Show a a a A I 1 THE DEEP WA SEA PERIL a c by VICTOR ROUSSEAU H copyright by W G Q chapman chains CHAPTER continued C 17 theres no hurry now dow answered donald ly Del deloirs voice ido came up I 1 in agitated gi t led to tones donald he cried it looks us as it if the monsters ministers are fol lowing Moo Beard after all I 1 don dan t you sea bee they are with him not net us they meet wouldn do t leap P us in the center necessarily necess carres arill aid donald dald yesterday Test erday we nearly lost ahern hm but B I 1 then do 3 ou on suppose suppose they are jenu lending ding us some somewhere all 7 I 1 door don t know g donald lit answered full speed io donald hazarding fork drove the fa hard between the in mighty I 1 gaty wells walls of small granite in 1 front of him he saw baw nn am open body of water mater ringed with far a away y hills ile he was in skjold fjord but not at a vestige of the mon monsters stars was to be AS seen once i through that gateway he lashed bodied the wheel hel and went on delk deck the quarry had disappeared A glance 1 ra I sold him of that the limpid water anter of the fjord lay jay motion motionless dea before him 1 behind 3 hind him the passage seemed to have el elod closed od he rushed back into the c conning mg fewer shut shot it down he be yelled to davies davie ae tell i I 1 1 clonts clouts to let the anchor go man mac beird r d hits haa beaten us as dail dabies rele released ed front from do duty rushed lab n up to had and his chief standing at the a e en francs to the conning tower a prey to object abject des despair air sued it A be do v lea he said aid wearily we wa re beaten there a s a missing factor in thit damned dammed equation of tours a and tie he top toppled died over devi danlea OW A arms ress insensible his from wool want of sleep th the tension of ills his nerves was broken duties dates an and it cie gloats carried hm him to ins his ohio cabin and ad laid him it down they 1 re turned to the reek reck almost S equally q ing despairing sp lierd herd hils has left us as cluts said them the middy akly 1 fount I don t know I 1 cant un on diesta it ch clonts clouts lie be comp continued aued with a sudden inspiration aspiration do you yen think that lou can could it induce the queen to sound ad that call 1 what 11 1 I 1 me sir inquired clout clonts aft gt arting i 9 be back k anit liv she ba a not net a woman I 1 sir it be a devil 1 far incarnate I 1 in to she won nom I 1 a eat A sir hla his voice fell to Is A husky bosky wit whimper 2 r and she won t our the plains captains blankets sir perhaps she doean doesn t like them C binate clouts however what hat arc am we to to ao 1 I sav eny make for some home sir air aid bald it chade clouts oi 1 I never c took no stock fork in the whole thing mr do dadles vice what at or are you e talking about cl clonts clouts ma outs j IN ft hy by sir hr I 1 never believed I 1 in I 1 it f from a the first and ad 1 I believe I 1 I 1 in it all still I 1 less a asam now it t a all 1 1 a it dieal sir fr there ther beer er was as I 1 no mo monsters natem yona but youve as seen file them cie clonts clouts ami ecu ve TO bee been under the sen sea with ith them ali ah I 1 know sir theta what amt we both think 1 1 anica answered ell cloute with a irs arse smile nail but IVA its just a dream sir t expect that german cruiser fear torpe tome 4 dadd us no instead of cs as torpedoing he her or mabe stitt she sank bank us with her gone guns and were ere going to wake up in a german he hospital pt I in hamburg in I a moment a dt you xou pinched yourself sir davlos davies was shaken shake 11 he looked at claude blandly smiling at him openmouthed he almost believed we his the go ory cry cl clonts clouts all fe unequal to the strain octal up upon his hi ilal limited I 1 sit mentality had bad adopt ed ad a solution which seemed under the clien st arro feasible 1 I tilla think wed better pinch each other sir it said chieto clouts this mis clonts cenit many always 8 used cd t to A sav when 1 la doubt but break breaking OR oft off at this juncture lie he pulled hi his mouth on th organ argon from big pollet pocket and ad blow blew the must most discordant in medley dley of that ever issued from the apertures aper tures of that much board instrument to their amazement ma emet the water we was instantaneously me churned lot into foam all 11 me it them the tossed looked like a cork upon the waves A fleeting ml mist it began to rise nse from the surface of tsie the fjord hatch into gasped davirs and t they it y rem ran to save sam the fro from sub out emersion 11 hardly it adly had bad they succeeded 1 la this and ad reached the conning tower when donald appeared at the head of the ladder below his eyes were clear again ge get t it seemed it A as it if his halt half he hour ax of bleek bleep had re recreated tOd him what wh A t a happened dadles Davar Da lil he asked the mon monsters steve I 1 all about 0 aa cried cred the middy do ze well it I 1 of course course said bald donald Y you a don t suppose I 1 came here on a wild cooee ase chase do youa you fin but you add we were beaten