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We Deep Sea Peril VICTOR ROUSSEAU A OOPTmiOOT ST W O CtIAPMAH CHAPTER IX.—Continued. —ll— turned and began skirting the crinold bed. The sea devil had disappeared. The water was like a thin, unstable Jelly. AM they mnde their way along the bottom of the sea, the fleshy lily urms reached out toward them like children's plucking lingers. At last the bed of crlnolds ended. They trod on firmer ground. Their pace became accelerated. He had lost all sense of time. He did not know whether he hud Jour neyed one hour or three. He halted because there seemed n •thing to do. Then he begun to lead the wuy back between the two crinold beds, with the Intention of reaching the clear ground near the entrance to the cavo. There, there might be a chance of picking up Davles and Clouts; or. ut '""feast, It might be possible from there to return to the submarine with Ida to replenish their oxygen reservoirs. These still seemed nmple, but It wan- Impossible. to determine how much oxygen remained. They threaded the mazes of the winding path between the beds, while from either side the fleshy artns stretched out to grapple them. The ! touch of them was like fiery velvet. The suction of*, the branches made them cling, and Donald had to exerelse sll his might to break away. Some times their ankles became entangled and they would stumble. Always the arms h«1 formed a network above their heads before they could regain their feet, and these had to be broken. Under their feet the ooze was white with the skeletons of small fish which the lilies had rejected after devouring : the substance that covered them. At length the crinold beds ended abruptly. They rested on the bottom, seating themselves side Don ald felt confident that he could find the submarine. But the delay was sweet, because the dlsappoln'ment In store for them might prove unbearable. Death or n little life would be the al-i ternatlve, and the difference was hard ly perceptibly raised Ida'a hand to.hls glass j mask and pressed the Augers ngnlnst j It She let her hand fall caressingly upon his shoulders. She rose to her feet, and he followed her. They looked Into each other's eyes, and, though they could rend nothing there, sotue message of hope seemed to puss. They plunged together Into the sen of Jelly'again . It clung to them, ns If It, too, sought to suck them down. The light of the electric lamps was growing obscure. They wandered blind ly, struggling In a medium thnt wns almost Impermeable. - Donald began to realize that the ac tion of the caustic alkali within the metallic chamber wai becoming ex hausted. He was beginning to choke. His breath came In deap sighs, and he gulped In the thickening atmosphere. Their steps grew slower. Ida Coubl hardly raise her feet. Once she stum bled and fell, picked herself up. and started beside Donald ugnln; then she eank down exhausted. She could not go farther. Death, horrible In form, awaited "them.. It was becoming Imminent. Donald was growing delirious, and In fancy he was strolling with Ida through meadows, plucking flowers. They were to be married on the mor row, and he was going to get leave of absence to take her away. Where should they spend their honeymoon? Off the coast of the Shetlnnds. Why, he had been there once, long before- All the while he was aware that he was lying on the bed of the sea, but? his personality aeetued divided, and while one part of him walked In those Elyslan fields beside h'.s sweetheart, the other suffered and choked ami pleaded liupotently wl'.h a blind fate for aid—not for his life's sake, but for Ida's. The girl's hand was unresponsive In his own. l'erliaps she was dead al ready. Donald chafed It, but was hardly able to distinguish It In that Jellylike environment, which was thickening perceptibly now. The fingers were limp and cold. They were both numbed from the ex posurel—and Ida was dead. He would follow her. then. . Slowly and with deliberation he un fastened ll6 copper cylinder from about Jiis body. At once the little electric light went out. It had grown so dim that only then diJ Donald re member that It had been burning. He the headpiece and I took off the mask of glass. He flung It from blm. A moment he Jield his breath as tie felt the cool water-Jelly upon his face. Then, very resolutely, he drew In his breath. ' ' CHAPTER X. ~ . ' f' The Cavs of tho Idol. A cry of amazement burst from his Up*. He was breathing air—air at the bottom of the sea! It was