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. , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST , 1917 r THE GASTON LA GAZETTE. VACS KKVES - 5 .; ;; - LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS 'NOTICE BY PtJBtJCATIOX OP FH ING PETITION. SUte of North Carolina, Gaston County. In the Superior Court. L. A. Riser, against P. R. Hay and wife Minnie Hay.' Mra.' Helen Hay, Forest Floyd and wife Cora Floyd, F. Ramseur and wife Bell Ramseur, W. S. Mauney and wife Alice Mau ney, Wm. M. Bennett and wife Liz zie 'Bennett, Jehn McCullogh - and wife Lizzie McCullogh, J. S. Mauney ' and wife Julia Mauney, W. A. Mau ney and wife Can dace Mauney, M. L. Plonk and wife Fronle Plonk, J. H. . Garrett and wife Sallle Garrett, W. P. Cobb, W. P. Fulton and wife Nola ' Fulton, Harvey Williams, J. G. Hord and wife Carrie Hord, Lee McGill and wife Laura McGill. Miss Rosa Hay, L. T.Mann and wife Emma Mann, Mrs. Jas. C. Braswelland ber bus band, Jas. C Braswell. Miss Loulie M Garrett. Miss Ruth Battle, Miss Nan i r - . .1 f r W7 V,w,Ain tnil her husband D. W. Newsom, Cullen " G. Battle, Mrs. Mary McDearman and her husband McDearman, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Hllllard and her hus band S. P. Hilliard. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The parties above named and all other persons interested will take no . tlce that on the 7th day of Septem ber, 1916, the above named petition er filed a petition in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gas ton County, to have the title to cer tain lands therein described register ed and confirmed pursuant to Chap ter 90, of the Public Laws of. 1913, and that summons has been issued, returnable at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gaston County, on the 23rd day of Novem ber. 1916. Said land Is situate in Crowders Mountain Township, in the. county of Gaston and said btate, ad joining the land of Mauney, Hay, Ramseur and others, known as the " R. H. Garrett home-place, and bound ed and described as follows: Beginning at a stone, Cobb's cor ner, being 2.74 chains West of a black oak, the original corner, and runs with Fulton's line N. 86 W. 6. 70 chains to a stone, William Ben nett's corner; thence with Bennett's HneS. 3 1-2 W. 3.17 1-2 chains to a stone; thence N. 86 W. 3.17 1-2 chains to a stone, Bennett's corner; thence N. 3 1-2 E. 1.00 chain, to a stone, Bennett's corner; thence N. 86 W. 5.36 chains to a stone, Bennett's corner, on Oriental Avenue; thence with said Oriental Avenue S. 1 W. 3.36 chains to a stone, Miss Hay's corner on Oriental Avenue; thence with her line S. 89 E. 3.1 8 chains to a stone; thence with Miss Hay's and P. R. Hay's lines. 1. W. 7.06 chains to a stone, Hay's corner; thence with Hay's line N.1W, 3.18 chains to a stone on Oriental Avenue, near P. R. Hay's canning factory; thence with Oriental Avenue S. 1 W. 12.42 chains to a stake in Hay's line; thence with Hay's line E. seventy (70) links to a stake; thence wltn another line of Hay's and along ' a ditch S. 5 E. 5.50 chains to a stake in Mauney's line; thence with Mau ney's line N. 87 E. 3.88 chains to a atnna Mannov'a and Onrrfttt'ff cor ner; thence with Mauney's line S. 2 1-2 W. 11.23 chains to a chestnut oak across the road, Mauney's, Plonk & Floyd's and J. H. Garrett's corner; thence with J. H. Garrett's line N. 51 1-4 E. 15.47 chains to a stone and pointers, near a ditch; thence with J. H. Garrett's line S. 61 1-4 E. 7.00 chains to a stone, Ramseur's corner; thence with Ramseur's line N. 30 E. 13.50 chains to a fence post on the East side of the branch, Ramseur'B corner; thence with Ramseur's line N. 41 W. 16.40 chains to center of public road, Ramseur's corner; thence with said road N. 80 E. 1.52 chains; thence N. 64 E. 4.72 chains to a stake in W. S. Mauney's line; thence with W. S. Mauney's line X. 41 W. 5.65 chains to a small black oak. Cobb's corner; thence with Cobb's line N. 86 3-4 W. 3.56 chains to a stone, Cobb's corner; thence N. 1 1-2 E. 3.67 chains to the beginning. Containing seventy (70) acres, more or less. This 23rd day of September. 