Show W jk ahe T he deep deed sea peril by BD VICTOR ROUSSEAU a THE IS INVADED BY THE WEIRD MONSTERS AND PAGET HAS A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE TO SAVE HIMSELF AND IDA THE OTHERS ARE DEVOURED haval 21 2 1 lieutenant donald paget just given give 1 command of a submarine b meets at washington an old friend and distinguished though Eom member eccentric scientist captain most ma atterman most Maste has just returned from nn an exploring expedition bringing with him a member ot of M the strange ram race the existence a ot f wh whose a species he asserts assents mo menaces naces the human family A at t the club theT the march hares 0 Man masterman terman explains h his to paget the recital la 19 interrupted by the arshal ot of a lifelong g enemy ot of masterman ira bo and ad the former I 1 tb seisei seised with a fatal paralytic stroke strake from Maa Mast eromm body paget secures documents hearing bearing upon the discovery and proceeds to the it leoine of the scientist paget proceeds to sea on his submarine the and a G german na cruiser ile he banha a the enemy beauty which had destroyed the B beohla at on MI which ida kennedy his fiancee we waa ft pa pas benger a the g girl escapes in a small email boat boal he restates her but finds find himself unable double to take the aliff to tha submarine eubron rine because of bil invisible lible forces CHAPTER V VI 7 the siege of th the a submarine ito positive tiie it its is the water vater sir mid davics daries wave we ve tried running leading culture submerged r ged and the electric engines won men t t anre her say any fast faster the lhnn the petrol patrol me its like running a R loco loce motive on greasy rills rails its plankton tn answered donald marine ori organisms menan you low know he be we was is standing beside davies davie 1 in the count conning g favor tow cr ida do had been bec taken below and placed in conald s cabin she had been hardly conscious since her rescue she was as too numbed from exposure to realize what had occurred and she had bad fallen asleep at ar fair lold win adich wa iras an ania cavernous rock cook donald donaldl ex ei feted to find end the oil ship from winch which his bis stores mem n ere to be replenished then he be was BBS to patrol the northern area of the north sea am with the aid of toe the airplane e A stock block of supplies in the shape ol of food vas moo also expected at the islan island but now donald was wondering whether it was not hla his duty autv to return to the mainland to report the it destruction es pres of the its memy enemy cruiser of course 0 the Of ficere of the riving corps who he wout would 1 it bill with the airplane could nn an adert dermake 0 ke this duty but then there them was ida and there was USA the swarin or ot of devil men that had appeared appealed how could he tell the navy depart mind ment of this without being relieved of his command but now how could he be fall to t tell all th them in D donald id looked sil keenly at davie dabica ile be was wag a nice lit little t Is chap disciplined cleo clean u alert the beau bean ideal of a n naval I 1 officer in embryo what V hat he liked best about the little middy was his resola tion thin he knew that device would hesitate to take responsibility mho whenever neier he thought his duty required a prompt decision donald could have no ne better moo conn d ant and he needed one me US aa sorely scroll BS AS laiterman Ma iterman had bad time done davies he said mid I 1 IS m going to tell you something 9 its not net the engines hut but it not altogether the water el ei ther the plankton stop US ua and it ita too hue fine to clog the machin cry something is if trying to pub us AS back da vies I 1 I 1 beg your pardon sira sir 1 I was warned ad bout about it before I 1 let left t new york continued donald what int I 1 m going to tell you will mill ad I 1 incredible l bu but t it happens app to be true you know davies our me an man were marme arms cicro Ct creatures Cro 1 I 1 thought they war were beys monkeys sir at leastle least la a long time ago long date before the trev were youn monkeys kays davies at least they first lived ta 1 the sea am and ana we became monkeys monkey afterward and then than men r T yes 1 belr I I 1 vas a going to say my that the electric engines show how big signs of developing ve on one moment dim please C device there s another seem of deep men coining to overrun the earth ill e told we se y youe le heard casad ol 01 1 m Mab as t the marine explorer rl he told me he lied it seen sam the them no felt them I 1 before he died I 1 felt them to it dav they attacked and upset us F lease me sir said davies but gouni wouldn t you like to lie a down I 1 ran can take the to the island sir and wu cou call you when we at are at anchor chr alea please ff listen stan to me dallas they are 1 invisible those rimu monsters oil all except cep the eyes look lack