMY THE SLIP 46

VI TREASURE ISLAND 55

VII WONDERFUL UNDER-THE-SEA SIGHTS 63

VIII “TALK ABOUT LUCK!” 71

IX THE DIVER AT WORK 79

X SPIED UPON 90

XI EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY 97

XII THE WATER CHASE 105

XIII RECOVERING THE TREASURE 113

XIV INGOTS OF GOLD 121

XV WHEN MORNING CAME 129

XVI LEFT HOLDING THE BAG 138

XVII VIA WIRELESS 146

XVIII IN THE CANAL LOCKS 157

XIX BLOCKING THE GAME OF BADGER 164

XX THE END OF THE CRUISE--CONCLUSION 173

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THE MOTION PICTURE COMRADES ABOARD A SUBMARINE