1916. C. C. CORN WELL, Clerk Superior Court, Gaston County All other persons interested, (oth er than those above-named), will take notice that they are hereby summoned and directed to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gaston County, on the 18th day of September, 1917, and answer the petition which has -been deposit ed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, And 'let all such other persons as rivay be Interested take notice, that if they fail to answer said petition on or be fore the 18th day of September, 1917, the petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the , petition. As of the 23rd day of September. 1916. C. C. CORN WELL, Clerk Superior Court, Gaston County. W--5c8 COMMISSIONERS SALE OP VALU ABLE REAL ESTATE: Under and by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Gaston county, North Carolina, made in the special proceeding for partition, entitled G. Reece Patrick and others. Ex Parte. The undersigned commissioner will expose to sale by public auction at the Court House door of Gaston county, N. Cat the hour of 11 o'clock a. m., on Monday the 20th day of August, 1017 that certain tract of land lying near Union Church and adjoining the lands of Meek C. Huffstetler, Robert Riddle and -others and bounded as follows towlt: Beginning at a black gum old corner and runs with Huff stetler line South 22 East 114 poles to a rock. Riddles comer; thence with his line South 5 S West 8 poles to a rock at the public road; thence two new lines South 72 West 39 1-2 poles to a rock; thence North 18 West 112 . poles to a rock in the old line; thence with It North 8 East 44 poles to the beginning, containing 82 1-2 acres, more or less. - The same being 1 the dower Interest of the late Mary M. Patrick widow of the late George A. Patrick. Terms of Sale: One-hall of the purchase price to be paid in cash, one-half in 12 months from date of sale, deferred payments to bear in terest from date of sale, and title to oe reserve J until the entire pnr- cbase price has been paid, with prir liege to purchaser to pay all cash. For further Information plase ap ply to tte undersigned. This the 12th day of July 1917. R. C. PATRICK, W A 15 c 5 Commissioner AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OP 920,000 SEW ER BONDS OP THE TOWN OP BELMONT. Whereas it is desirable to con struct a sewer system for the town of ! Belmont; and Whereas it is necessary to provide for the financing of such improve ment by the issuance of bonds pur suant to Tbe Municipal Finance Act. 1917; The Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Belmont, North Carolina, do ordain as follows: - (a) Bonds of the town of Bel mont shall be issued for tbe purpose of constructing a sewer system for tho town. (b) The maximum principal a mount of said issue shall be $20,000. (c) The maximum rate of inter est the bonds shall bear shall be six per centum (6 per cent.) per annum. (d) The maximum period within which said bonds shall mature shall bo forty years. (e) The probable" period (within the limitations prescribed by Section 18 of The Municipal Finance Act, 1917) of usefulness of the improve ment, for which said bonds are to be issued, is forty years. (f) A tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds shall be annually levied and collect ed. (g) A statement of the debt of the municipality has been filed with the Clerk, pursuant to The Munici pal Finance Act 1917, and Is open to public Inspection. (h) The average assessed valua tion of property subject to taxation by the municipality for the three fis cal years in which taxes were last levied, as shown by said statement In $938,734.33. (I) Tbe amount of the net debt of the municipality outstanding, au thorized or to be authorized, as shown by said statement, is $44,000. (J) This ordinance shall take ef fect thirty days after its last publica tion, unless in the meantime a peti tion for its submission to the voters is filed under The Municipal Finance Act 1917, and in such event It shall take effect when approved by a ma jority of the voters of the municipal ity. The foregoing ordinance was pass ed on the 23rd day of July, 1917, was first published ons the 25th day or July. 1917. Any action or proceeding question ing the validity of said ordinance must be commenced with thirty days after its first publication. C. P. LINEBERGER. W-A-15c4 Town Clerk. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $20,000 WA TER BONDS OF THE TOWN OP BELMONT. WHEREAS it is desirable to con struct water systems for the Town of Belmont; and WHEREAS it is necessary to pro vide for the financing of such im provement by the issuance of bonds pursuant to The Municipal Finance Act, 1917; The Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Belmont. North Carolina, do Ordain as Follows: (a) Bonds of the Town of Bel mont shall be issued for the purpose of constructing water systems for tho Town. (b) The maximum principal a mount of said issue shall be $20,000. (c) The maximum rate of inter est the bonds shall bear shall be six per centum (6 per cent) per annum. (d) The maximum period within which said bonds shall mature shall be forty years. (e) The probable period (within the limitations prescribed by Section 18 of The Municipal Finance Act, 191 7),, of usefulness of the improve ment, for which said bonds are to be issued, is forty years. (f) A tax sufficient to pay the principal and Interest of the bonds shall be annually levied and collect ed. (g) A statement of the debt of the municipality has been filed with the Clerk, pusuant to The Municipal Finance Act, 1917, and is open to public Inspection. (h) Tbe average assessed valua tion of property subject to taxation by the municipality for the, three fiscal years in which taxes were last levied, as shown by said statement, is $938,734.33. (I) The amount of the net debt of the municipality outstanding, au thorized or to be authorized, as shown by said statement. Is $44,000. (J) This ordinance shall take ef fect thirty days after its last publi cation, unless in the meantime a peti tion for its submission to the voters is filed under The Municipal Finance Act, 1917, and in such event it shall take effect when approved by a ma jority of the voters of the municipali ty. The foregoing ordinance was pass ed on the 23rd day of July, 1917, was first published on the 25th day of July, 1917. Any action or proceeding question ing the validity of said ordinance must- be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. C. P. LINEBERGER. W-A-15 e4 Town Clerk. MORTGAGEE'S SALE OP LAND. North Carolina. Gaston County. -Under and by Tirtue ef the power and authority rested la me by that certain mortgage deed executed by w.f T104 na MT nor on the ltth d4y of October. I 91S, and regis tered In the office of Register of STOP. FILLING THE ' - ,'i . GARBAGE PAIL More Good Food Goes Into Garbage , Palls Tbaa Would Be Heqalml To Feed Belgium TELLS HOW TO ELIMINATE WASTE Tbe American nation is the best fed people in the world, and we are also the greatest food wasters. We throw more good food into the garb age pail than would be required to feed Belgium. Stop filling the garb age pall! This great waste is not wilful. Most of it is caused by the ill health of some member of tho family. In digestion, constipation, sour, gassy stomach, weak kidneys, bladder trou ble, sluggish liver, etc., are ailments that are almost common to us. In that condition there is very little ap petite created no matter how good the food' that is placed before us. The real solution of eliminating waste, therefore is found in keeping tho system toned up and tho vital or gans working properly. A good ton ic is the proper course.' Acid Iron Mineral is the best tonic to take. It aids the digestive organs to perform properly, creates appetite, purifies the blood,' increases weight, brings a healthy color to the skin, strengtbens weak kidneys and bladder, sets the liver to working properly, and tones up the whole system in general. Acid Iron Mineral is not a patent medicine. It is obtained from the only natural medicinal iron mineral deposit of its kind known to tbe world, and Is free from alcohol, will not injure or discolor the teeth. By diluting a fifty-cent bottle or A-I-M in four gallons of water a splendid mineral water may be had for use by all the family. Try this recipe, watch the contents of tbe garbage pall diminish. At all druggists in 50c and $1.00 sizes. How to Win the War. Life. Gag the pacifists. Recruit a regiment of dauntless movie heroes. Elect certain members of Con gress to talk the enemy to death they can do it with ease. Recruit a regiment of belligerent cooks. Plant a potato where the ash plie grows. Put none but Americans on guard In the Senate. Less money for movies and more for munitions. Stick to the right, even