The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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The Deep Sea Peril
Bu VICTOR ROUSSEAU
CHAPTER XV—Continued.
—16—
She rnn unchallenged through the
destroyer flotilln and eaine alongside
the rear-admiral's flagship, a monster
•cruiser armed with n powerful battery,
on which he had hoisted his pennant.
A few minutes later Davies and Ida
■clambered aboard, leaving Clouts In
charge of the submariue—and of the
queen of the swarm.
Half an hour later Clouts received
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Admiralty was one of humiliation and
vindictlveness.
"The scoundrel!" muttered the sec-
ond sea lord, clenching his fists. "Who
knows that he will fulfill his pact?"
"He must," said Donald.
"Why, sir?"
"Because the moderation of his
terms shows that MacBeard lias no ul-
terior motive. T think," he added,
"that the admiral did perfectly right."
"And Miss Kennedy?" inquired the
the command to take the F55 to Lon-j sea lord.
don as best he could. Davies' inter- j "Sacrificed herself for her country—
■view with the rear-admiral had decided j as others have done," Donald replied.
the latter to open hostilities immedi-
ately. The squadron spread out and
approached the Dogger fanwise, to en-
circle the monsters.
MacBeard, who had just awakened
aboard the motorboat, saw in terror
the great shells dropping ail about
liirn. He thought this was the end of
-all his plans. It seemed impossible to
escape.
But the monsters, terrified by the vi-
bration, dashed wildly in all directions,
and, finding themselves ringed in,
But the second sea lord did not under-
stand.
The news of the expected arrlvnl of
the F55 having become public, Donald
sent a wireless message to a patrol
ship, ordering her to intercept the ves-
sel nnd bid it anchor off the Nore.
where he could go aboard without pub-
licity. When he arrived early the same
morning the first person who welcomed
him from the deck was Davies.
"Do you know, sir," he said, "I think
we shall checkmate that scoundrel
•churned up the water madly. The man j yet."
In the chains on the flagship looked at ! "It isn't possible," groaned Donald.
vapor on the three seaward sides. The BATTLESHIP BLOWS UP AND
shore lay about two miles to port. The eilli/o m -r/Ms/w/a n « v/
anchor was hoisted, and soon the F-55 oliVfto IN TOKOYAIVIA BAY
was making rapid surface headway lu i ■
the direction of the Belgian coast. American Shin Lost in Collision—
"It's blowing up pretty thick, sir," Oosterdijk Down at Sea, An-
sald Davies, looking out through the
port at the dense clouds of murky
hydrogen that-rolled under the cumu-
lus clouds.
"Davies!" cried Donald.
He snatched his glasses and put
them to his eyes. "Look, Davies!" he
cried.
In the distance, a tiny point amid
tiie rolling clouds, they saw the motor-
boat.
The submarine began to dip. The
water covered her bow, her stern.
Donald went to the mirror of the perl-
scope, which, fixed because there was
no one to start the motor, afforded
him a vision of less than a right nngle.
But he saw only the thickening
clouds, and presently these blotted
everything out. The mirror was black
as Ink. He turned away. A groan es-
caped his lips. He clenched his hands
and prayed that the plan might not
miscarry.
his lead incredulously. It marked
12 fathoms, where it should have
marked 25. It marked ten, seven,
four—and suddenly the sea seemed to
open. Half the vessels in the attack-
ing squadron grounded. They lay on
their sides In the North sea sand, one
set of guns pointing heavenward, the
other toward the bowels of the earth.
Then a huge, agitated wave, radiat-
ing outward from the still vortex In
which the motorboat reeled dizzily,
lashed them aDd buffeted them afloat.
Beyond control, the dismantled, fleeing
squadron drove under the pounding
waves In all directions.
Out of the vapor chugged a motor-
fcont. Slowly, as the haze subsided,
she drew alongside. In her stood Mac-
Beard, triumphant in this display of
his power.
Five minutes later he stood in the
presence of the rear admiral, Davies
and Ida, as well as of the junior of-
ficers.
"You see, we are unconquerable," he
said grimly. "But I have come to offer
you terms."
As a public enemy, many afterward
said that he should have been hanged
then and there, in spl(te of ills envoy-
ship. But the rear admiral refused to
violate the traditions of the sea—or
perhaps he realized that, MacBeard
dead, he could hope for no means of
subduing his unchained devils.
"What are they?" he inquired cour-
teously.
"First," said MacBeard, "personal
Indemnity."
"In return for what?"
"In return for the destruction of this
menace. I pledge my word that It
shall disappear forever."
"But how?"
MacBeard hesitated. Eager as he
now was to destroy the herd, he was
uot overanxious to reveal iiis plans.
However, he yielded the point.
"As you have observed," he said,
"they are completely under my control.
I will take them into Skjold fjord, on
the Norwegian coast. As you know, it
is n huge body of water, surrounded
cliffs of high basalt, and having an
■entrance barely large enough to admit
a small steamship. Once they are
there, the entrance can be blockaded
until they are dead of famine. In re-
turn I demand possession of—" and he
looked toward Ida.
