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The Deep Sea Peril hbSSI By VICTOR ROUSSEAU ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE HIS SWEETHEART, PAGET EN COUNTERS A NOISOME HORDE. Naval Lieutenant Donald Paget, Just given cominnnd of a submarine, meets Mt Washington un old friend and distinguished though nomewhat eccentric scientist, Captaln'Mastennan. Masterman has Just returned from mi exploring expedition, bringing with lilin a member of the strange rune, the existence of whose species, he asserts, menaces the Human family. At the club, the "March Hares," Mnstermnn ex plains his theory to Paget. The recital Is Interrupted by the arrival of a lifelong enemy of Masterman, Ira Macßeard, and the former Is seized with a futal paralytic stroke. From Masterinan's body Paget secures documents bearing upon the discovery aad proceeds to the home of the scientist. Paget proceeds to sea on his submarine, the K. r >s. and encounters a German cruiser. He sinks the enemy, which had destroyed the Beotla, on which Ida Kennedy, his fiancee, was a paa- Benger. The girl escapes In u small boat. CHAPTER V. —6— The Sea of Jelly. He sunk Ilk.- a stone. No glimpse of IIIDI could be had. No rescue wus pos sible. Donald clung to the edge of the IKIHI and scrambled In. lie saw the amazed recognition flume out on Ida's face. 11.- knew linn that she loved him, and his Impulse to seize her In his arms was almost ungovernable. Hut ut the same Instant, looking past her Into the sea, be experienced the same Illusion that bud beset hi in within the house In llnltlmore, and •gain outside It —that of a woman s uilsty form outlined upon the water! IKmald made a cup of his bunds. "Davles, tling out u rope 1" he bawled. Hut the submatlue was some dis tance away, and In a moment a wall of fog came flown, blotting her out. Ida Kennedy watched Donald with approval. She bud always liked him; shaken as she was now, his advent aeeined the work of l'rovldenee. She had questioned her heart before she nulled, for she had known that her future was of her own choosing, whether It was to be spent with him Donald continued to call loudly, but the Kf>s was drifting In the mist and quite Invisible. II was In fear of this sudden happening that Donald had told Da Vies to make f>r Fair Inland if he could not g« t a rope to the boat. Iair Island, less than six miles awiiy, was the secret rendezvous whttre the oil-ship and biplane were to hwalt tlie I'TIS, t'he former to re plenish her fuel supply, the latter to accompany her back to the mother ship. Donald picked up a pair of oars from the bottom, lie realized that he would have to pull toward Fair Island alone as soon as he got an. luklUtg -of Its direction, with the chance of being picked up by the submarine wlieu the fog cleared. Hut It was approaching sundown, and the probabilities of their spending the night In the boat seemed strong. lie sat with the oars In the row locks. As he allowed one to drift through the water he discovered, to his surprise, that It was apparently plunged Into a mass of some Jellylike substance. He dipped his hand Into It and scooped sonic of It up. The water was apparently curdled? like thickened milk, and on both sides of the boat, which rolled In it heavily and high In the viscous medium. As he withdrew the oar Donald had the sensation of pulling It from be tween the clinging a child. He looked down. It occurred to him that he might huve got the blade en tangled In some marine growth; but the water was clear, almost bluck, and of the same strange, Jellylike consist- ency everywhere. Then, to his aumzeiuent, he realized that the boat was moving! It was not like the pull of a tow line, which is a sequence of crescendo and diminuendo, of starts and Jerks, as the rope grows tight and slack al ternately. It wus u constant Impulse. It was an intelligent Impulse. It wus beginning to grow dark, and to row seemed useless until the fog dispersed. It was Impossible to gauge the direction. Resides, to pull against that force would have been arduous, and to pull with It might have led to un»x|K>cted dllllcultles. Donald backed water In experiment. Instantly he felt the force Increase. It WHS an effortless, persistent push, stronger than his own powers, und Donald realized that he could not re sist It. Suddenly he felt a stinging sensa *tlon on the back of his hand. He palled In the oar. Five small, red ■pot* had sprung out on his wrist, and the flesh seemed to have beeu cupped. Dooald clapped his other hand down on It, and encountered something clammy and cool, which seemed to •Up away. It was like the flipper of a little teal, or, again, like the hand of aefcllc or monkey. At Ibe same instant Ida screamed. Donal* I saw that she seemed to be •tragi! tag with some Invisible advpr mry. The boat waa tipping danger KM>/ Donald flung his weight over, and he heard the thud of a soft body against the bottom. The thing—whatever It was— was In the boat! * Donald leaped forward and clasped Ida about the waist. She writhed In the clutch of the mounter, and there WBH a look of Intense horror upon her face. She seemed to be lifted bodily toward the water. Donald felt the slippery Angers of theWnvlslble being elude his grasp. Ills hands moved up and down over a smooth, blubbery body. And then he knew what It was. It was such a creature as he had seen In the glass tank In Masterinan's house, but larger and more powerful. And, glaring Into his eyes, were the two eyes, seemingly poised In the air, two pupils of the size of currants, and animated by a diabolical Intelligence. The sun dipped dwwn, and in an in stant the fog, only partly dispersed, closed In again. And as Donald watched, he saw the pupils slowly di late In the dim light until they be came as large as saucers. Then, regaining courage, he dashed his (Ist Into the monster's face, and the struggle begun. He felt the Im pact of his knuckles on flesh, and It gave him new heart. At least he was tight lug a thing of flesh uml blood, and not a demon. Ida lay swooning across the sent, where the monster had dropped her ns It turned to face Its new adversary. And In the ro king hont Donald fought Tor his own life and that of the K' he loved. For the llrst time he understood that Mastermnn's story was not the dreuin of a disordered brain, hut the experi ence of one who hud striven to wurn a skeptical world. And afterward he understood why the boat had spun so dizzily long after the vortex created by the sinking of the Heotla had subsided. Even then (lie swarm of mousters must huve dis covered their prey. Perhaps It wus the plankton in the water, the Jelly like Infusion on which they fed, that had brought them there; perhaps the presence of drowning men. Perhaps they had brought the plankton with them, equipped for some dreadful Journey. Donald tried to lock his arms about the slimy thing, but he could get no 11 rm grasp of It. And each touch of the (Uppers drew the blood to the sur face of his skin by suction, bringing out rows of reddening spots that stung, lie was lighting a devil tlsh with the Intelligence of a man, armed with Invisibility, creating overwhelm ing horror by Its presence alone. He felt his strength falling him. He was drugged toward the edge of the rocking boat. He stumbled and fell. He felt him self held fust; he felt his ribs were compressed In u stinging vise. Hut ns he fell his hand grasped one of the ours. Donald snatched it up and, with a last effort of desperation, freed himself for an Instant. He raised the oar and sent the sharp edge of the blade crashing forward. lie heard the Round as of a torn bal loon. The squirming flippers uncoiled. I The boat tipped to the edge and right ed Itself, A splash followed. Donald sunk dowp upon the seat. Then gradually a milky cloud began to diffuse itself upon the face of the waters, till it acquired the shape of a dwarflike body, supine upon the waves, with the short limbs, terminat ing In the webbed bands, budding at obtuse angles to the trunk. Doftakl sprang toward Ida, to shield her from the sight of It. He that If she awoke and looked she would go mad. But she lay uncon scious across the seat and did not stir. The boat stopped. There was a con fused splashing In the water. The dead sea-beast was rent asunder uuder Donald's horrified eyes; torn limb from limb by that abominable swarm. A,mottled, pinkish lch«r spread itself upon the face of the sea. Donald plunged in his oars and be gnn to pull with all his might, driving the heavy bout through the water. The plankton gave place to Mean ocean again. TIMJ sun had set, und It was growing with the fall of night a gentle vfjnd came up thut beguu to dis gjtyute the fog. 1 THE ENTERPRISE. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA Tfi ough tbt fir.fting mi»t wraiths appeared a Jutting cape that reared itself toward the spangled clouds Donald pulled for an hour. Then he fell forward over his oara. He was incapable of another stroke, bat he believed that he had left the sea devils behind. lie cant his eyes along the horizon. There was no sign of the F86.. Ho turned toward Ida. AM he bent over her her eyea opened. She looked at hlin intently and etched. The horrors of that day seemed tem porarily to have benumbed her mind and robbed her of memory. And Don ald did what he had never dared to do before. He raised her In hla arms and kissed her. "I love you dear," he said. "If we come out of t'-li —as we shall —I want you always. V.-i you have me, Ida?" She raised net "Jps to his for answer. And In the happiness of that mo ment, whlfeb atoned for all that they had endured. Donald perceived that the boat had begun to move again The respite had been of brief duration. Incredibly pertinacious, and cruel beyond belief, the monsters had once more taken up the chase. But In the unhuman forms were minds as shrewd as his, organizing them for one su preme purpose, the elemental one of food. They were swimming beside the bout. Donald could see the agitated churnlngs of the water. Were they pushing or pulling? Taking the oar In his hand, Donald went to the bow and drove It down Into the sea. But he struck only the Jellylike medium In which the bont was traveling. He went to the stern, stepping over the body of the girl, who had re lapsed Into unconsciousness. This time, as he thrust, there was a scurry among, the wuves, and he felt the yielding, bluhbery form, and the same sensation of a burst bulloon. The boat stopped. Donald thrust out furiously, feeling always the contact with slip pery flesh. The monsters were pushing the bout, not pulling it. And gradually there followed the same stupendous Incarnation Into vis ible being, the shadowy shape that grew and crystallized milky, opalescent body. He heard the school precipitate themselves upon theli prey, and saw It rent and dlsmem bereil before his eyes. Through the Increasing darkness their pupils glared as the monsters Strove together. Donald went back to where Ida lay and placed her In the bottom of tho boat, her head ngalpst a tl.wart. They were moving swiftly. Suddenly the boat began to tilt up ward at the bow. Donald heard the scraping of the flippers against tl-e stern. Then, as If a heavy dog bad scrambled In, the boat tipped high into the air and righted Itself. Another of the monsters had gained entrance. Donald seized the oar and brought It down upon the beast's head. The oar splintered; he heard the cracking of bone, and a splash followed. The edge of the boat ,was dragged bet eath the waves. It filled anil over turned. Donald found himself strug gling to save Ida in. the sea of Jelly that sucked him down. Somehow he caught her and dragged himself to the keel. He shouted, and the brutes scur ried away, leaping and falling with re sounding splashes, like sharks at play. Donald felt Ida's arms seek his neck. She turned to him Instinctively, not ab her rescuer alone, but as her lover. He filled his lungs and shouted. To his amazement he hoard an an swering shout. He strained his eye» through the darkness. Surely that was a human cry I He shouted agalh, and the answer came once more; and there was no longer any doubt. The conning towfr of the K55 came drifting out of the night. She ran awash, with hatches off, and Davlea was standing on the deck among • group of sailors. "Where are yon?" he ahouted. "Here!" I>on«ld cried. "Iteverw engines, Davles! Coming aboard !" The engines stopped and the sub marine grazed the sides of the over turned boat. Donald grasped Ida In his arms and clambered to the deck. And Donald found himself slinking n man's hand as If he were his brother, Instead of merely Sam Clouts, able sea man In the navy, trying to keep his hands from straying toward his mouth organ. /. "We were trying to make Fair Island when we spotted you, sir," said Davles. "I thought we'd pick you up In the morning when the fog fleared. ( It's been hard work making anywhere* There's something the mntter with the sea." "How, Da vies?" "We're only able to make a knot and a half, sir. It Isn't the engines. At least there doesn't seem to be any thing the matter with them. It's as If the sea's—well, turned to jelly, or molasses, sir. Perhaps you noticed It I've never seen anything like It In my experience," eontlnnetl the llttlo middy, whose eiperlence «f the high seas was limited to a coui le of short cruises on a training shi]>, and on* on a transport. "Clap on the hatches an I make full speed for Fair Island," ordered Don ald. The F55 !• invaded by the weird monsters and Pag«t hat • terrible struggle to save him self and Ida. It la described In the next Inetallment. • (TO B£ CONTINUED.) ' m m ■ HELPS- FINE FOR PICKING FLOWERS Ordinance Protecting Yards and Park ings of City Prevents Belfisii and Thoughtless Mischief. Of Cf arse, In the business sections of a city the front parkings are Im practicable and even many a'.iade trees are often not desirable, the attractive ness of the streets depending entirely upon tlie architectural beauties of the buildings and the cleanliness and good repair of house fronts, sidewalks and pavements, but In residence sections the beauty depends as much upon the condition of the surroundings as upon the houses themselves, and especially upon the flower beds and lawns dur ing at least a part of the year. It Is often vei/ annoying and dis couraging to the owner of beautiful (lower beds In the front yards, which Inn* been cultivated to a stale of high perfection by constant care and stren uous efTort, to have their beauty marred or destroyed by mischievous children or covetous adults, who often pluck the flowers and hnonk the plants with seeming Impunity. The children should be taught to find pleasure in looking at the flowers without pluck ing them and an ordinance making It a misdemeanor, punishable by a fln-», to pluck or injuie flowers or plants In the yards or parkings of others, would be very useful, to restrain adults from their selfish and thoughtless mischief and keep thetn from being aggressive enemies of the city beautiful. The back yards, hoA'cvor. protected by fences and gates, are usually safe ground in which the lover of beautiful llowers may employ his tusfe, knowl edge and Judgment and expend his ef forts to produce results that will af ford pleasure to himself and his house hold, as well as to his neighbors. KEEP BEAUTY OF ROADSIDE Some Towns Appreciate the Value of