Show the deep deed sea ea peril eril I 1 N by bu VICTOR ROUSSEAU CHAPTER XV continued 16 j she ran unchallenged through tie tip destroyer flotilla ani an I 1 mine ame le the rear admiral admIrals flagship a it monster cruiser armed with a powerful battery hattery on which lie hall hoisted lie his pennant A few minutes inter later davies and I 1 ila la aboard 11 leaving cloute bouts louts in it c charge harge of tn till submarine of the tile queen of the swarm isalt an hoje inter later choulis received rec elied the command to take the FW to to lon don as best he be could drips 11 4 inter view N ith the artar admiral had decided tho the latter to opan immell abely the squadron spread out and approached the dogger run ILin wise mise to en circle the mon monsters titer 00 ho hal ila I 1 just awakened mili kenNi aboard th the motorboat saw in terror tho the great shells dropping drol ping nil about him lie thought this was ofis the end of all his plans it seemed to escape hut but the monsters terrified by the il 0 br atlon dashed wildly mildly in all directions 4 and finding themselves ringed in churned up the water madly the tile roan man in on the flagship lag ship looked at his tits lead incredulously it malk roadbed ed 12 fathoms soi where liere it should have hae marked 25 it marked ten tell seven senen tour four and suddenly the sica u denied to open half the vessels in the attacking squadron grounded they lay on their sides in the norbit sea sand one set of guns poleung heavenward the other toward the bonds of the earth then a huge agitated wave radiating outward from the still vortex in which the motorboat reeled dizzily lathed them and buffeted afloat be ond control the dismantled fleeing squadron drove under the pounding waves mayes in nil directions out of the vapor chugged a drotor boat slowly as the haze subsided she drew alongside in her stood mac beard triumphant in ahli display of lils hia five rive ril minutes later he st w od in the pres presence trice of the rear nd edmiral miral davies and ida as ii veil ell as 09 of the junior of fibers you see we are unconquerable he said grimly but I 1 have come to offer ou terms As a public enemy many afterward said that he lie should have been banged hanged then and there lu in spite of his hut but the betor admiral refused to violate the traditions of the sea or perhaps he realized that Ata elleard dead he could hope tor for no means of subduing his unchained devils hat are theat he inquired courteously I 1 I 1 ilist arst said Mac Beard personal indemnity in return for what in return for the destruction of this in menace enace I 1 pledge my word that it shall disappear forever but ho hoy va hesitated eager as he lie now was mas to destroy the herd he was not overanxious to reveal his plans r he yielded the point OAs you have he said they are tire completely under my control I 1 will take them into skjold fjord on the NomA eglan coast As you know it la Is a huge body of water nater ur rounded by br cliffs of high basalt and having an entrance barely large donough noli gu to admit a small steamship once they are there the entrance can bo be blockaded until they arc tire dead of famine in re tun tury I 1 demand possession of and he looked toward ida he lie did not know her name but it did not strike him as peculiar t glance at lit idas horror face vas mas sufficient to enable the admiral to decide we refuse he said bat but ida topped forward and laid her hand on the admiral a arm I 1 cannot let you refuse she the ald laid 1 I ora am nothing P no not I 1 cried davies you shall not accept his fits terms I 1 les ies answered the girl facing brin quietly it Is only malf ID m alf lf and there ie Is the n whole hole world at stake stille J t donald do as its much for or mea and davies A was sq 61 allcut lent jor or donald had hati said very much the name same when he thought ida dead on fair island ida turned to ma Mae Beard tou you wish nio no to be your wife ulfer she lobe asked defill all it so go be Y T it if you like to la in aisher e 1 I will go alth yo you u she mid bald the admiral if you wish to go we kennedy said mid sacrifice be he emust I 1 roust accept the ile from you M nut but it can only wuk addressed Mac Beard 1 I am flu willing so w far for be he said the government cannot refuse to ratify t those hose terms what la Is your next la ip fifty demand lat my third and find of gasoline CHAPT tIR XVI queen queens call the the it would id be difficult to estimate ott horror that iding led raga and news over adon jandon that at bight night lul when en the of the admiral S treaty rid came bad had in LL admiral 1 jelt eu that be he for world nf of dangerous a danger enate the to in the ell but the tho feel fees a aaa one of humiliation and 