He did not know her name, but It
Old not strike him ns peculiar.
A glance at Ida's horror-strlckken
face was sufficient to enable the ad-
miral to decide.
"We refuse," he said.
But Ida stepped forward nnd laid
her hand on the admiral's arm.
"I cannot let you refuse," she said.
"I am nothing—"
"No I" cried Divles. "You shall not
jacccpt his terms!"
"Yes," answered the girl, facing him
quietly. "It Is only myself, anil there
is the whole world at stake. Wouldn't
Donald do ns much for me?"
And Davies was silent. For Donald
had said very much the same thing
■when he thought Ida dead on Fair
Island.
Ida turned to MacBeard. "You wish
me to be your wife?" she asked.
"Yes—if you like to call it so," he
stammered in answer.
"I will go with you," she said.
The admiral interposed.
"We hnve pledged our faith."
"I wonder If there may not be
human beings under the sea, sir, who
rule those devils. I wonder whether
that fish-girl Clouts has got in the
luessroom may not have some power
over them if—If we give her her head.
I wonder if we couldn't use her to out-
wit MacBeard."
"Absurd !" said Donnld curtly. "But
let me have another look at her."
"Clouts!" called Davies down the
engine room tube.
A minute later Clouts appeared, hur-
riedly pocketing his mouth organ and
wiping his lips. "Aye, sir!" he suid.
"Captain Paget wants to see your—
your friend, Clouts."
Donald entered alone nnd stood
looking across the messroom toward
the phantom shape at the further end.
The queen slirtink back against the
wall and stnred at Donald with her
mournful eyes. The face was waver-
ing, half-visible; but the eyes were
fixed on his Intently, and there was the
pathos of a soul struggling for life in
them, such as we see in the eyes of
suffering beasts.
She came to him nnd put her arms
about him. Her face lay for one In-
stant ngainst his own. And to his
nmuzement, to his horror, Donald
seemed to know that Ida was nothing,
and that this woman was nil.
A soft murmur eajne from the
queen's throat. It rose and fell, and
rose again until it seemed to fill the en-
tire ! jbmarine with sound. It was the
swarming call. It was the call of the
queen when she has found her mate
and lends forth her army to new land,
new conquest, new dominion.
From the east shores and from the
Baltic, from the Thames Estuary, the
CHAPTER XVII.
The Pursuit.
Within the conning tower Donald
could hear distinctly the chugging.of
the engines of MacBeard's motorboat.
Had he risen to the surface both ves-
sels would have been Invisible in the
hydrogen gloom; but 'hen he might
have lost his quarry. Under water he
could hear the sound greatly Increased
in volume, and could better determine
Its direction.
He surmised correctly that Mac-
Beard, having followed the swarm,
would attempt to lead it northward by
means of his tuning-fork. And the
awarin, sensing the presence of the
queen, would accompany the F55,
while MacBeard believed that he had
Wmself mustered them.
With the tip of her periscope Just
submerged, Donald steered the F55.
Never had he followed so shrewdly
upon an enemy's track. Now to port,
now to starboard, he followed the
sonnd of the gasoline engines, while
Clouts watched them and Davies, In
the diving station, sent up an occa-
sional cheery message.
Night fell and passed. Dawn came
up, although not a vestige of light
could have been seen, even afloat. A
sooty column, hydrogen surcharged
with atmospheric dust, was passing up
the Norwegian coast.
At noon Davies, whose duties had
not been constant enough to prevent
him from enjoying a short slumber,
begged to take Donald's place. But
Donald refused.
As he ran the bopt his brain ham-
mered out the clear outlines of his
plan. He would lead the herd Into
Skjold fjord, leave Davies in charge,
kill MacBeard and rescue Ida. Then
lie would send her overland southward
with Clouts, and remain until a ship
could arrive with materials to block
the passage.
The high, precipitous' cliffs of the
fjord would effectively bar in the mon-
sters. For a few days or weeks the
world's menace would writhe there like
a wounded snake. Then it would pass.
Donald had no doubt of his plan.
But he did not dare to dream of
other Damaged in Port.
Tokio The Japanese battleship Ka-
wachi of 21.420 tons displacement,
blew up and sank in Takayama bay.
150 miles northeast of Nagasaki. Five
hundred members ot the crew lost
their lives.
The Kawachi was built at Kure
in 1912 She carried a complement
of AGO officers and men. The war-
phip v as 500 feet long, eighty four
feet beam and drew twenty-eight
feet ot water. Her armament con- j
listed of twelve 12-inch guns, ten '
6-Inch guns, eight •) 7-inch guns and ,
twelve 12 pounders. Sho also was :
equipped with five IS inch torpedo
•ubes.
