Show the ahe deep cep sea peril BB VICTOR ROUSSEAU 1 i IM colmo M CHAPTER VII Continued C a the ursain had 8 spent P eat weeks week on the wand inland he had put all the results of at his to into his hia letter to bonald D aid Us he described elaborately the structure of the monsters tracing the modifications 8 of the gills air bladders a and ad flippers flipper latov he told donald the secret of nr controlling cared ing them and this we was so bring that Mac Beard almost doubt ed it U unfortunately at feet rely two pages were mibs to log g and thew these contained part of the instructions for or keeping the mor monsters lo 10 abjection and what alarmed 51 elleard the mandiR manuscript ended called with the it statement that the irruption was not at likely to prove of pc permanent st 1 in jury to humanity because H however kilell d cared little e for to it tills is in n his joy jay hla his tir dream to took a L definite shape at last rushing late int the concrete with a violence that sen at it him Wt weetsy into an etsY he saw the ma M f the future tile the superman who was wa already at hand irresistible b by y re reason f his numbers strength and cunning and A d he be saw himself the ruler of a now new world which had never CC heard ot of the eighth co commandment dt next mo morning ang he be left baltimore in me bis motorboat it wid was c constructed reacted so a a S t to a h be a pre practically finally unsinkable and he I 1 laid stored it with provisions provision gaso 9 line and Justra instrument menh si lie ho had several weeks books supplies on bould blaid he was de pendent on go no one a I 1 he start started it northward at once P passed assed within a few miles of the upon va his cou course and ad r reached bd fair idland ff hen he lat feet foot upon its dick nicka v lonely hourly shores he be knew that at last his time had bad come his revenge upon va the me raca was wa caplow ripening 9 and ad he be al to exercise it to the fall i his next first act was to explore the mond inland ile he d discovered onerea with his plum mets that Miter M te r man maii had been correct in tracing tu the prolongation of the south i ill spur wr of the continental shelf il he discovered cism red that air island was the IN peak oll of a subterranean rangi range ascend tog biml ply from a great depth at a i distance it t tance of about three these hand hundred it feet fact ben beneath e ath the surface the there w was a sort of cup cap or 1 cru crater I 1 in the mountain teeming SI alta ill unknown forms of sui sub marine life lanane he fondd unit the stores which had been left by the oil ship but there them was no sign of if flay y airplane H however we or lal nce M Mac Beard it cg d did it I 1 it not at know that one a was to have h bee been sent at he be did not it expect to old find one are st stocking k tog a care with provisions he made ade himself III I 1 self at home there and it at muce set out to investigate the pros pres ence ot of mallerman Mas MAin lerman ermano s monsters store CHAPTER vill VIII donalds donald diving party D donald id toot took a match from fee his bill arhe box boi and struck it the water had not act p it bar into fit flame a he looked at his watch a and it saw that it was half past eight 1921 it must be growing above bar he ne said to davies dav ea I 1 urn S sare a that lo 10 th t the beasts are go gone e I 1 ill think in III go up 0 aid it G see whether I 1 can a start atari the in en gines gine 11 let on roe go sir air eald aid the middy you iou will remain here bom in charge hg said ald donald give me a you bu babli clouts clonts hots hoisting ing himself upon the shoulders 1 of f the sailor donald clambered up the pipe and re reached abed the ibe passage sg boom above 1 here was a stench of fishy P bodies but t he be no was ceitaw that th the monsters were bu r tone gone he ascend ascended it the ladder into the con can ill nang g to bovier or and ad their threw u off the hatch batch ansta instantly a gust of fresh air or driving in made in ads him reel dizzily y he realized r d tila thit bd that he had bad been breathing 1 the h de plated vitiated stow atmosphere phere it of the tor ter room mom all nigh falte he waited till he had bad recovered then he unfastened the door and clam listed 0 out ut upon pa the deck which lay al most level with the surface ot of the ocean lie he f found it that the 1755 was waa strand oil ed upon dian a bh bli ol 01 cUIne ing beach that extend ed from the fair island talks rocks tile tide w was as rising and ad they would old boon b be afloat f A an inuos immense S station elation filled his hia coart as lie he realized realised reali reat sed icil that the he nor rats of the night were past from the electric engines he went vout to in the potent petrol these appeared apple are to b be e in good order th the oil 11 fuel feel was low but there seemed to be a sum earn olney to take the to lerwick without the necessity t y ot of