11 ll lit th then allessi el lessi tie tl e dundr I 1 mutt muttered erod the si st I 1 I 1 rd cleab lux tin flats 1 ho kilt klusti it that ha he will fulfill his pact ale ie must eald said I 1 why air the moderation ot of his term terms blows that mai heard has no ul perlor motive motle I 1 think thin k he nilde added that the edmiral did right nd mise hennedy kennedy inquired the sea sen lord sacrificed herself for ber her country as othern other imp lime done donald n piled but the second I 1 soa M to loni r I 1 did not under stand 8 the diwi of the expected arrival of th III I 1 55 having become public donald ent lent a ni esage to u patrol filp or drinK doring her to intercept pt the i es itel 1 l and bid it anchor off oft the isore nore i here h rul coul I 1 go aboard without pub lacity hen he lie arrived early the same morning the firby pt abon N ho welcomed weli s elLo omed nied him froni front tho deck was dales do ou knott sir 1 he said 1 I think we shall checkmate that scoundrel iet et I 1 it asat possible groined dinald 1 we have pledged our faith 1 I wonder monder it if there may not be human beings unde the sea sir who ho rule those dells I 1 wonder nonder whether th tint thit it fish girt clouts has got in the may not hae some a oer them if if we mo give gle her her hafid I 1 m wonder onder it if wo we couldn coulden t ue me her to outwit absurd Abs said donald curtly bt let roe me hae another look at her clout Clou called davies da vies goinn the cn engine ine room tube A minute later cloute appeared hurriedly pocketing his mouth organ and wiping his ills lips aye eirl sirl he said captain paget wants to see your your friend clouts do doald ald entered alone and stood looking across the toward the tile bantom phantom bhame at the further end the queen shrank anck against the wall nail and stared at donald with nith her mournful eyes the face was watering but the eye were fixed flied on his intently and there was the pathos OL c a soul et at juggling for life in them mien as we me see la in the eyes of suffering beasts she come to him and put her arms about him her iler face lay for one ln in slant stunt against it his fits own and to his amazement amaze mert to his horror donald seemed to kaw that ida was nothing and that this woman was all A soft murmur came from the queens throat it rose and fell and rose again antil it seemed to oil the entire submarine with sound it wag the swarming call it was the call of the queen when she has found her mate and leads forth her army to new land new conquest cew new dominion from the cast shores end and from the baltic from the thames estuary Lit uary the channel and the seine the monsters came they knew tha ilia warming call though they ind only heard it once before and that cut sim clouts burst open the door donald was lying upon the floor within arl ard standing beside him was the queen lie bebej the call die dle on her lips shaking with terror he dragged drugged donald outride outside and locked the door he ile carried bis his captain up on deck in a few moments donald opened his eyes mat happL happened ned Clout sl I 1 he aked asked you fainted sir air jnue ae roe me sir air but you t never to have gone in here there shea a devil sir one of them amperes like ille that we me wa to hear bear about when we were chIld childree rev mrs clouts don ild stag toward levies davies who was running out ot of the ton aln tower er lou jou were right dailies da vies ivies be he said yon you headid that call IN e ve got him I 1 alten ten davies I 1 if I 1 in not mistaken that call cull will bring the monsters to us let s make for the deepest part of th sea first aa a that we wont drive on ott a hand sand bank when nhen the water evaporate s and ahn where was it 31 MacCe ard had goner skjold fjord I 1 was wa there on my first cruise sir air its it a a deep almost landlocked land locked harbor in A it dad part of the Tho whole herd the rw eglan wait in there ond anil disport it would lie 1 to block the entrance as MacD pard rd mid paid J I 1 a ever eter mind that davied dori dont it you sw see that this us from filth faith cowit atward rd him hell be tor for skjold fjor fjord with miss kennedy and no many ay of the montera morik tera ns he has been able to together by roeana means sound which re fork of that turl cell call we heard about as gembl of th thi 1 l never er mind that much aa a the point to I 1 Mac SI Beard Is not to be un deceived davie M looked at donald strangely straas ely understand his hi sudden high he ile did no not yet sec bee alto be could spirits chief was driving gether at git what his us hut but herd will ahe aej why whys well keep rear think that it its a following follow ng himie kt let him within the till were ile t s us harbor