Show w we deep sea peril derfl J VICTOR ROUSSEAU A 1 BT w Q 1 u CHAPTER III continued he could old trace true the movements as of f rome borne invisible body he ha saw the apples glide forward along the sur IBM face strike the glass glasa wall appos opposite to and ad continue cautious at a right angle turning again and again as the creature cOca ture run con tinned tinged on its steady course comme the sen often ballon was wag uncanny captain MR mas ter bermans mans words mine came back to dnald donald 1 I ve 1 brought my home he eta was wai aware of an impulse to bolt in speed of which bove however seer be concen cocu grated all hla his attention on an the to tank the movements in the water sub added donald bad the impression that the invisible creature had stopped and was waa regarding him he be saw a gentle wirl as it if a body stood upright with in the tank then a sound from the second tank drow drew him toward it it was sea a musical I ringing closing exactly like alke that produced by drawing the finger tip seemed around the tha round top ol 01 fi a bowl of were water a long drawn dr sound sweet set and el clear D donald ald looked looke d into this tank which h 1 b was w pro open at the top bud and not connected with w th the apparatus but he could see nothing there then either H he turned back to the first tank isi nd ad all at once he perceived two black specks close together halfway between ta mr the top of the water and the if glass i am roof each was waa about t the h a sia of ia small currant donald donal d went nearer cr he H e saw them move then he started backward overcome with hor him em the black specks were the pupils ot at a pair of yet eyes fixed on his and ad tol fat lowing them like all sailors ballora donald paget was not tree free from superstition any known danger he could have faced bravely but this thing was wag terrifying in he a felt it his he k knees so give under him 1 leffe als pau impulse we was to fly ile he turned burned bad and at that from moment emad something descended upon his head and struck him halt half conscious to the floor flom through the gathering mists crisis he made out the form of a middle aged bearded man ile he saw I 1 the he red face the shrewd gray eyes that h t looked into his and recognized Mac Beard Z be beilke I 1 h him hat lay the sandbag with which the man an had bad felled him unable to move donald felt mac ue board ri rifling ing his pockets one by one a mall I 1 b he a came upon the envelope con telling Master mans communication Mac Beard e ard if drew it forth with a met grunt and stood stand up under the gas gaa to biam ine it A brief survey satisfied him that he be bad lound what 1 he was m seeking he grunted rd again and looked down at ronald apparently satisfied bi his work he be to turned ed toward the ft ater tanks tank he a must have heard the splashing of the monster romeace r as it r resumed it its journey angs for he started no an bosto instant mt and ad ill then a as acif it curious he drew nearer r star to the fir farst at of the with the air pipe attachment he elm stood food quite still looking at the thing in the water donald wondered vel bother he had bad di discovered did d it rod and who whether R he had bad perceived the eyes H he knew in a moment for with Is a yell macbird Mac Beard started bac backward knard 11 he tumbled stumbled against one of the pair palms and ad out it crashing to the floor Mac Beard who had fallen with it picked himself up and ran in terror term donald heard his footsteps pattering along the flags outside he heard the slam blam of the croaking creaking safe gate he knew that the professor he having v ing obtained the document was not likely to r rm re term and he eon could 1 d not net blame him for his nervousness tor for he be had bad almost if done the taft same thing himself D donald bald staggered to hla his feet elo clutched at the wall to to steady himself end and remained emo dumal thus while the swim 1 mine room gr gradually dually grew still the W light thom from me th the e gasset gaa jet fell upon the water tanks and looking at the farther tank donald had ft a queer allu 1 sion I be thought he saw the very misty ity cabass a of the body of a beautiful boman the merest shadowy shape hope vo which am mom before his eyes and ad sea was con gone and reappeared veiled I 1 to sort art of prismatic blend of entering coloring but her lieford he had if time I 1 to convince face if himself that it waa or was as not at the Z barror result of a ida hla injury to hla horror he perceived very clearly a cloudy form beginning to take hops chape within the OT dearer r tank the h outlines grew clearer momen tartly berly he saw what meard to be the body of a hairless bair lesa monkey sup partial itself upon webbed feet fact or floppers flap pera budding out from froin the sides were two similar arms the webbed hands bands pressing blag against the sides rides of the tank hie outlined outline vera seem at first aral BO an vague as to be almost imperceptible then them the crystalline body became opalea cent bud and OR mallcy I 1 resembling g the white whit of 1 an egg it hardened and a as it ad swelled donald a saw the cheat heave the th mouth con ported and ada doiy he realized that this grotesque pitiful thing was atif buffering 1 H baw w immediately te ly that the pro III leflora a f fall all had bad disarranged disarrange the abed that led fro from the in tank that |