surcharged with oxygen. It fcrflgorated him. He felt the thrill I of renewed life !n hi* body, he felt I Ills shrunken arteries tingle as his I heart pumped the new, richened blood I through them. j It seemed unbelievable. At first he thought that he had died, and that thin was the soul's awakening. Then, with quick Angers, he unfas tened Ida's body-piece and tore the mask from Its fastenings. He heard her sigh. She sighed and stirred and sat up | on the ocean bed. * K "Donald 1" she murmured. "n thought—l thought you were dead. Where are we?" "I don't know," he answered, In ab ; solute bewilderment, i At that moment he heard the mel low, gonglike sound that they had honrd aboard the FST». And slowly, as If In answer to the call, the Jell.vllke medium that sur rounded them began to drift away, to be hung up, as If It were a curtain, and before their astonished gaze there evolved the strangest atage setting that could ever have been conceived. First there came into view the sub marine, occupying, as it were, the cen ter of this stage, her bow sunk In the 007.e, her stem still lower. They had been lying within a hundred paces of her. Next appeared the sloping edges of the crater, seen, not through water but through clear air, with a border of yellow crlnolds, ceaselessly stirring, ns though a breeze ruffled them. Then there began to be visible, In the flanks of the mountain, structures, appar ently of hardened mud, taking the shape of fantastic temples, with pll lnrs and doorways with low lintels, a submerged city of cliff dwellers, and yet each Identical with Its neighbors, so that they seemed to have been fash ioned with the same unchanging pre cision us the cells of the bee> And the whole crater swarmed with the sea-monsters, no longer Invisible, I but outlined In phosphorescent fire. And, standing In front of Donald and Ida, his features clearly visible through the glass of his own diving mask, surveying them with a cool, dis passionate giize, was Ira Macßeard! As they stared at him, he raised his hand and struck something suspended from his.neck, giving out the mellow sound which they had heard before. Immediately he dtsnppeared from view In the midst of a swarm of the mon sters, which, surrounding Donald and the girl, began to push them toward the cavern In the mountain side. The push was gradual, and appar ently the result of some natural qual ity not known on land. There was no sense of muscular movement. It "Lookl" Exclaimed Donald. seemed to be momentum devoid of the accompanying factor of speed. Irre sistibly, and yet quietly, the two were pushed toward the entrance In the think of the island. In vuln IVmald resisted. In vain he tried to force a path toward the sub marine, dashing his fists against the bodies of the monsters. He made not the least Impression upon those half spherical forms. A sea-man under water and one Jn the air had very different powers of resistance. He might as web have fought an army of animated feather beds. Slowly, without strain or attack, he felt himself being forced forward. He was held tightly on every side, except for the narrow gap that opened In front of him. He was forced to devote himself to supporting Ida. On every side the globular, trans lucent, phosphorescent forms seenued to crowd In on him, leaving only a tiny way In the direction of one of the mud-pillared entrances. Yet, even thus, Donald had the lmpresstwn of some unconscious force that animated these monsters; It socmed like the scouting expedition of a colony of red ants, returning with its booty. He could sense no, conscious impulse in the sea monsters. His pace became accelerated, anil suddenly, swept off their feet, Donald and Ma found themselves within a huge cavern, faintly Illumined by phos phorescence, and roofed with the same cloudy substance that they had seen upon the ocean bod without. The monsters Teh them. The two stood there together, still in bewll-j derment. But they were not alone, for, with a shout emerged from the dim recess, and ran toward them, followed by Clouts. Their cyl inders > and hendgear hid been re- The four stared at one an other in incredulous Joy. • "They nabbed us the moment left the air-lock," fried Davles. grab bing the lieutenant hj the hand and THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA I forgetting his discipline for the first time. "And Clouts, too. They sort of edged us In here. We were afraid you were dead." "They gave us a little longer res pite," answered Donald. "Davles, am