The Deep Sea Peril -t I Bg VICTOR ROUSSEAU CHAPTER VI I.— Continued. M 9 ■ f The captain bad spent weeks on the Island. He had put all the resulUMOf hla investigations Into hi* letter to Donald. He described elaborately the atracture of the monsters, tracing tiie modifications of the gills, ulr bladders, fin* and flipper*. Lastly, he told Donald the secret of controlling them. And this VM HO amazing that Macßeard ulinost doubt ed IL Unfortunately, two ptiK«fi were miss ing. und these contulned part of the instruction* for keeping the mon*ter* tn subjection. And, whnt ulnrrned Maclieard, the manuscript ended with the statement that (he Irruption WHH not likely to prove of permanent In jury to humnnlty, because — However, MaclJeard cared little for tills In hi* hupreme Joy. His dreiim* took definite shape at last, rushing Into the concrete with a violence that sent hlrn Into nn ecstasy. "He *nw the man »f the future, the supvruian, who wax already at hand. Irresistible by reason nf hla number*, strength mid cunning. And he saw himself, the ruler of a new world which bud never heard of the •-iKhth commandment. Next morning he left Baltimore In tits motorboat. It "its constructed so us to be practically urislnkable, and he had stored it with provisions, gaso line and Instruments. Ho had several weeks' supplies on board. He wit* de (•endcnt on no one. He Htnrted northward at once, passed within a few mile* of the Fsfi il*in hi* course, and reached fair **land. When he set foot upon Its rocky, lonely shores, he knew that at iaat his time bad come. Ills revenge upon the rac;' was ripening, und he meant to exercise It to the full. His first net was to explore the Island. He discovered wllh hi* plum mets thnt Maslcrman hud been correct In tracing the pri>longntlon of the 4outh spur of the continental shelf. He discovered that Fair Island was the peak of a subterranean range ascend ing sharply from u great depth. At a distance of r.bout three hundred feet beneath the surface there was a s»rt of cup or crater in the mouutaln, teeming with unknown forma of sub marine life. He found the store* which had been left by the oil-ship, but there was no sign of any airplane. However, since Macltcard did not know that one was to have been sent, he did not expect to And one. ( Stocking a cave with*''provisions, he made himself at home there, and at mice net out to Investigate the pres ence of Muslerman's monsters. CHAPTER VIII. Donald's Diving Party. Donald took a match from hi* Hllver iHox and struck It. The water had not i>enrtrated —It burst into llatue. He looked nt his watch and saw that It was half past ^ghl. I "It must be growing daylight above," he said to Davie*. "1 am sure that the beasts are gone, f think I'll go fcjp find see whether I can start the en glue*" "Let me go, air," said the middy. i "You will remain hero in charge," «nid Donald. "Give tue your back, ('louts I" t Hoisting himself upon the shoulders of the sailor, Donald clambered up the pipe and reached the passage above. There wa* a stench of lishy bodies, but he was certain that the monsters were gone. He ascended the ladder Into the con ning tower and threw oft the hatch. Instantly a gust of fresh air, driving \|n. made him reel dizzily. He realised tirfir*lie~hiNl been breathing the de pleted, vitiated atmosphere of the tor pedo room all night. He waited till he had recovered; then he unfastened the door and clam bered out upon the deck, which lay al most level with the surface of the ocean. He found that the F55 was strand ed upon a shelving beach that extend ed from the Fair Island rocks. The lide was rising, and they would soon be afloat. An Immense elation filled bis heurt as he realized that the hor rors of the night were past From the electric engines he went to the petrol motors. These appeared to be In good order. The oil fuel was low, but there seemed to be a sutli dency to take the Ff>s to Lerwick without the necessity of delaying In order to search for a deposit on the island. The run would be of a few and Donald was anxious not to delay. Davles and he and Clouts could manage the boat during the brief Journey, and there would be so need of the electric engines, since oo danger was apprehended which might necessitate their submerging. During his journey about the boat be convinced himself that the sailor* had been dragged overboard. This waa more merciful for the survivors. There was not a trace of any of the seven who had died. Donald went back to the torpedo coon —caps hatchi "Ton can all com* up," ho called. (Oo»rrl«M fcJT w. U. Clupuil j "The coast's clear and the sun Is shin ing." The people below needed no second Invitation. One by one they came scrambling out —Clouts und Dnvles helping Idu between them. She seemed bewildered by the day, and advanced unsteadily toward I>onald. "What was it. dear?" she asked. "I don't know whether I have been deli rious since my rescue, Hut I thought the most dreadful thing had hap pened. Tell me truly, Donald!" "It Is not necessary, dear," he an swered. "We shall be In Lerwick this afternoon, and you need never think about yesterday all your life." "You need not toll me, of course," she answered. "Hut I thought some sea-beasts, something unknown before, something half human, attacked u* In the boat, and ufterward the sailors here." She saw by his face that she hud guessed correctly. "And Invisible, Donald?" "Transparent, dear. Nothing that we cannot cope with, now that we have taken measure* against surprise. And they have goii«* now." "I am not ufrald of them If you nre with me, Donald," she answered, stepping out bravely beside him. Donald turned to the middy. "Davie*," he said, "I am going to try to make the run to Lerwick ut once. I think thnt It will be best for Miss Kennedy to remain In the con ning tower, where she will be safest. Clouts will run the engines, and you Stocking a Cave With Provisions, He s Made Himself at Home There. will take up your post nt the diving stutlou to look after the vertical rud ders. We are awash now. and shall have to rise a little mure." "Aye, aye, sir!" suld Clouts, hurry ing off toward the petrol engines. "Do you know, Davles," said Don ald as they remulned together for a minute or two, "I have a theory about those beasts." "Whnt, sir?" Inquired the middy. "Well, I remember thnt yesterday they seemed to attuck us more sav agely when the sun went down, or at least when the fog made the ulr ob scure. And last night there was a moon. It occurs to me that possibly they can't bear light. Of course that would be natural, and they left us about the time the moon rose. So If j they are nocturnal In their habits that | would account for our immunity now. If I am right, we are learning their limitations fast." "You're right, sir," replied tho middy with conviction. "Only—" "We'll have some information to carry back then, Davles, besides a scare. And It looks ns If humanity won't have to fight so very hard to save Itself. I beg your pardon—you were going to say something?" "I was thinking, sir, that they seemed to go when the whistle blew." "Whut whistle, Davles?" "That one note that sounded like —1 can't remember what It was like, but I know I've heard a sound like that before, only much softer." "So have I," answered Donald, mus ing. "Well, get to your post, Davles. Uulse her a trifle, then lock the rud der and come Into the conning tower to take care of Miss Kennedy." He returned to the girl. "Miss Kennedy, 1 don't think you have met Lieutenant Davies," he said formally. "Now, Da vies, I'll go aud help Clouts with the engines. Don't be alarmed to be alone for a minute or two, Ida." The middy satiated, and went to his posjL at the diving station. Already tfiW F55 was throbbing with the vibra tion of the engines, aud the sound was the most grateful that their ears could have Imagined. , "Don't open the doors," said Don i aid, kissing Ids hastily. He was off. and the girl remained , alone within the tower of steel. She glanced about her In dismay. It felt i like a steel prison. She felt the floor I quivering, and then it began to dip. , I The *»-• splashed the observation port "■HE ENTERPRISE, williamston. NORTH CAROT.TN* ' Quickly the green translucency that | followed gave place to darknea*. Ida slipped on the tipping floor. Donald ran In; t>he heard blm calling to her through the darkness, und felt his arms grope for her. "It's all right, dear," tui said has tily. "Davles has probably got tan gled up with the diving rudder*. Ifa a bit stiff for him to handle alone. It doesn't mean anything particular—f Hut Ida could read the fear Id hi* voice, and she knew that it meant ev erything. The diving apparatus had. In fact. Jammed when the F!is ground ed upon the beach, and the rudder had become twisted. Under Davles' hands It bad been released, and had worked In the wrong direction. With her bow pointing downward at an angle of M degrees. The FK> sank until her nose dug into the oose 'HJO feet beneath the surface. Into the cup-shaped crater of the submarine peak. Then, slowly settling under the weight of the water, the stern fol lowed, and the little craft remained submersed on the seabed. Darkness covered her. The Inmates felt their eardrums throb under the pressure. At the first Indication of danger Clouts hnd contrived to shut oft tho petrol engines. That alone prevented nn explosion when the s a