delaying in order to searcha rh tor for a deposit on an the bland the run would be of fa a few hours boom only aly and ad D donald id atas I 1 anxious iq not bot to dilay dclay device davies and he and loure could manage the boat during the held brief Jo journey triley and there would be to no need ot of the electric GC eni G enines C gince iio danger was ms apan bended might necessitate their submerging during his journey about the boat is he e con convinced on himself that the milar N had ad been dragged overboard this win wai more mom ful tor far the surl survivors var thom there was VM not a trace fears ot of any at 0 the ble atoo atno beneo nad it died donald old went back to the torpedo yoom I 1 escape abw a hatch halica xou xa co cau all come up he called I 1 the coasts coast s clur cl ir and ad the sun la shin ine mr th the people below d no second invitation one ona by ono they came babil B scrambling abil g out al clows bud and davies davee helping ida between th them in she seemed bewildered by the do day y and advanced unsteadily toward donald what hat was it dear she he naked asked 1 I dont know whether I 1 have be b been do dell e rious since line my rescue bu but I 1 bow thought g bt the most dreadful thing lw bad nap lisp bened tell me truly 1 donald idl I 1 it I 1 la not at necessary dear he an we all shall 11 be in lerwick t this hw afternoon and you need never th nit about yesterday oil all your life you ton need not tell me of course she answered but I 1 thought sona some sea so boasts beasts something unknown before fling halt half human hamou attacked us oa in the boat boad and lifter afterward rd the sellers here she saw by his face that she be be had it guessed gaud corre correctly Y drigin ll 11 and invisible donald transparent Trani parent dear nothing that we e mount cannot cope cape with pow now that wo we lave have taken take measures against last surprise and nd they have gone now 11 1 I am not it afraid of them th cm if you ire are with me donald she he answered lIn stepping out be bravely ay beside him i donald turned to the middy Dall dallas vies ls he said I 1 am going to try to make the tha ru run to lerwick at I 1 ace I 1 think that it will be best beat for far miss as kennedy to remain rearms in 1 the con on t tower where she will be babe t will run con the engines and ad you yen I 1 stocking stacking a cave with provision Provis rona me he made H himself f at no home there them will all take up your post at the diving to look after the vertical rud roil ers we are avash now and shall lave to rise a little more are aye aye sir said clouts clonts hurry burry ng off toward the petrol petrel engines do you know da device vies said don ild tit a as they remained together tor for a or two I 1 he have a theory about hose boasts beasts what sir inquired tile the middy well I 1 remember that yesterday they hey seemed to attack us more sav sai guly when the sun went down or at least east who when the tog fog made do the air oh b and last night there was a noon moon it occurs occur to in me a t that h at IN possibly they hey cont can t bear light of course that rould aid be Ini natural tural and left us beat the it time the moon r rose re e so it if they hey are nocturnal in their habits battle that account tor fee ou our immunity now t I 1 a am DO right we are l learning wa their it fast 1 you I r re a right air replied the middy with C conviction oaly we 11 have hava some soma information to early arry back the then do daves besides a teare 1 and it looks as aa if humanity want have to light fight so very hard t to ive itself I 1 bog beg your pardon you ere e going to say something I 1 was thinking sir air that they seemed to go when he the whistle blew Is what whistle davied Da vieb that one ile note te that sounded like 1 I co can t mat remember bor what it was a like but I 1 I 1 know now I 1 ve heard a fecund ilk like that tha t before a only illy much softer so ho he have L I 1 N answered rod donald mus ing ng vi til get to your post davies balse be her a trifle ill then lock lack the rud end der and come in into a the conning tower to take care at 0 MI miss benu d he eta returned to the girl get MISS kennedy I 1 don t think you u have met lieutenant esat davies he be eald aid formally now doties davies III go and help cleats with the engines 9 1 don t be alarmed t to be be alone for or a minute or two ida the middy saluted and ad went to his post at the diving station lot I 1 already the he was throbbing with the bibra it ion of the engines and ad I 1 ohp bound it was the lie most gratt grateful ful that th thear air eama ears could wid have lave imagined don out t open earn the a doors 0 laid aid do don old aid kissing killing ida hastily he be we was off IT a and u it ahe a idel girt remained alone 1 within the tower of steel S ache be glanced boat about her he 1 in dismay it felt like ilk a told steel prison she felt the floor quivering and then than