I mad or dreaming, or are we breath ing under water?" "If you're dreaming, then Clouts and 1 are too," said the little Biddy. "Hello! There Clouts goes aguln! I've tried to keep him resigned, but he gets frantic occasionally." I With a sudden howl that seemed to rise from the depths of an outraged nature, Clouts, lowering his head, rushed like a battering rain Into the doorway. The watchers saw him re coll as If he had butted a feather bed. lie looked up, rubbed his head In per plexity, add then, retiring a Jfew paces, repeated his experiment more furiously than before. Aguin he was'hurled back, as a bull rebounds from the cushion of a bil liard table. The monsters' bodies blocked the enfrunce as effectively as If they were of rubber. Slowly Sam Clouts withdrew, look ing back with a puzzled expression. Meanwhile the three glanced about. They were in a fiuge natural cave, In which the sea monsters bad evi dently been nt work, for the Interior was coated with mud, hardened In some peculiar mnnner to resist the water. And yet Honnld had the same Impression of a beehive. There was something of sumeness everywhere, the sutne sense of automatism. It was quite bare, except at one end, where arose a mud mound, deco rated with seashells, and upon this was what looked like the upright skeleton of a small mammal. "Look!" exclaimed Donald. "It came from—froip behind fho curtain!" said Davles In awe. "Don ald, the air was thicker . . . some thing keeps rolling back 7" They looked at each other, atlll un convinced that they were awake and nllve. Then they went toward the ob ject at the end. , Sam Clouts, who had preceded them, fell back with an exclainatlon of horror. "Yes, Clouts?" snld Donald. "I beg your pardon, sir, but don't you see that It's meant" to be a per son, slr7" He spoke the truth. The figure was a rough pile of bones, but high above them n grinning human face, made o*f the same plastered mud, looked down. It was the first sign of conscious process nmong the monsters, and some devil craftsman had contrived to catch, not *o much the form as the humanness o' it. It was upon n larger scale, precisely such u figure as a child or a savage might have made In its first efforts to reproduce the human figure. There were .even the dawning* of art In the hupe of whales' ear-bones, strung, brnceletwlse, aero** the breast. * The mound beneath the figure con sisted of Innumerable bones, a sort of kitchen midden such as Neolithic man li ft behind lilin a* a testimony to his Tiyster feasts,. Davles picked »p one of the bones nnfl looked at it Intently. "Donald!" he sn&d softly, net to at tract the attention i*f Ida, who. seated mi the floor against fhe mound, seemed on the point of falling asleep from weariness." He held out the bone. Both looked at It. It was the bone of a flipper heel. The wwisters were cannibal, beyond any doubt. "Davles!" cried DonaM, a moment later. "Don't you see what thst figure Is? It's at) Idol. Aad the bone* uro those of creatures of th«ir own spe cies, and others, sacrificed to it by the monsters in their nhomluaJUg ..[easts. It's the first dnwnlngs ef self-con sclonsness, the awakening of the re tlglons perceptions!" There could be no other Interpre tation. They looked nt each other In horror and something of awe. The thing had been fnsht«oel, per hnps. after an Ideal never seen, or per chance some forgotten i u-estor, cast up on an Inhabited shore, had seen man and returned, to embody him in Ms remembered guise. So these half-blind and voiceless devils of the sea were groping slowly upward, as our ancestors hud done many a hundred thousand years ago, toward hope and endeuvoiT The Spirit of God stirred in the dull souls of t,heee cannibal monslers, as every where. Itonuld felt somehow Immensely elated nt the thought. Even here they were not cut off from the sheltering band of Providence. "Look, sir!" Clouts exclaimed sud denly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) He Picked Up a Living. Sir John Kirk, who recently cele brated his fiftieth onniwrsary of work In connection with the Ragged School union, tells an amusing anecdote of how he once questioned a London waif whom he had befriended as to his method of eurnlng a living. The young fellow"* reply was typical of the London street arab. "Well, guv'nor." be snld, "It's like this. I picks strawberries in the sum mer, I picks 'ops In the autumn. In the winter I picks pockets, and, as a rule, I'm plPkln* oakum for the rest oi the year." , , Manifold Uses for Cotton. In calling attention to the manifold uses for cotton, cotton seed and cotton seed oil, the Boston Herald mentions the following products; Photographic films, automobile windows, buttons ''lvory," artificial allk, combs, knlf« handles, trunks, book bindings, shoes furoKure, headwear, handbags, lari* soap, butterine, paints, ruflber, gunco* tqn and smokeless powder wed Id « plosives. iKIDJNAnONAL SUNMrSCDOOL LESSON (By REV. B. B. SUTCXIFFJS. KxtensMß Depnri rnxnt Moody Bible institute.) (Copyright, 1&17, W-«tern Newspaper • Union.) '-» LESSON FOR DECEMBER 2 .*' ■ • NEHEMIAH BUILDS THE WALL OF ' JERUSALEM. LESSON TEXT—Nehemlah 4 7-2t GOLDEN TKXT-The I-ord !• my Helper and I will nyt what roan ■hall Jo unto me.—Hebrew* 13:6. The lesson of November 18 spoke of Nehemlah Journeying to Jerusalem. After his arrival he spent three days In looking over the work; then he told the priest* and other leader* hi* plan*. Enthusiasm wai awakened, all cla**e* were aroused, the work of the building of the wnll of the city was apportioned among the people, and soon half of the completed "for the people had a mind to work." ( I. The Wrath of the Enemy, vv. 7-9. The progress of the * work kept up the linger of Sanballat the Horonlte and hi* friend* who formed an alli ance to hinder the wall being built (vv. 7, 8), When Ood begins to work through his people, Satan Is aroused and tries to Interfere. It Is no sign that a Christian Is out of the will of God when opposition Is felt. The enemy will always be on hand to try to hinder whenever a real work for Ood I* going forward. Dead formal Christianity run* smoothly and with deadly monotony und Hiltun lets It alone, but as soon as some result* of real work are seen, opposition I* at once felt. Thus It wss when (lod sent his Son Into the world, and so It Ims been In every movement for Ood In the church, and so It will be In the Individual Chrlstlun life. From the next verse (0) we would almost think thnt Nehemlah had henrd our Lord's Injunction to "watch nnd pra.v." Many do much watching and fall; many do much praying and fall: but none ever turns to watching nnd pray ing without finding victory. Prayer alone means sloth: watching alone means pride; but watching and pray ing victory. 11. Internal Opposition, vv. 10-14. Snnhallut nnd Jiis friends were noC the only ones Nehemlah had to con tend with. Among those that worked on the wnll were some shirkers and grumblers. They bad become dtsconr nged In the work nnd began to way they could never complete It (v. 10). If Hatan falls to hinder the work from the outside, he will attempt to create dissatisfaction on the Inside. Internal confusion of the church I* more to be dreaded than open opposi tion from a known enemy. Dissension and confusion In the church can usu ally be traced to B workers becoming dis couraged. The plot of the enemy to make n ~ surprise attack' was dis covered by the Jews who lived out-- side the city. They reported It not once, hut ten times, with the sugges tion thnt the w.>rk on the wall be stopped, nnd safety sought by leav ing the city altogether (vv. 11. 12). When fltar enemy's open opposition falls unit discouragement Tins been tried, an attempt Is made to bring fear upon the -workers. But the Bible Is full of exhortations for Christians to "fenr not." Conld these workers on the walls of Jerusalem have seen the unseen, It wiarftl have made little dif ferences to fhetn whether the enemies Were numbered by tens or thousands, ami could tTirlstlnns today realize that Ood Is for them, all opposition would be as nothing. (1 Cor. 10:1.'?; ltoin. 8::t1; Phil. 4:1,1). Nehemlah nt once proceeded to allay the fears (13. 14). Armed forces were arranged about the waits to guard agninst the reported surprise attack. The warri ors were pln'ced so tint in the event of battle they would hu protecting their own particular families. Then Nehemlah made a short speech of en couragement to the people, the heart of which was "Remember the Lord which Is (treat and terrible." Ketnem berlng htm won'd drive the fear away. They who «re on the Lord's side are already victors even before the bat tle has begun. Someone said to a great general before a certain bat tie began r "I hope the Lord Is on our sld(>:"' The reply was; "I trust we j are («t the Lord's side." When this Is true, there need be no fear whether the' enemies be few or many. Nehe- j tnlufc. tb»n exhorted them to fli:ht for i their families nnd their homes. This j two-fold secret of the victory Is pre- j seated to us over and over In this book of Nehemlah. and nowhere Is so prom- | Vnent as In this lesson.. Victory for, the Christian depends on two thingvr ) We must trust in the Lord as though j all depended on him," and we mnst work and tight as though a?l depended on us. This Is the secret of the sct>- cess of Nehemlah. * Bright for Him. She—Brother Jack lost at cards last !, night. .