rushed through the uft escape batch. Fortnnately, the after part of the ship remained above the surface for a few moments after the how went under, and only a couple of sweeping seas came In. Short as the period of respite wus. It enabled Donald and Clouts to grasp the hatch and replace it. They fought In a deluge of water that swept them from their feet and dashed them, half stunned, agalnat the walls of the engine room. Hut they got the hatch Into place. Clouts came In, and presently Da vles Joined them. He began to stam mer brokenly, but Donald laid bis hand In kindly fashion on the lad's shoulder. "You are not to blame, Davlea," he said. "It was my own fault for try ing to run the old boat instead of putting you all ashore. No doubt the vertical-rudder blades are bent and fouled tin* rocks. Now we've got to thirik, nnd harder than we huve ever thought before." "We ain't a-going to drown like rat« In traps, sir," said Ham Clouts hear tily. "Not If I know It, Clouts," Donald returned. "Now, first. It Isn't possible to adjust the rudder, and we can't rise without It. That's self-evident. I think. We are comparatively aafe for some time to coiac, because we have Just taken ou a supply of natural air, and we haven't opened the air-flasks yet. Hut, of course, it means only two days' respite." "If I might say so, sir," suld Clouts. "It menus that we must put on the diving suits." "You're right," answered Donald. "We aren't in a hopeless |M>sltlon by any means if we manage to keep our heads. Miss Kennedy, we'll get you out of here in a Jiffy if you don't mind getting your feet wet. "You see," he continued, In explana tion, "fortunately—very fortunately for us —we have the new Blebert div ing apparatus aboard, which was to have been used for a special purpose In connection with our work for the government." "One moment, sir," said Davles. "Have you a match?" Donald handed him one of the few that remained. Davles struck It, looked ut the depth meter, and whistled expressivity, "Two hundred and eighty feet, sir," he said In a low tone. "Yes, that was about what I Imag ined," replied Donald. "It Is about as much as the old Ff>f> would stand with out buckling." "Hut two hundred Is the extretna -limit of deep-sea diving, sir," Davles protested. "The Hlebert apparatus Is especially devised fur going deeper than that," returned Donald. "In fact, Slebert I himself went down to six hundred, , though he was all In when he catne ".p. | You see, Davles, the new factor In the Slebert dress Is that It has a compen sating pressure. 1 didn't specialize on It, hut I understand It Is a sort of Internal oxygen arrangement, com pressed, which partly neutralises the pressure outside. It hns enough com pressed oxygen to last six hours. (TO BR CONTINUED.* Infants' Food to Sheila. When Mr. Lloyd Q*H>rge In Enjslnnd undertook to organize the ministry of munitions a glazier begun to stamp out cartridge clips, says the World's Work; a manufacturer of music rolls used his equipment to make gauges; a concern engaged before the war in preparing Infants' food began plugs for shells; an advertising agency manu factured shell adapters; watchmakers began adjusting fuses; a manufacturer of baking machinery became a con tractor for six-inch high exploslvt shells; a Jewelry house devoted Itself exclusively to periscopes; a phono graph concern sent millions of deltcat« shell parts to the assembling stations; a firm which made nothing but sheep shenrlng machinery started turnlnt out shell cases; a cream separator fac tory manufactured shell primers Among other producers of finished shells were candlemakers, flour mills, tobacco manufacturers, siphon maker* and the manufacturers of sporting goods. They Coma High. A North Vernon youngster had sev ernl clerks In a local grocery guessing the other day when she called for a qusrter's worth of hypocrltea. Later It | waa learned that she wished 2ft cent* i worth of up* 4 cot*. — lndianapolis Nan* iNIffIATIOM SINMrStM LESSON I (By REV. P. B. FITZWATKIt, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in tlio Moody Bible institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. ••17. Wctttrn Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 18 NEHBMIAH't PRAYER ANSWERED I.RBBON TEXT—Nehwnlsh 2:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—A»k and It »hal! be given unto you.