LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  _An Explosion Followed That Seemed to Tear Everything to Pieces_ _Frontispiece_

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  _The Points of the Compass_ 27

  _The Submarine Decoy_ 30

  _Map Showing the Scene of the Wanderings of the Boys_ 43

  _The Steel Nets_ 73

  _The Entangled Submarine_ 95

  _The Periscope_ 137

  _The Conning Tower. All That Could Be Seen of the Submarine_ 148

  _A Contact Mine_ 156

  THE BOY VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET