Show P awn N the deep deed sea peril per 11 A i rk IT j 4 bo VICTOR ROUSSEAU I by W G ae E IS INVADED BY THE WEIRD MONSTERS AND PAGET HAS A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE TO SAVE HIMSELF AND IDA THE OTHERS ARE DEVOURED naval lieutenant donald paget just given command of a sub lee rise rebea at washington Washing toa an old friend and distinguished though kimt eccentric scientist captain masterman Mas tennan masterman has just asod froin an exploring expedition bringing with him a member of ens face race the existence of whose species he be asserts menaces atmaa family at the club the march hares masterman Ua sterman cs ex tak bas theory to the recital Is interrupted by the arrival a enemy of masterman ira Mac Beard and the former la Is id sed with a fatal paralytic stroke brom Masten body paget wee dwi menta bearing upon the discovery and proceeds to the e of tee the scientist paget proceeds 0 sea on his submarine the it baad a german cruiser lie he sinks the enemy which had frojd W uio tho beotha on which ida kennedy hid fiancee was a pas aerA vers Tue The girl escapee escapes in a email small boat lie ile rescues her but find finds tf anable to take the skiff to the submarine because of invisible wt i A CHAPTER APTER VI 7 ke MW lop of the submarine its the water sir air iTi 4 were weve tried running the electric engines any faster than the oses its like running a loco an rails plaat hi ans answered ered donald e 0 you yon know rs standing beside davlos la in tower ida had jeen een biow below and d placed la in donald A she bed boo been hardly conscious i ir or titue f a be was too numbed 9 to ta l j what had td lid aa the he had fallen asleep 1 W 44 o 0 which was an maln tw rock donald ex tto athe oil ship from front which to be replenished he to patrol the northern ahta it sea rith the aid of ald stock of ad supplies in 4 wa was also expected laid aid was wondering er ift not his duty to return wati to report the destruct t E tho ty cruiser of course itee W M at ime flying corps who airplane could un ap but then there was was the swarm of lot bad had appeared r OW 1 I 1 att tell the navy depart ill we without being rell relieved eved of but how could he be fall 11 cid pauw keenly at davies via 4 ft little chap disciplined a 0 beau ideal of a naval what hat he liked best addy waa was hia his resola that davies would 0 to o taire take responsibility hight hia his duty required 14 an a M have no better conal A jIt eded one as sorely as no idone i done A 6 4 0 eald laid im going to tell units I 1 alts not the engines 41 nether the water uter 1 tl I ton t stop top us taateo taB teo to clog the machin 1 1 is trying to push us g no Irot pardon sir air about ll 11 before I 1 continued donald g to tell you will but it happenie to 09 davie davies our an 11 aa rane creatures si aey y were monkeys sir air time ago they were monkeys k t they first lived in we became monkeys then lien men was going to eay say that inea nea show signs of deit t please davies swann arm of deep sea the earth momi am me heard beard of marine explorer explore rl lie ile them no felt billi liler died I 1 felt them to lucked and upset us calr ir said davie but t rt istee iM tee to lie ile down I 1 can 4 bo the island sir air and ken wo we are at anchor to me davies they emhe monsters moa aten all ex look like ille cur Vt achey die the betth tt y hurden producing 7 they look took then some ness monsters cra and I 1 hato top stop the submarine moldie tr island just ne us they boat there they 0 pa by tha the 0 stare dond 12 that the etory story 1 i he ile hardly aali ON W lut at he could make da A cicutti hear about them sir lv what do you wish me 11 al IV triba es closed sald don jog ung a risk cot not sub have got u w neke fair island if they get aboard it will be a fight to the death happily it bard hard to kill them only we can cant t see them they are quite invisible remember I 1 killed two of them better serve out cutlasses 11 we wont stand for any nonsense from them sir air answered the mid middy ly excuse me air while I 1 call clouts to take the lookout lie ite moved toward the entrance in a few moments sani sam clouts came in lie ile saluted but instead of taking hl h post rost at the atlon port he remained standing in front of donald wouldn t you like to he ile down below sir air I 1 he asked 1111 thata that deman demanded led donald what do you mean I 1 excuse roe me air 1 but I 1 think a rest would do you good bald said the sailor I 1 get to your post I 1 said donald sharply but really sir air Is this insubordination Clout sl no sir air but it would be best for you to rest sir air persisted clouts clonts davies reappeared at the door lies iles quite right sir air be bald said I 1 lies iles acting under my orders you need to rest for a while white donald suddenly began to understand davies Dav lea do you imagine that I 1 am crazym I 1 he crad why that a what they told masterman Mr sterman 1 I think sir air you ought to rest said davies me I 1 am assa assure ing command III 1 II 11 have you court martl aled davies I 1 I 1 cried donald angrily ill III face that sir air returned the little triddy you see sir air it amounts to this I 1 have only spoken to clouts so far it would be better to lie he down quietly than to have the rest of the men know about this it would bo be very prejudicial to discipline sir air and in the morn morning inc when you yoa feel different I 1 shall resign the command to you again donald began to realize the impossibility lity of convincing davies the middy evidently believed that his hi ex kosure la in the boat bad had turned bla his brain it was useless to attempt to argue of course le ought never to have about the tro usters but they bad had been eo so real so recent a his mad however davies you may tale com command marid until morning eald said donald oaly remember my warning about the hatches he ile turned toward the doir door davies saluted him barn bam clout clouts accompanied him to his cabin below we put the lady in here air 1 bo he said pau tu in front frok of the door quite right answered donald I 1 you may sling me a hammock in the officers iness room ive done it sir air clouts answered A moment later donald found himself a prisoner on board his own ship for on making his exit clousi had locked the door the action was done with dispatch jad ond the y was turned almost noiselessly but donald had beard heard it he ile got into 1 I hammock and tried to compose ids mind lut tut he be discovered that the events of the day bad him more than he hid imagined those awful memories recurred to him against his volition worst of all was tho the knowledge that precious time was passing while be wae wat a prisoner and he recollected that the monstrous horde surrounding the submarine no doubt bad had already discovered that men were food it if davies took off the batched perhaps be he had already done eo go his ills mind became obsessed by the threatened danger he ile from his ills harp hammock mock trembling he ile tried to open the door hu set act his shoulder against it outside he heard beard the reedy notes of a mouth organ and sam clouts suddenly stood before him donald had an impulse to appeal to the man but at once he be saw its futility tell ar 1 davies that he be Is en on no account to take off the batches hatches he suld I 1 sam clouts saluted him and calmly i locked tho h door again outside the ot of the mouth organ were heard beard once more cloat clouts was tinder instructions to ren ninale talia at his ilet dogald auald went back to his hammock he shrugged his boulders shoulders at the fu tilita of tt it all his helplessness lie he bad had done all that he be could do and now a sense of complete fatigue beg bean to overcome blia him lie ile could not keey kag hl t tired 11 eyelids apart bioly struggling desperately against the imperative need ot of sleep be he atit himself floating away lie ile did not know how long be he slept but it seemed a few minutes only when nhen cries pierced through the mists of unconsciousness in an instant bo he was vias upon his feet irr griping ping in intense dar darkness knes he ile could not discern from what part of the boat the ominous sounds proceeded the whole interior of the bai was aas like a bounding sounding board the cries appeared to proceed from every part of her donald had never heard such cries tries once and then they time crime from animal throats that was when his revenue cutter had surprised a band bani of pirates at their bloody work on the seal seat islands he ile heard I 1 la cry out la in his cabin he ile cried to her in answer and leap ing back he plunged with all his might against the panel and again and yet again u itil the woodwork oo dwork splintered the cry birst forth again drowning the sounds ot of the oaths and scuffling it was a cry of a woman la in aortal mortal fear donald drove the splintered tillers tim era before him through the hole ole in the wall lie ile found the girl where she lay beside his berth he ile raised her in bis his arms and felt oart of the blubbery flippers on bis his hand that fight in the little room was nl at ways a nightmare remembrance the yielding body offered donald no par pur chase and the monster fought in silence apparently incapable of articulation and the nippers backed sucked the blood from his fat and hands and as ho he pried them away the flesh rose into welts beneath benen tIt them they swayed and struggled and through the inky darkness dur kness donald could bear the sound of similar battles the curses of men their agonizing cries the thudding falls of heavy bodies bodle but donald could not lose with idae idas life at stake the monsters struggles grew feebler donald flung it from ive come to die ole with youl him hini and heard it shuffle out of the room and into the darkness of the pan base rage then bo be knew that fear ruled among these sen sea beasts us as upon land suddenly davies burst into U the in cabin pa lett I 1 ive rye ome to yoet you I 1 he cried dyste icalla you I the truth sir air aud and I 1 thought you mere ere mad maill I 1 I 1 opened the hatches ind all over the ship sir sirl I 1 ive vve come to die ile with ith you I 1 another man ran up to them it teemed seemed sars re afterward when donald re recall calle it bow how the three seemed to be aware of each others presence in the little cabin it was as sam clouts clonts got us air sirl I 1 he be cried 1 I fought to the end but the rest are in the tea and im the only one left I 1 ivo ive locked the entrance to tho the conning tov toa er but it a only a question of minutes sir sirl donald could bear the monsters straining at the door he ile felt sure that the abeel plating VIn ting thin AS its it wai wag would yle yield id not to the sudden exercise of an on muscular force but to tho the client silent pit pressure asure ot of the heavy bodies the loor door creaked and groaned thu imet into tho the torpedo ro room I 1 gai gaspe donald through tho the escape hatch hatchl 1 we must miss kennedy hennedy he be add added iril he ile snatched up ida and began groping toward the metallic sheathing which admitted air from above into the torpedo room 1 I I think I 1 can get the juho tuho apart sr air clouts volunteered it lt seemed an eternity before donald heard a section of the metal peato rattle rattie upon the floor well have to jump sirl clouts panted punted ill go down orr and catch you pass along the lady lad when you hear me call the villain MacO mac eard pos po of the dead Mt ermin papers lit sets out for the bode abode ef of the unknown creatures crea off the shetland island HI his purpose Is deadly be adly I 1 TO DS |