if Niagara Falls. Mobilize the nurses. They Know all about Infantry. When a man volunteers give him a medal for bravery. It he marries and then volunteers give him two medals. Lucius Polk McGhee, of the law faculty at the State University, has been chosen to succeed Judge Thom as H. Calvert on the commission charged with the codifying of North Carolina. Mr, Calvert was doing the work under the direction of the legislative code commission when be was appointed Superior Court Judge. One company of negro troops, un der negro officers, will be encamped j with the white troops from New I England at Camp Greene, Charlotte, j says The Observer. This negro com pany is attached to a white regiment from Lowell, Mass. Deeds of Gaston county, in Book 117 at Page 159, to secure certain indebt edness mentioned in said deed, de fault having been made by breach or conditions and stipulations contained in said deed, I will sell on Friday, August 31, 1917 at the hour of 12 o'clock noon at tne Court House door, of Gaston county In Gastonia, North Carolina, for cash to the highest bidder to satisfy said mortgage, the following described real estate, lying and being in Gaston county, North Carolina: Adjoining the lands of C. W. Boyd and others, being tract No. 9 and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone at a cedar on Boyd's line and runs with Boyd's line N. 8 2 1-4 E. about 470 feet to a point in the mid dle of the public road; thence with middle of said road northward 85 feet to the Southwest corner of the lot No. 8; thence with line of lot No. 8 westward 474 feet to Carson's line; thence S. 1-3 E. with Carson's line 85 feet to the beginning, same being a part of Sidney Froneberger divis ion as may appear from the records in this cause. For further record of the above division see Book 105, Page 4 62 or fice of Register of Deeds for Gaston county. This the 30th day of July, 1917. J. WHITE WARE, Mortgagee. A. C. Jones, Attorney. W-A-22c4w ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having duly qualified as adminis trator of the estate of L. B. Hall, de ceased, late of Gaston county. North Carolina, this is to notify all per-' sons having claims against said es tate to present the same, duly verifi ed, to the undersigned on or berore Tbe 4th Day of July, 1918 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt settlement with the undersigned. This the 4th day of July, 1917. F. P. HALL, Administrator, Bel mont, N. C. A. C. Jones, Atty., Gastonia, N. C. W-A-8c6 NOTICE TO AUTOMOBILE OWN ERS. Time for securing your county li cense numbers has been extended to August 15th. . After that date the penalty of the law will apply. -Numbers may be secured from G. Lee Beam,' Cherryrllle; ;Geo. V.-Loar, Dallas: W. A. Dameron. Bessemer City: J. W. Cole, Mf. Holly; - P. , L. Stafford. Belmont; at at Sheriffs of fice In the court houAe, , . - W. N. DAVIS, Sheriff Gaston Goaty, ;.. ., i W-A-15 c4 - - -y ' . - , (Continued from page six.) ; from his nUu. was fathered lnte. a misshapen maa about two feet from hianeck, . ' ' . '.. V ; 'Nonsense! he ' answered. . "Some thing alive which - we cannot see is contrary to ail laws of physics. Mine Gottl What isr "Be suddenly went under water him self, and. dropping the pike, pole, I grabbed blm by tbe collar. Something was pulling blm away.' "'Help! Something baf my right footr " 'Lend a hand here! I yelled to the men, and a tew joined me, grabbing him by bis clothing. We wrested him free. Then I distinctly saw the mass of red more slowly forward and dis appear under the forecastle deck. " Ton were rightr cried the pro fessor. .'Dere is something invisible In der water something dangerous, some thing which violates all laws of phys ics and optics. Ob, mine foot! How It hurts!, . "I grabbed the pike pole again, cau tiously hooked tbe barb into tbe dead man's clothing and. assisted by the men, pulled him aft to the poop, where, tbe professor bad preceded and was examining him. "Frank, tbe dead man, bad been strong, robust and full blooded. But he bore no resemblance to his living self. He lay there, shrunken, short ened and changed, a look of agqny en bis emaciated face. 