CHAPTER XIX
CAPTURED
"Down deep," advised Captain Weston, as he stood beside Tom and Mr. Swift in the pilot house. "As far as you can manage her, and then forward. We'll take no more chances with these fellows."
"The only trouble is," replied the young inventor, "that the deeper we go the slower we have to travel. The water is so dense that it holds us back."
"Well, there is no special need of hurrying now," went on the sailor. "No one is following you, and two or three days difference in reaching the wreck will not amount to anything."
"Unless they repair their rudder, and take after us again," suggested Mr. Swift.
"They're not very likely to do that," was ths captain's opinion. "It was more by luck than good management that they picked us up before. Now, having to delay, as they will, to repair their
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