—Matthew 7:7. It wns four months after Nehemlah learned of the desolation of Jerusalem that he had the opp .tunlty to make known his request to the king. Just why he did not test the king's atti tude toward him and his project earlier, we have no Information. Per haps there was no great function at which he wus culled upon to minister In this Interval, or his turn of serv ice hnd not arrived, or his dntles were so exacting that no opportunity was afforded for him to unbosom his grief to the king. I. Nehemiah's Request to the King (vv. 1-8). (1) Its occasion, v. 1. As cup-bearer he was ministering before the king. The cupbearer was more than a mere valet. He eutered very closely into the life's Interests of thfc king, «o that the Inner life and spirit of the cup-bearer was known. It was expected of such servants that they manifest perfect happiness while In the presence of the king. To sppeur In his presence otherwise would likely l>« to the displeasure of the king. Nehemiah's sod countenance while thus serving awakened the king's sus picion. The matter wns serious for .Vehemlnh was afrnld under the cir cumstances. (2) The king's inquiry, v. 2. The king perceived that Nehemiah's coun tenance was sad, though he was not s!ek, nnd he knew that something ex traordinary had come Into the life of his cup-bearer. (3) The effect upon Nehemlnh, v. 2. Ills heart wns filled with fear. He did not know but what this Impropriety was so great as to cause his dismissal. Ills fenr was more than that of losing his position: to be dismissed from be ing cup-bearer would mean the loss of nn opportunity to present his request to the king; and. without the king's i sanction and aid, his enterprise would j fall. (4) Nehemiah's tactful reply, v. 8. Tie seess conciliate the king by : xpresslng a deep Interest In the royal life and person. He says: "May the king live forever," nnd then tells that the cause of his grief was the desola tion of the city where his fathers were burled. The contents of Nehemiah's re quest, vv. ft-S. (a) To he sent to Judah to build the walls of Jerusalem, vv. ft, 0. This request virtually meant to be granted n leave of absence from the Persian court nnd to be nppolnted military governor of that part of the klnsdoin of Artaxerxes. The king, doubtless, snw that such a move would be of particular benefit to his king dom politically, owing to the strategic position of Jerusalem, between Baby lf\r. and Egypt. In the case of the breaking out of hostilities between these powers, to hnve a fortified city In Palestine would be of Itnmenve Im portance. At the king's request, a definite time was set for this leave of absence, v. 0. He remained In Jerusa leni for twelve yenrs. A side light on the king's gracious attitude toward Nihemlnh Is given In this: "The queen also sitting by him." She Is not named, but In all probability It was Esther. (h) For letters to the governors be yond the river, v. G. Doubtless the path of his Journey was a dnncerous one, and the travelers' safety depend ed upon having credentials from the king. These letters were more than mere credentials. They were orders for actually conveying"him nnd his party to Judah. Ezra, yenrs before, had desisted from nsklng a bnnd of soldiers, hut Nehemlnh was free to ask such a favor. It was right In both eases, but not expedient In that of Ezra. Many problems are clear. If we distinguish between thnt which Is lawful and that which Is expedient. (c) A letter of requisition for sup plies of timber, v. B._Thls timber was needed, first for the palace or castle, thnt is. for the fortress near the tem ple; second, for the walls and gates ! of th/ 1 cltv; nnd third, for the king's official residence. 11. Nehemiah's Request Granted, ▼. iB. Nehemlnh wns a tactful diplomat, i He exercised sound sense and pru : dence In nil things, but he supremely I depended upon God and prayed for ' Ood'R disposal of the king's heart as ! he made his request known, v. 4. The king granted his request "according | to the good hand of my God upon . me," v. 8. He ascribes the success of i his undertaking to God. 111. Nehemian'a Journey to Jerusa lem, vv. 9-11. He-'o-jQurneyed from Shushnn to Jerusalem under the pro tection of a military escort. This was of double value: protection and safety. When It wns known that Nehemlr* wns undertaking this work with the consent of the king, Sanbatlat and Tub!ah were groatly grieved. It al ways Is a grief to the enemy when that which will fnrther the Interest »f God nnd his people Is being made to succeed. When he reached Jerusa em, he did not at once make hla pur x>se known. He waited for three days •md the;, viewed the situation at night. ACID POISONING! The most eminent physicians recognise (hat uric acid stored up in the a sum ta V\ti caum of gout and rheunatlsm. that fhi«i uric acid poison la present in the Jo.its. muse lea. or nerves. Br ex per:- •nentlng and analysis at the Invalids' Hotel and Surjflcal Institute la Buffalo, N. 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