Un dentan ard till fill lo 10 torpedoed torpe doe t amit there are well then we 11 jw w hu craft mft to pieces and ami and seve saive silos boine how rit said id davley t aready ir the dorlson t black anith ith gilr on the three shavard fidei I 1 ahe ha h ro r lit eliout two to mile miles to imbt art ahe it n li it r WAS holsted and soon the fk F k it looking rapid head headway Nay in hi direction of if lullian lUl Kian calest it x tol oming up tip phlek fir or da DUIM tips looking out through the art at tile lie dense cloudt of murky 11 hid that rolled under the lutill ue iala Ia lw cried donald lie e allatch 41 ills glasses and put to his tits t tm look manlest DaN 11 lest he in the distance a tiny wint amid in rolling clouds they saw the motor bout the submit rine began to kill the nater coic cohered red iw her bow I 1 her ler stern ern wont N ent to the mirror ot or the tile pert port scope illch fixed because 5 Q there mus a one to ti start the tho moto r afford til a ifton 0 of leee tests tinn thin th in i at right angle 1 hut but he tie sp w only the thickening clouds and anti presently these the se blottie 11 ont out the was black ns as ink he lie turned av anny aj A groan PS roped hia his 1119 hi ile clinched his liti hondl handi and prayed that the plan might not nil warr CHAPTER the pursuit M athin the con conning nini tower donald could heit heer distinctly the chugging of till en englee glue of lania had he risen to the sur surface filce both ves sela selm mould have ben bien invisible in tle tl e lii drogen gloom but hen he lie might have lost his hi guarr vater mater he could hear the sound round greatly increased in volume lume and could blitter determine its direction lie ile correctly that bluebeard bin ing followed the hiarm mould to kad it north northward Nard by of his tuning fork abd and I 1 the he 91 arm sensing the presence of the queen bould accompany ire tle bil billeted leed that lie had hall himself muster them 1 alth 1 tit tho the tip of her periscope just submerged donald steered the neier had ho lie fol followed loed so shrewdly upon nn an a track naw ow to port now to starboard he follo followed Ned the sound of the gasoline engine engines while clouti clouts arched at ched them and davies in the station sent up a an n occa 1 lonal aliet r n essaye night fell and anti passed dawn edme up althou kli not a jestice of light could have bain seen even afloat A i sooty column hydrogen surcharged alth atmospheric dust aas passing up the bori 1 glan coast at noon dales ielse hse duties ard not been cont ut enough to predent him from enji ng a n short slumber eluin slum bir begged to take donald s place hut but donald refused As he run ton the boat his brain hammered out the tile clear of hie his plan he ile would lead the herd into skjold fjord leave dalles dailes in charge kill lill and rescue ida then he NN bould send her oi arlid sluhu so ard alth clouts clonts and renia rema until a filp ithie could arrie mith 11 10 bl block ck the pas saip the high precipitous dins cliffs of 0 tho the fjord would effectively bar in the monsters aror a few days or weeks meeks tho the horld a menace mould writhe there like a mounded snake ahn tt it pass donald b hid bid id no doubt of his plan but lie did not dare darc to dream of ida only he set himself resolutely to the pursuit so the brov an in up tho the I 1 lan coast all day and aea hen night fell they amro still stilt liard hard on the chase davies called through the engine engino room tube there lin t much power in the batteries sir he eald said that salt water cut our running reserve in half and we weve ve been using it pretty freely the dynamo coll coil was nus injured ly by the sea tt in ater I 1 go on full speed laid donald Macl leard must haie am been running flonly sir to save his ills gasoline if ho he puts on a purt spurt were done M drive till the electric fall then well come up and use the petrol motors donald could eee see by the chart th that t they were within twenty of heir their destination when the speed of tho IZ I Z began to fall she drogi ell 0 nine knots to eight the sounds of the gasoline enghu were growing groning faint fainter cr donald called don doun the tube I 1 bring her up 01 I 1 lie joe shouted aye aye alil sir I 1 clouts called back and the 1755 climbing out ot f tho the water like a sea otter seemed to shake tho the drops from her and continued ruder the dwi wwi 7 far la in the distance dontis could see the file dense column of fog AS a it dl disappeared toward the norwegian shore that devil muc MacU eard Beard had wrapped himself in obscurity to ills tits on oun undoing lie ile did not arc un at of the isen elre esis upon his 1119 1 ix lies spurting for skjold fjord said davies TO 70 DE CONTINUED |