• " i . He —Oh, well, every misfortune has I Its bright side. like to know the bright side of that? He—l won It _ , », ■ N Enterpriaing. "That man who runs that store has got the right idea, all right." "How so?" "He advertises: 'Bagpipes and nan- I alcal lustruraeats.'" RAISING GUINEA FOWLS IS PROFITABLE a ' *i>v. I* T -fr GUINEA FOWLS STEADILY INCREASING IN DEMAND. (From the United Statea Department of j Agriculture.) O.ulnea fowli«. which have suffered unpopularity wth farmers because of pronounced pmpensitles for nolse maklng during the sleeping hours of | humans, are HLely to rise above this objection In vMw of the steadily In creasing demand for their delicious flesh, in the opinion of a poultry spe cialist of the United States depart ment of agriculture. With Eastern markets offering 75 cents to $1.50 a pair for these fowls, guinea-fowl rais ing now Is a profitable side line on Eastern farms,.and many offer oppor tunities to the commercial poultryman in a few cases. In FaVmers' Bulletin 858. "The Guinea Fowl," the specialist discusses the guinea business from the starting of a flock to mnrketlng the produce, which Is largely the meat Demand la Increasing. The Increasing demand for guinea fowls, the specialist sufs, comes from hotels and restaurants In the lorge cities, which ure always eager to buy prime young stock. These they partic ularly like to use as a delicacy In banquets and club dinners, guineas be ing u good substitute for game birds such as grouse, partridge, quail, and pheasant. The present supply comes largely from small farm flocks of 10 to 25 fowls. Such flocks require little care nnd expense to rulse; consequent ly the marketing price Is largely profit. And as for that undeslrablg cry of the guinea fowl, the department spe cialist admits that this is a rather ob jectionable huhlt, but declares that it might often he listed us an asset. It gives warning of marauders In the poultry yard and also,backed by u pug nacious disposition, constitutes an ef fective show of tight ngnlnst hawks and other enemies. In fact, says the |siultryman. some farmers raise a few guinea fowls with their turkeys and allow thein to roost together so that u warning will be given If any theft Is attempted during the night. Develop Private Trade. Guinea fowl raisers who are near the large Eastern markets or who have de veloped a trade among private custom ers are now receiving prices that make this Industry very profitable. One poul tryiuun near a New England summer resort has raised as many as 400 guinea fiwvts In one season, selling them in August when they welghed nbout one pound each at $1.25 a pair. Wholesale prices In New York usually range from 75 eents to $1 a pair for dressed spring gtrlneas weighing two |M>und* to the pair, nnd from $1.25 to $1.50 a pair for those weighing three to four pounits to the pulr. Old guinea fowls are not wanted and seldom bring more than 50 or SO cents a |«lr. Of the three varieties of guinea fowl —pearl, white und lavender —pearl Is by far tlu? most popular. It has a purplish gray plumage regularly dotted or "pearled" with white and Is so handsome that frequently the feathers are used for ornamental purposes. Breeding stock of the various varie ties usually sells for $2 t &LSO a pair, or from $3 to $5 a trio. Eggs from purebred birds for hatching cut. *»e ob tained for 75 cents to $1 for 15. Pur lug the last few years a limited niarkv! for guinea eggs has developed among commercial hatcheries which huve un outlet, for a few da.v-old guinea chicks along with their ordinary chicks, duck lings, goslings,' aud turkey poults. While guineas run be kept In the best condition upon ft>-e range, they can be tfoadtoed If necessary and satlsfactory resuits obtained. Marketing Guinea Fowls. The marketing season for guinea fowls is during the latter jMirt of the summer aud throughout the fall. At this time the demand In the city mar kets Is for young birds weighing from one to two pounds each. At about two and one-half months of age gulneus weigh from one to one and one-half pounds, and nt this