sit sir and we nonsense 1 I ant I 1 said aid donald D 14 angelli they ve been with us pit all the file time you don dont t expect that they cut can keep on an cond condensing an ing ayd hydrogen rogen for forever I 1 till oat of taking a rest do Y yu I 1 za muscular culler flame gue davis davley hello 1 he pointed through the observation port art end and beat about a odle mile 1 to port of the them th they Y best the motorboat bobbing upon th the agitated wave waff we weve ve got him davies bald ahl don aid id 1 I 1 knew it ft I 1 knew it all tn in my me neep ell the tion and and it a go ma to 0 claw lit they mere ivore aind bt at jus jug re quintion U he a uttered his orders in I a fit firm voice he seemed now new absolutely so sure of lit his success through the port pact they watched the file motorboat tossing toward them over the waves ves they could make out macbird Mac Beard Berd a figure beside the engines ida me wag doubtless within the cable up anchor clouts clonts ludd sald donald davies tale take the engines again presently the submarine bee becan to move so as 03 to cut off air lif Mac Beard a move egress or b luto I 1 0 the open sea then at ironald s command 0 a ud they daw toward the motorboat barbard Mac Beard Bard had bad seen them ile he was working franc frantically at ily at the engine the talked inland sea so at still I 1 heaved but it was beginning to subside aa the loom monsters oters forgetful of clonts mouth organ began to draw tico toward lurd the submarine again go T then b for far the third time lime the int im p Q queen 0 me go gave the zon swarming J call 11 th the sound ml soft ye yet t incredibly veto loan rolled from the t he andert interior of 0 the hip and ad seemed to fill the universe inver it atas like a deep soft note upon a some e mighty organ and the rasp response ease was instant rr for the third time the swarm mad ad bened by the call I 1 leaped aped toward its leader and as a on fair fr r I 1 inland lead it a 1 tidal a bore rion came I 1 on a wall a of met ater which sir struck U the is I 1 I 1 and ad r rendered render it ered rd he her r help less in an instant it d dashed led nor her round amm it itne like a t top p it drove her e r uncontrollable before it in an instant the steering geir gear me disabled and ad the vessel at skidded through the w waves 0 vet toward award the cliffs chirs of the fjord wh which 1 grew larger with mith unbelievable swiftness ness it me tins the last bomian at 0 the the battered old submarine which had bad ren rendered date it such ell service drove drave hard a on the rocks A needle point pierced her amidships a seat score of razor oo 00 else r rent her hanks hl slowly sh she I 1 sank still spinning spinning into the seething waters water that li whipped hipped the desolate shore As soon onn anthey as they realized realised reali sed that nothing g could old be done one the three hid had gath red ered up upon the dolk dek and ad waited find for far the disaster stater A As the struck attack they leaped into to the I 1 sea they escaped the hid tie den fangs falls of the rocks cork almost by a miracle adrae A few jut strokes lao and ad D donald lit found himself up upon the shore which the we waves were ere wildly mildly ISh lathing lg and ad helping dart davies to scramble crain bl out they gaev capped gapped d a moment and recovered choir loo breath wh where ere s clinda Cl outs asked donald inalou a asly sty then so they saw the sailors head bob blog sing among the waves he was ap P patently parent ly clinging to a point of track rock mith on one hand while he thrust the down their down jet into the water ter clart clonts I 1 are you yon drowning don aid id called A bubbling sound replied donald don ald whited into the sea clinging to the pro ejecting reef to save himself against the Po founding waves wave A As he neared matred cleats the he latter straightened himself and it sighed regretfully what Is it clouts clonts are you half badly Y hart asked donald i we no suir sir he gasped but r rye rs uve lost fast it bir fr io donald grasped him and pulled him through the bee breakers it ars to dry land antly at that moment clouts clonts had strained his patience severely with his lost mouth month organ look alro sir said davies davics when the three stood together once more two hundred yards yarda away war mic beard and ida were standing beside the motorboat Mac Beard A light t craft built allt upon scientific brind principles pash of his j itt 1 a do devising b in had ad a once again dished it its war worth th the a waves and luck th had driven drive it ashore labor a uninjured and Mac Beard seemed to be inviting inviting ida to reenter re enter I 1 it I 1 the g game e seemed oil 1 in Mac Mu Beard elleard a abc hands food once more come shouted donald starting fr forward but before he had bad broken into a run clonts stood barring his way 1 I ive found failed her sir I 1 he shouted heated look sir birl V D donald to we was on the point of knocking the sailor down doon his mouth had become became a justification tor for homicide 0 B but u t childs was not making