like currants currant when they die the pe parts its of the body harder harden producing a milky 0 opacity P rit f abey hey I 1 loolu it the then arm thing thine 11 like its but hairless r 1 monsters ster and they re trying to stop step the submarine from making fair island just as they tried to draw the boat there them they Us he broke oil off nonplus ed by the pont polite respectful tre stare do don old aid bad ad meter not imagined that the story would sound round BO a grotesque lie he hardly bUlei eil a now that be could waka make da alea IT realize bills its truth hew ba 1 I in sorry to he hear nhoun them air said mid dabica D ad what do you wish me to do dol keep the batches dosed closed said don ad laid it we are taking a risk not sub BUD errig err AXi mg but we ve have got to make its fair stand if they get board aboard tt it wil win be a tight fight to tha the death happily ipuy it I 1 t hard bard to kill them only we cant see the them they are quite 1 invisible remember I 1 hilled two ot them athern better serve out I cutlasses cut tl lasses e 1 we won mon t stand it la for any A nonsense from them sir answered the middy excuse me sir while I 1 can call clout clonts clouts a to take the loskot loo Lout no he moved to toward tod d the eri entrance 1 in ft few cuts so sam C bouts clouts came to he H a saluted sainted but instead of taking his post past at the observes ob observation lie ports port he remained standing I 1 in trout treat ot f donald D lit won t you like to lie ile down below 10 a sir air he asked tt h bats ts thit demanded donald what do you mean CI Cl clonts clouts outs is excuse me sir I 1 but I 1 think a rest mat ao you good said eaid the sailor rather get to your post said eaid donald sharply but really sir sio 1 Is this insubordination lakub ordination clouts clonts Cl outs no sir air but U would be best for you to rest sir or persisted isted clout davies reappeared at the door lies hes quite right sir he said mid he a acting under order my orders ordera you read need to rest for a while donald suddenly beg began to under do stood stand davits do you imagine that I 1 am crazy crazym he be cried why that a what they told Ma masterman steman 1 I think sir you yon ought might to rest 0 said lit l davied meanwhile I 1 am assum ing command ril have you court marti aled da vies cried donald angrily III face that sir returned the little middy you see sir all it amounts to this I 1 have only spoken to cleats so far it would be better to lie down quietly than to have the rest of the in men know knew about this it would be very prejudicial to discipline sir and lu in the morning when you feel differ ent eat I 1 shall dealt resign the command to you aln donald beg began to realize aim the corpas sivility sibl lity of C convincing judon device the middy mild evidently antly believed that lit his ex ege kosure lu in the boat had turned his brain it was useless to attempt to urge argue ot of course me he be ought might never to he have spoken spoke beat about the monsters but ant they bad ad been BO an real so BO recent ebent la in his rian mind HC H however C davies Da you may take command until morning said donald amid only remember my warning about the hatches ile he turned tord toward the it door device saluted him sam clouts clonts accompanied him to his bin cabin cabalu below belim we put pat the lady in here sir he sold said Pan pausing bi in front of the due door quite quit right answered D donald 1 you way may sling me t s hammock in ill the off lre in mera 1 I ve done lt it sir air clouts clonts answered A moment later donald found himself a prisoner on board his big own ship for far on making his exit it clout clonts had locked the door dom the action was done with dispatch and ad the ley key was turned almost noiselessly hut but donald had leard heard it lie he got get flat into his hammock and tried to in lormice compose his hia mind but he be dig discovered that the aba events ento ot of the day bad shaken him more than he be had bad I 1 imag mug load ined those awful memories r recurred rd d to him against his vo volition lither worst of f oil nil IRA baa the know knowledge lede the that precious ULM time was passing while aels he be wear was a pria pris oner or and he recollected that the monstrous horde hard surrounding the sub bob marine no doubt had bad fil dr dilcom discovered that ram men were meet food ff it davies took on off the hatches perhaps he had already 1 1 due dune so his he mind became abs obsessed ed by the threatened danger he bar sprang from in his hammock trembling he ng he tried to pen open the door 13 he set at his shoulder should 19 1 tit it outside he beard the reedy notes toof a mouth month organ clim aud ad sum sam clatts clouts suddenly stood load before him donald had an impulse to appeal to I 1 th the e man but at on ome he be saw its III to lu I 1 1 ity tell mr devil daliea that