'He was sucked dry, like a lemon,' said Herr Smidt. Terhaps in his whole body there is not an ounce of blood nor fluid of any kind.' "I secured an Iron belaying pin. tuck ed it inside bis shirt, and vvfi bore him overboard at once. for. in the presence of this horror, we were not in the mood for a burial service. There we were, eleven men on a waterlogged hoik, adrift on a be4ngA greasy sea. and an invisible thing forward that might seize any of us at any moment it chose. In the water or out for Frank had been caught and dragged down. "Still. I ordered tbe men to remain on tbe poop and to expect no hot meals, as we could subsist for a time on the canned food In the storeroom and lazaret While the professor went down into bis flooded room to doctor his ankle. I armed every man of us with a sheath knife and belt while tbe sky grew muddler and tbe' sun darker. It was tbe Java earthquake, but we did not know it for a long time. "Soon the professor appeared and announced that bis Instruments were In good condition. " I must resensltlzt my plates, how ever.' he said. 'Der salt water has spoiled them, but tbe rest of my things are dry.' " 'Well.' I answered, -that's all right But what are they in the face of this emergency? Are you thinking of pho tographing anything now?" " 'Perhaps. I haf been thinking.' " 'nave you thought out what that creature Is forward, there? " 'Partly. It Is some creature thrown np from der bottom of der sea und washed on board by der wave. Light like wave motion, ends at a certain depth, und we havo over 12.000 feet be neath us. At that depth dere is abso lute darkness, but we know that crea tures lire dere.' : " 'But why can't we see that thing? " " 'Because It has never been exposed to light I mean visible light, der light that contains der oovon colors of der spectrum: hence It may not respond to der three properties of visible light reflection, which would give it a color of some kind; absorption, which would make It appear black, or refraction, which. In der absence of der other two. would distort things seen through it. for it would be transparent, you know." ' 'But what can he done?" " 'Nothing, except that der next man attacked must use his knife. If he cannot see der" creature be can feel It Und perhaps ive may see it Its photo graph You know.' he said, that ob jects too small to be seen by the mi croscope, because smaller than der amplitude of der shortest wave of visi ble Ucht. can be sern when exposed to der ultraviolet light der dark light be yond der spectrum. T'nd you know that this light is what acts der most In photography, that it exposes on a sensitized plate new stars in der heav ens invisible to -der eye through the strongest telescope.' "'Don't know anything about it' I answered. "'I must think.' he said dreamily. I haf a rock crystal lens which is per meable to this light und which I can place in mine camera. I mnst have a concave mirror, not of glass, which Is opaque to this light but of metal, thus to throw der ultraviolet light on der beast. I can generate It with mine static machine. "How will one of our lantern re flectors do? They are of polished tin. I think.' " Good ! I can re polish one.' Thut I procured from the lazaret, and berpronouDced It available. Night came down, and safely I lighted three masthead lights to Inform any passing craft that we were not under com mand. The steward brought up an the blankets there were in the cabin, but there were not enough to go around, and one man volunteered, against my advice, to go forward and bring aft bedding from the forecastle. He did not come back. We beard his yeU. that finished with a gurgle, but In thai darkness not one of us dared to Tex ture fo his rewne. ' ,; "We did not find tbe dead man when the Jaint daylight came. His body mott have washed over tbe ran with-a s ae.nd. we. hoped the Invisible kSlre bad. stme too. f.WJtb, eoqrag; bora: ft this ljope a man went forward! to low ex the xnistbead lights. . -.r-i-i "."We Iwatcbei bim closely i!&e po)e fa one band, bis knife in the ether. Bat be went under at the fore rigging without even a yell, and tbe pole went with blm, while we could see that bis arms were close to bis sides. After a few moments, however, the pike pole floated to tne surface, -but the man's body, drained no doubt of its buoyant fluids, remained on tbe deck; . It was an hour later, with tbe pike pole for a feeler, before we dared approach tbe body and tow it aft It resembled that pf tbe first victim, a skeleton clothed with skin, with tbe same look of hor ror on the face. We buried it like tbe other and beld to the poop, choked by ashes from tbe sky. 