the adventurers safely reached the new jersey coast, and the submarine was docked.mr.swift at once communicated with the proper authorities concerning the recovery of the gold.he offered to divide withthe actual owners, after he and his friends had been paid for their services, but as the revolutionary party to whom the bullion was intended had gone out of existence, there was no one to officially claim the treasure, so it all went to tom and his friends, who made an equitable distribution of it.the young inventor did not forget to buy mrs.baggert a fine diamond ring, as he had promised.
as for berg and his employers, they were, it was learned later, greatly chagrined at finding the wreck valueless.they tried to make trouble for tom and his father, but were not successful.
a few days after arriving at the seacoast cottage, tom, his father and mr.damon went to shopton in the airship.captain weston, garret jackson and mn sharp remained behind in charge of the submarine.it was decided that the swifts would keep the craft and not sell it to the government, as tom said they might want to go after more treasure some day.
"i must first deposit this gold," said mr.swift as the airship landed in front of the shed at his home."it won't do to keep it in the house over night, even if the happy harry gang is in jail."tom helped him take it to the bank.as they were making perhaps the largest single deposit ever put in the institution, ned newton came out.