"
Burke, who liked a good detective tale himself, seemed pleased at
holding Kennedy spellbound.
"For instance," he went on, "he has on the bay up here a submarine
which can be made into a crewless dirigible. He calls it the
Turtle, I believe, because that was the name of the first American
submarine built by Dr. Bushnell during the Revolution, even before
Fulton."
"You have theories of your own on the case?" asked Craig.
"Well, there are several possibilities. You know there are
submarine companies in this country, bitter rivals. They might
like to have those plans. Then, too, there are foreign
governments."
He paused. Though he said nothing, I felt that there was no doubt
what he hinted at. At least one government occurred to me which
would like the plans above all others.
"Once some plans of a submarine were stolen, I recall," ruminated
Kennedy. "But that theft, I am satisfied, was committed in behalf
of a rival company."
"But, Kennedy," exclaimed Burke, "it was bad enough when the plans
were stolen.
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