'Before tbe afternoon was half gone it was as dark as night and down be low, np to his waist in water, the Ger- Up to His Waist In Water, th Profes sor Was Working Away. man professor was working away. He came up at supper time, bumming cheerfully, and announced that he had replaced bis camera lens with the rock crystal, that the lantern, with its re flector and a blue'spark in the focus, made an admirable instrument for throwing the invisible rays on the beast and that be was all ready, ex cept that bis plates, which be bad re sensitized, must have time to dry. And then be needed some light to work by when tbe time came, be explained. Alan Btinthor victim.'. I suffjrested bitterly, for he had not been on deck j when the last two men bad died. 'Better devise some means of killing him.' I answered. "'Der only wsy I csn think of,' be responded. Is for de next man you hear me all, you men to stick your knife at the end of the blood, where it collects In a lump. Dere la der crea ture's stomach, and a vital spot "A shriek suddenly sounded. A man lashed with a turn of rope around his waist to tbe stump of tbe mlzzenmast was writhing and heaving on his back, while be struck madly with his knife. With my own knife in my hand, I sprang toward him and felt for what had seized him. It was something cold and hard and leathery, close to his waist I lunged , with the knife. The next moment I received, a blow In the face that sent mo aft six feet. "When I recovered my senses the remnant of the crew were around me. but tbe man was gone dragged out of the bight of the rope that had held him against tbe force ef breaking seas and down to the flooded main deck, to die like the others. "I went on deck at 0 in the morning. The lantern still burned at tbe stump of the mlzzenmast, but the lookout was gone, ne bad not lived long enough to be relieved. We were but six now." "Did this thing kill any more men?" I asked. "AH but the professor and myself, and it almost killed me. Look here." ne removed his cravat and collar, pulled down his shirt and exposed two livid scars abont an Inch in diameter and two apart "I lost all the blood I could spare through those two boles, but saved enough to keep olive." "Go on with the yarn." I asked. "Some things should be forgotten." he added, "but as I have told you this much I may as well finish and be done with it "It was partly due to a sailor's love for tobacco, partly to our cold, drench ed condition. A sailor will starve quietly, but go crazy if deprived ot bis smoke. "Our slop chest was under water and the tobacco utterly useless, but the bos'n had an upper bunk In the forward house, in which was a couple of pounds of navy plug, and be and the sailor talked this over until their crsving for a smoke overcame their fear of deatla "By this time all discipline was end ed, and all my commands went for nothing. They sharpened their knives, and. agreeing to go forward, one on tbe starboard . rail, the other on the port and each to come to tbe other's aid if called, they went up Into tbe darkness. I opened my room window, which overlooked tbe main deck, but could see nothing. "Yet I could hear. I beard two screams for help, one from the star board side, the other from the port and knew that they were caught What manner of thing it was that could grab two men so far apart near ly at tbe same time was beyond all Imagining. " This thing.' I said to tbe professor. mnst be able to see In the dark.' " Why not? be answered as be put tered with bis wires. Cats und owls can see In the dark, und the accepted explanation Is that by their power of enlarging der pupils they admit mere light to the retina. But that explana tion never satisfied me. Too baf no ticed, baf yoa not. that a cats eyes shins in der dark, but only- when' der cat la looking at yonthat is.- when It looks, elsewhere ' you. do.vot see der shiny eyes.; ." . .';:." ' - . 