size they begin reaching the markets in August. As the season advances the deihand is for heavier birds. The usual practice In marketing game birds is'to place them on the market unplucked, and In most mar kets guinea' fowls are sold in this way. They are more ,attractive with the feathers on and sell more readily. When dressed the small size nnd dark Color of the guinea arg likely to preju dice the prospective customer, wbb may be unfamiliar with the bird's excellent eating qualities. For hotel and restau rant trade, however, guinea fowls should bo dressed In the same way as common fowls. Before shipping any birds to a market it is advisable to in quire of the dealer to whom they are to be shipped whether the feather* should be removed. Removing Feathers. If the guinea fowls ure to be mar keted with the feather* on. all tbat should be done la to bleed them by severing the vein In the roof of the mouth, allowing them to hang head downward until bleeding is complete. If the feathers are to be removed, this should be done by dry plcklug. The vein In the roof of the mouth Is severed , first, to Insure thorough bleeding, and the knife then thrust through the groove In the roof of the mouth Into the bruin. When the brain Is pierced the feathers are loosened by a convul sive movement of the muscles and can be removed easily. INCREASE OF POULTRY URGED Demand Can Be Met Moat Effectively by Introduction of Better Btook and Methods. (From the United Bt«te» Department Of Agriculture.) An appeal to poultry raisers to In crease their production of poultry, meat, and eggs has been Issued b.r the American Association of Instructor* ami Investigators In Poultry Hu®« bundry, which met recently at Am herst, Mass. These poultry expert*. In a resolution, state that there will be an unprecedented demand for breed ing stock and poultry products, which can be met most effectively by the In troduction of approved methods and better stock and management In each flock. * The association urges particular own ers of flocks not to sacrifice valuable chickens simply because feed h«8 be come abnormally high In price. They ' point out that such a practice' will tend to reduce the supply of breeding stock and lead to serious reduction In output. The members of the assocl ntlon, who are the experts in poultry hus bandry from (he several state a rrlcul- ' tural colleges and the United litotes department of agriculture, stand ready to help all poultry producers to get maximum results. SEE TO REPAIRS IN AUTUMN Get After Leaka and Cracks Before Cold Weather Seta In—Da mp neeS It Worst Enemy. Nothing Is much more dlstna I than a leaky hen house on a rainy « liy; the liens huddle In the light spirts; the drip, drip of the rain spins hes and spreads; the indescribable sm II of the damp droppings permeates the air. After a few days of such weather comet the sickly smell of r jup, and the thought of getting eggs f >r eating from such n place is anythin { but ap petizing. Dampness quicker than cold will rob chickens of their "pt p." iet after leaks before th » weather turns too cold. Make the he iise wurra 'without being "close.". Iten mve drop pings and st'vur ground fr «n a dirt floored house, anil scatter rell-slaked lime In the damp places. B» > sure that no lumps of lime remain. When th« house Is patched, the wtndo' rs cleaned, and the floor renewed, tb t chicken* become more alert; cheer Jul singing ncttmpanlea the busy sci etching to which the hens betake tf rmselves— ' always provided th«»j have aelther lies by day nor mites by night. IT PAYS TO FATTEN POULTRY Agricultural Department of Oxford Academy Makea Handso me Profit on Small Flock.. 1 * * « It payß handsomely to fatten poul try before killing. Last fpll the agri cultural department of C jeford acad emy, New York, bought i few small " chickens for 57 cents ea t», fed them 18 cents worth of milk and mash and sold them three weeks In .tor for $1.19 each—a gain of 62 cents. Theygained one pound four ounces enrh, or 35 per cent, 'at a cost of 14 Cf&ts per each pound of gain. WOMEN MAKING MOST MONEY Get Bigger Returns Fr>m Intelligent Car* of Flock Than Men Get From General Farming. -.a V I No one will gainsay the statement that there are some entjprprlslng farm wives and daughtehrwho are making - more clear money every year from the .Intelligent care of a flurk of purebred birds, and sometimes mongrels, than the husband and lather from his gen eral farm work
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