Permitting Flowers and bery to Grow on Highway^. In many a charming countryside the town road-deutroyer with his bush scythe garners the beauty and leaves bleakness, a singularly unkempt re sult of an attempt to clean up. Sometimes it Is the village Improve ment society Itself, meaning well, thnt sends hi in forth, rays the Boston Transcripts More often It Is his Indi vidual sense of responsibility to the office whose salary he Is expected to earn. lie. too, means well, artd would be greatly Indignant If fold that his labors tended to drive prosperity away from his district. Yet such Is* Without do'i.iht the fact.. The summer visitor loves the. country for Its wild tangle, Its unfrntnhieled growth, lfs ho,«ky dells ami Its friendly shrubbery which •rowds Into the road Itself, flaunting dewy fragrance In his face as lie walks. When the day mines thnt he returns und finds In place of these along his accustomed walks dry brush, bare stpbble ami clumsily unkempt cleanliness, Ills soul revolts and on the morrow he seeks fresh woods and pastures new. Seme country towns seem to have n realizing sense of tills purely utilitarian side of the value of roadside beauty. Yhey build good roads, but they take care to leave the roadside growth untrnmmeled thnt those who pass may enjoy it. It Is a business asset* There is more to It, too, than the fact that sentimentalists and nature lovers come to worship this heaift.v. The school children of such a town cro to school along roads lined with ob ject lessons not only In beauty but In natural science, lessons which they lenrti without knowing It anil which re mnln with them all their lives. Landscaping Fundamental*. Every owner of a bit of soil should make a limited study of the art of land scaping so that fundamental mistakes are not made. First, do not plant your spnce all over, as though It were an orchard. Leave. open center for lawn or even a hare »a!l and plant only nhout the-borders ui In varying widths. Never cumber the center with trees or shrubs. Mass the planting by placing many of a kind together; do not space regularly so ench will appear lonely or have an orchard effect. It matters little' If the.v grow together in a mass—nature so dlsjmses them. This effect Is more necessary In shrubs than trees but even trees should Interlace. In a small garden some or even all of formality must be had but In a place of site we need little or none. In the large places we should avoid straight lines. If one will follow these few sim ple rules he cannot go far astray In planning his own garden. Never Too Many Parka. Some things are never , enjoyed In excess. They never breed regrets, says an exchange. Who ever heard of a city that learned, as it grew from youth to maturity, that It had too many parks? Where is the munici pality that Is sorry it has so many pleasure grtninds for the use of Its cltteens? Was there ever a town which j felt that its children enjoyed too much room Jfor"their play, its invalids too many quiet nooks for rest and recuper ation, Its aged and infirm more than sufficient outdoor space for their spe •iul wants? 'CALOMEL WHEN BHJOUS? NO! STOPI ACTS UKE DYNAMITE Oil UVEA 1 '-.. ' ' H ■ ' j I Guarantee *Oodson's Liver Tone* Will Give You the Best Liver and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had—Doesn't Make You Sick! Stop using calomel! It makes you sick. Don't lose a day's work. If you 'feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti pated, listen to me! Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Cslomel, when It comes Into contact with sour bile, crashes Into It, breaking It up This Is when you feel that aw ful nausea and cramping. If you feel "all knocked out," If your liver Is tor pld and bowels constipated or you hive headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour ]ust try a spoonful of harmless Dodßon's Liver Tone. Here'* my guarantee—Qo to any drug store or dealer and get a 60-cent bottle of Dodaon'a Liver Tone Taka a Hie Plsintive Plea. Philadelphia draws the last number in exemption stories. A colored citi zen declared to his hoard chairman: "Boss, Ah ain't got no wife. Ah's only Jest nguged. But knln't Ah go to Jail fo' that?" 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"You are a verb —an adverb—an ad jective—a conjunction—a preposition —an Interjection !" suddenly continued the man. I The nine parts of speech complete ly conquered the old woman, und she dumped herself down In the mud, cry ing with rage.—l.ndles' Home Journal. I' ' An Unreasoning Complainer. "Most unreasonable man I ever met. Kicks because be has to get up in the morning at six o'clock and throw coal Into the furnace." "Pretty hard, 1 say." "Yes! But think of having the coal to throw!" Time unil tide wait for no man. NYU her does any real man wait for time or tide. Prudery Is better than shameless ness. MEALS! DONT BOTHER ijfWL ME- WYS 9o&6y JUST TRY A-i POST V TOASTIES C. BEST CORN FLAKES EVER! spoonfal and If -It doesn't stralghtea you right up and make yon feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. 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