1 " Tes. t answered. - r" A cat's eyes are searchlights, but they send forth a visible light, such as is generated by fireflies und some fish. Cnd dere are flab la der upper Mb taries of der Amazon which baf fdttr eyes, der two upper of . which d9 searchlight, "der two lower bf 'which ' are organs of percipience, or vlsiOa Bot visible light is not der only light ; It is possible that .the creature oat on deck generates the Invisible light and can see by It 'Der creature may lrve In an atmosphere 'of ultraviolet light, which I can generate muesetf. Wbea mine plates dry I may get a picture of It Then we may find means of kill ing If . ' " God grant that you succeed.' ! "But as I said, the thing killed aH but tbe professor and myself. If there ' la anything an oriental loves above bis ancestors it is bis stomach, and the ij wt naltfn nnfltl rta all We had the turpentine torch for beating water and some dry coffee to tbe steward's storeroom. but notf utensil of any kind. So these two poor heathen, against my protest.' went out on the deck and waded forward, waist " deep in the water. . ' ' 4 ; "I could see them as tbey entered tbe galley to get tbe coffeepot I did pot see them come out nor did I bear even . a squeal Tbe thing must have been in tbe galley. Nlgbt came on, and we . slept as best we could. "I roused the- professor when I saw tbe masthead and two side lights of steamer approaching from tbe star board, still about a mile away. I bad not dared to go up and rig that lantern, at tne mizzen siump. uui uuw uo -myself to go up with a torch, tbe pre- . fessor following with his Instruments. He bad a Wlmsburst machine to gen- . erate a blue spark, you know and this 't , be bad attached to tbe bl deck light. IrVIll Willi' U UJ UIU niuvira opaque glass. Then be bad his camera, with its rock crystal lens. ; V "He trained both forward from tbe cabin top and waited," while I wared tbe torch, standing sear the stamp with turn of rope around me for safety's sake la case tbe thing seized . me. No sooner was there an answer ing blast of a steam whistle, indicat ing that the steamer bad seen the torch, than something cold, wet, leata- cry luu Bum upywu uvuw I dropped tbe torch and drew my knife, while I beard tbe whir of the static machine as tbe professor turned It . "'Use your knife.' be called 'and reach for any blood you seer 1 struck as I could, but could make no Impression and soon felt another, strictare around my legs. "Still another belt encircled me, and, though I waa clad In woolen shirts and t monkey Jacket, I felt these garments being torn from me. Now I was near. ' ly bent double. ' ;? 4 ' -And air tbe time that German was whirling bis machine and shouting to strike for sny blood I ssw. But I saw Uh your knift," ho called, "und reach for blood I" none. Two spots on my chest began to smart, then burn as though hot Irons were piercing me. Frantically . I struck right and left sometimes at the coils encircling me. again In tbe air. Then all became dark. "I awakened In a stateroom berth, too weak to lift my bands, the pro fessor standing over me. " 'Ach. it is well.' be said. You will recover. You haf merely lost blood, but you did the right thing. Yon struck with your knife at the blood, and you killed tbe creature. 1 waa right Heart, brain und all vital parts were in der stomach.' " 'Where are we 7" I asked. -. 'On board der steamer. When yo staggered aft 1 knew you had killed him. Then you fainted away. We were taken off. Und I haf two or three beautiful negatives, which I am . printing.' Next day be abowed me tbe photographs be bad printed. . " 'la heaven's name, what waa ItT I asked excitedly. 1 ' 'Nothing but a giant squid, or octo pus. Did you ever read Hugo's terri ble story of Gilliat's fight with a squid r ' ' "I bad and nodded. "Hugo's imagination could not give blm a creature, no matter bow formida ble, larger than one of four feet stretch. This one had. three tentacles around me, two others gripped tbe -port and starboard pin rails, and three were gripping tbe stump of tbe mala- ' mast It bad a reach of forty feet "But there was one part of each pic ture in defined and missing. My knife" and right band were not shown. They were burled in a dark lamp, which, could be nothing but tbe blood from toy. veins. Unconscious, bat stm strag- guts I bad stack Into the soft body Of the monster and struck true," ; ; ' The next Morgan Robertson story wit! be 'Fifty FatHems Down. , . s . - "V ,: -s-- iia- - ....
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