it began to dip the sea splashed the obbera observation lie port quickly the green gram that followed gave place to ida slipped a a on I 1 the aph tipping floor or donald ran lp in she heard board him calling to her through the darkness and felt his arms a a grope re PC tor or her 1 I its t a all right dear he said bald hose bai tit Y davies danlea he haa probably got get to tangled g ed up with the diving ving tr rudders it a 8 a bistoff di bit bI stiff for far him blin to handle beadle alone it do coant an t m mean ea u an nat thing hl n g p particular rt icci ar but ut ld ida a c could m read a d t the e f fear r in his bi voice and ad she h knew that olt it meant at a ev grything ery thing the diving apparatus bad 1 ID facts net pointed jammed when the ground around ed it upon pa tile the beach suit and the rudder bad b become me twisted undo under r davies da vies hands it t had bad been released and bad worked in tin the wrong rang direction with wath her bow pointing downward at t an angla afi ot of 30 degrees the F 55 sank I 1 it until her nose dug into the oa 06 ooze leet feet be beneath cath the surface lot into t the be cup shaped wate crater of the submarine pr peak k 1 he hen slowly 17 aly settling under the weight of t the he wa water ter the th a stern stem tol for inid r lowed and I 1 toe B little ittle craft remained mae submerged I 1 on the seabed abod darkness covered commit her the i inmates te felt their eardrums throb ON under or the pressure presents at the first best indication 1 of danger clouts clonts had contrived cont to shut off the pet petrol engines that 11 alone a p prevented acted wa an explosion who when th the sea rallied through the eft aft escape P b hatch tell fortunately the after art part of the jh ship remained above the surface err for far a few moments after the bow wool went an under der and ad only a co couple rul of if sweeping i so sens came in short us as the period of hosid respite t was waa it enabled donald and clant clonts to ir grasp p the hatch batch and ad replace it ft they fought ta in a deluge of water that wept swept th them from their feet and dashed them half stunned against the walli wall of the engine room but they got the th a hatch batch into place claw cm came I 1 in and ad presently davies I 1 joined them the he be began to stammer or brokenly but donald III laid his big hand to in kindly fashion on go the led lad s shoulder en you yon are not to blame blam davies be said aid it was my own mon fault for try vy ing to you run the old boat beat instead of putting you yen all chore no doubt the vertical rudder redder blades are am bent beat and ad fouled ran led the rocks now we ve got g a t to think and harder than we have a ever thought before we am all I 1 a going to draw drown n like rats in i traps sir said bald sam heartily not tf if I 1 know it a donald returned now first it ism t possible to adjust the rudder milder and we can I 1 is rise without it self evident 1 I ze think it we or are comparatively safe for a some time to come because we have lust just taken on a supply of natural air ind and we it haven even I 1 opened the air I 1 alk itte yet but of course it meana only wo two days SO ate it if I 1 might say so sir sold said cleats it means that we most put ant on the diving suits yure you re right answered donald we arent 1 in a ho hopeless ludes position lim IN by y any means meana if we manage to keep our head leads miss MI kennedy well got get you yen out cut of here in a jiffy if you yet don t mind getting your teet feet wet you n see he continued 1 in it tion fact fortunately 1 1 acl very fortunately alfor colel or as we h have a v a the new siebert dav v ing apparatus aboard which was aa to atza have been used ed for a special purpose in conne hon wt with ill our work for fol th government one moment dal sir said davies have you yon a match D donald tit handed banded him one due of the few th hat at real remained owed davies da v lea struck stench I 1 it looked at the depth meter and whistled ed expressively two tom hundred and eighty feet sir air be said in a low tone yes that we was all about cut what I 1 lot imag a 1 ined ed I 1 replied donald it is ab about t as N much uch as tile the old would stand with wt out buckling 1 I but to tao hundred I 1 is the extreme limit of deep sea diving sr davies protested the rhe siebert apparatus is especially devised for going deeper than that returned donald la in tact fact siebert himself went out do down to six hundred though he be was all in when he earn came up you see dalles dalea the new falter in the bobart dress d S la 1 that it has a emolen campen so sating ing pre pressure re I 1 didat t specialize on it but I 1 understood understand it 1 is a sort of internal oxygen asi gen arrangement corn P pressed ged which partly neut I 1 ralles the pressure outside ida it he has I 1 enough h compressed pressed onen to I lait it t six hours tto BE c CONTINUED |