reference t to 0 his mouth muR organ just then A stopped cry fr from 0 davis a stopped donald upon the verge erge of delivering his blow donald started and saw close to ill als side the evanescent nebulous outlines of the queen of the swarm and in ither ahw moment the to memory ry of ida tade from frion his mind E ha A stared at her lika a man b bewitched am ditched itched eer bar fm whir which it bad alway been the mat t conspicuous part imm was qua ger clouded it was indeed IS as if a veil sell t f vapor had been drawn draw over it it reined seined to cover her bar like I a long bridal veil sell giving her the aspect of if a ah ludd fi fim figure m dust dadles did not stay to watch that meeting creating neither did clonts they started fueled at full speed toward almela rd who already bi b having i a I 1 launched chad lit his mo me foment upon pon th the waves eves me waa holding out his bis head band to lit ida bb abe hesitated and drew draw back they were only fifty paces away and torn between her pledge IDA the desire to see a donald D to for one last moment on an earth the girl tend stood waiting donald alone with fth the queen looked I 1 into iier her far face and ad we was aware ie of noth mith ing in eise she raised her anni slowly sha he threw oft the drape draperies rh es of clinging mit mist that covered her has beail she stretched her am anna out toward him she tell fell up upon her li lise knees se her face was visible now and don aid it was awnee of a startling charge change in ia it the beauty that had dazzled him wa was s gone A milky pallor spread 1 ing a of along 9 the veins and arteries suffused the flesh the same earne change was me passing over her that hid passed over the dying monster in ID the house in baltimore the with horror donald realized that she was wai avig dvong she bhe cro crouched tallied at his feet feel he red redd raised d her ey eyes 5 to his once more in that mute y yearning selling and her fice face was that ot of an 11 aged woman for I a few seconds longer loneer the eye in looked I 1 nta into donald a th ibm without closing they seemed to glaze glass A film passed over them and ad with a shudder budder the queen fell at his feet demill dead I 1 fosha she had ad riven given her life in 11 payment t for her disobedience to the racial metal law it Is by such disobedience that the race avoles let into something litcher the than it itier by such it man roe a fr from his hii apelike ancestry by such borne a day any wm wara A and no all pronga aill muse cease donald tor tore the mat coat from his shoulders and covered the body of the aged woman thing before him CHAPTER Mac Beard funds finds Ws destiny he gazed at it at still I 1 hypnotized d b he wits was trying to light fight his lit way back into so for far a few to out cherf he did not net know knew where be was waa or OP what was less happening then gradually he be began to be aware of his h I 1 amr surroundings dings ile he saw ady t the h e body at at h his Is feet and the high cliffs bout about him and 1 in toe the distance he aw w clouts clonts and davies running toward the motorboat ida 11 stood watching donald she was I 1 I 1 still hesitating Mic Beard had bad found that he be could start his bis engine the his head hand we waa on am hers bars davies and ad clonts were fifty anees away comel come said 31 britian the girl shuddered and suddenly the she leaped into the boat Mac Beard threw himself against the gunwale and ruffled pushed it into deep water lie he starting sprang aboard he was twenty paces from the shore when his pursuers arrived it at the witter water line davies whipped out his revolver Ma Mac Beard elleard crouched behind ida and raised her body before film in for a shield the girl knew fenew nothing of maneuver er tor for she had fainted surrender you blackguard shouted davies bainee 1 same with passion macbird Mac Beird Berd trembling cowered behind the girl alth his liand land stretched bhul c a out behind her he gold guided it the I 1 title little t craft th the distance was waa in increasing c re a I 1 davies let his result revolver ver hand f fall 11 he it knew that nt at that ell idiom distance it we was I 1 im possible to in hit mattis Macli aid eard r with say any certainty and he could not a t run the r isk of shooting id ida impat impetuously ll 11 bously he plunged into the water waa A at t first his desperate strokes seemed almost to carry him as fast as the mOtor motorboat bOaL but soon this 11 was soun shown to he be deluyne the the distance t X was increasing every instant davies dadles lung clung to a ledge ot of rock mck and panted for breath ile he shook his free list fist it at birb Mac Beard rd who laughed scornfully and lie he had seen the settle beneath the waves wave and knew that by no possible chance could donfild catch lif him on he turned to ida who sho was just op opening in g hr eyes he took her hand it lay limp and cold call in his own ho DO saw her shudder and a diabolical tury fury ote overcame reame him hat III he tot baruk 1 her across acres the face with his open hand bond C TO ro BG CONTINUED |