Frank felt cold chills run up and down his spine. Here was something that thrilled him as nothing else had ever done, something of the spirit of men who brave the unknown terrors of the deep. Perry was one of them. At the moment Frank admired the diver more than anyone else in the wide world....

That's from the original 1938 edition of Hardy Boys book #17 - "The Secret Warning." (Page 97.) I'm enjoying the gushy children's-literature prose...

Back at the car Frank turned to his companions. "Fellows we must--"

"Interview that officer!" Joe finished impolitely.

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