he Is on po see account 1 to take oft off if the but hutches C ile he said he bani giants saluted related him and ad caludy calmly locked the door deal again outside the strains ot of the mouth A argau wen heard once more mom RA evidently dently clout we was under sands instruct instructions to 1 remain I at af his post poor donald aid went back to lit hla hammock he A shrugged lit hla should shoulders at the in fu r why of it nil 11 his fita he bad dona all 11 that he be could it do and ime now a sms sense of complete fatigue begat to overcome him do be could not king kf his tired limit eyelids escudo part apart slowly struggling desperately against the ImPer imperative stive need load of loop he fell himself floating away I 1 he did not at imm how long he slept but it seemed a few minutes 0 only 1 y when ahan erles pierced through the m mists ls m of unconsciousness as 1 in A an instant he was as upon his feet groping in intense dark daftness he could not at discern from what part of the boat the omen ominous cess sounds proe proceeded the whole interior of the was like a sounding bounding board the eries cries appeared to proceed from every part of her donald had bad never heard such mill save eave once a and d th then Z they came I 1 from co animal throats thoa in that wall waa when his revenue cutter had surprised a bond band of pirates at their bloody work mark on the seal is islands larah he ha he heard rd ida 0 cry out oat in hla his cabin ry answer ire he cried to her in answer and leap ing back he plunged with all his might against the panel and again and yet again until the woodwork splints splintered ad the cry burst forth again it drowning the sounds rwanda of the oaths mine and scuffling scuffing fling it was a cry of a a woman in wust mortal I 1 fee tear donald drove the bolln pit bared timbers before him through the hole in the wall he found the girl where here she he toy lay be beside ida his berth he go raised her 1 in hta his arms and felt one of at the blubbery flippers on his hand that light fight I 1 in the little latti a r room was US S always b I a nightmare man remembrance am the yielding body offered donald no purchase and the monster fought in silence I 1 apparently incapable of artick aaion and he stinging fit flippers PC sucked d the blood from bis face and hands ind and as he be pried them away the flesh r ose into welts wells beneath them thet they swayed u and ad struggled and throng h t the 1 a inky darkness a donald could hear bear the sound bound of similar ru b battles I 1 the he curses comes of men their agonizing go ties cria the thudding falls of hea vy bodies B but A t donald could not love lose wi with th lit idas I 1 ite IS at stake th the monster easier s on struggles gales M new w feebler donald flung flang it from ive come to die with Y youl 1 him and aad heard it shuffle out of the room mom and into the darkness ot of the passage then he knew that fear ruled a moul among it these sea beasts beat as upon p onto land n if suddenly davis dadles burst into bitu the cabin paget ive come to you he cried hysterically you spoke the truth sir and I 1 thought you yen were mail mad I 1 I 1 oared opened the hit hatches teho and ad they re a all ov over the ship sir I 1 I 1 I 1 ive ve come to die with you At another iOther man 8 ran me panting 9 up to them it seemed d strange aft afterward almen when donald recalled it how the three seemed to be aware of each other a presence 1 in the little cabin it waa sam clonts clouts 10 to they got us sir I 1 lie he cried 1 I fought to the end but the rest are am in the sea se and I 1 im in the only one lettl left I 1 I 1 ive ve locked the entrance tr to th aba conning og tower but it 8 only a inca question of minutes sir air I 1 D donald lit could he bear the tran monsters deters straining at the door ile he felt sum that the steel plat plating 9 thin as a it me wat would yield not net to the sudden er eier clae of no any y muscular color form force but at to t the tille silent ct steady pressure ot of the heavy bodies the door creaked and groaned under order the impact lot into the he torpedo room I 1 gasped donald A trough the escape h batch teh 1 we must most ax sae miss kennedy he added it adde he snatched ched up 1 ida I and ad in began groping toward the metallic sheathing which admitted air front from above be laut into the torpedo room 1 I think I 1 ca can get the tube apart sit sir clout d it seemed an eternity before donald heard a section of the metal plate rattle cuttle t up upon toe the floor wc 11 have to jump sir clout clonta panted in go down first and ad catch you yon pass pam along the lady wh when you hear ear we me quill th the VI vilt hain aln I 1 MR Mac sea Beard rd p possessed of the dead Mita masterman ineve papers paper sets out for the abode of the vad unknown mour creatures creat off the shetland islands HIS hie purpose 1 sadly deadly B t |