Three American Ships In Collision
An American Port The sinking at
eoa of the American steamship
Oosterdijk, after a collision with the
iUneric n steamship San Jacinto, was
reported by a Swedish steamship ar-
riving here. The Oosterdljk'l crew
was taken aboard the San Jacinto,
which, although badly damaked, had
managed to reach an Atlantic port,
it was said.
The American steamship Oconee,
loaded and ready to said, was ram-
med in a harbor liv the steamer Con
stantio and so badly injured that she
had to he beached to prevent sink-
ing.
A large tank steamer, arriving at
an Atlantic port, reported that she
was in collision with a I'nitod Stat s
destioyer. Both vessels were badly
damaged but were able to procoeil
. 'P L $
CZAR'S DEATH CONFIRMED §
Bolsheviki Leaders Announce Execu«
tion of Nicholas Romanoff.
London Former Emptror Nicholas
of Russia has been shot. «u Russian
wireless statement announces
The message announces that a coun-
ter-revolutionary conspiracy was dis-
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That Second Thought.
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per oil the wall?
Decorator Your wife, sir.
Henri of the House (subsiding)
Pretty, isn't It?
Doubtful.
"How's your wnr gnrrien, olil mnn?"
"There's n cutworm drive on nt
present."
Mi w Mill In
Hard Luck.
l'Tntbusli—I lost my wife in tha
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Iiensonhurst You found her all
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covered with the object of wresting
the ex-emperor from the authority of
Ida; only he set himself resolutely to soviet council
channel nnd the Seine, the monsters the pursuit.
came. They knew that swarming call,
though they had only heard It once
before, and that cut short.
Sam Clouts burst open the door.
Donald was lying upon the floor
within, nnd, standing beside him, was
the queen. He heard the call die on
her lips.
Shaking with terror, the sailor
drugged Donald outside nnri locked the
(loot. He carried his captain up on
deck. In a few moments Donald
opened his eyes.
"What happened, Clouts?" he asked.
"You fainted, sir. Excuse me, sir,
hut you oughtn't never to hnve gone In
there. She's a devil, sir, one of them
j In view of this fact the president of
t>ie Ural regional council dee ded to
execute the former ruler an I the de-
cision was carried out on .Inly 16.
The former empress and the young
Alexis Ilomanoff, the former heir ap-
parent, have been sent to a place of
security.
So they drove on up the Norwegian
coast nil day, and when night fell they
were still hard on the chose.
Davies called through the engine-
room tube.
"There isn't much power In the bat-
teries, sir," he said. "That salt water
cut our running reserve in linif, nnd
we've been using it pretty freely. The EARLY AMERICAN FIGHTING
dynamo coil was injured by the sea
water."
"Go on, full speed," said Donald.
"MacBeard must have been running
slowly, sir, to save his gasoline. If he
puts on a spurt we're done."
"Drive till the electrics fail, then
we'll come up and use the petrol mo-
vampires like that we used to hear t0rs.
about when we were children. Mrs. Donald could see by the ohnrt that
Clouts—" I (hey were within twenty miles of their
Donald staggered toward Davies. destination when the speed of the F5E
who was running out of the conning > began to fall. She dropped to nine
Terrible Slaughter of Huns In First
Counter offensive.
With the American Army on the ,
Marne.—A survey Just completed of j
the woods south of Mezy through !
which the Gernan advanced against!
the Americans before the big Ameri
can advance and subsequently have
been driven back across the Marne re-
1 vealed more than 5,000 Hun fighters
tower.
"You were right, Davies," he said.
"We've got him. You heard that call?
"Listen, Davies! If I'm not mistaken
that call will bring the monsters to us.
Let's make for the deepest part of the
.sea, first, so that we won't drive on a
sand bank when the water evnporutes.
And then—where wus it MucBcurd
had gone?"
"Skjold fjord. I wus there on my
first cruise, sir. It's n deep, almost
land-locked harbor In a wild part of
the Norwegian const. The whole herd
could disport themselves in there—and
it would be easy to block the entrnnce,
ns MacRearri said—"
"Never mind that, Davies. Don't
| you see that this releases us from our
faith toward him? He'll be making
knots, to eight. The sounds of the
gasoline engine were growing fainter.
Donald called down the tube.
"llrlng her up!" he shouted.
"Aye, aye. sir!" Clouts called back.
And the F55, climbing out of the
j water like a sen otter, seemed to shake
! the drops from her, nnd continued un-
I der the moon.
' Fnr in the distance Donnld could see
the dense column of fog, ns It riis-
appenred toward the Norwegian shore,
j That smoky devil MncRenrd had
wrapped himself in obscurity to his
own undoing. lie did not drenm of
the Nemesis upon his heels.
"He's spurting for Skjold fjord,"
snld Davies.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
killed there.
The officers who made the survey
teil me that bodies in some spots are
piled four ib -p where the close forma-
tion of the advance tried to go ahead
against our machine guns. Accord
ing to tin* usual ratio be.tv. een kiied
and the total casual ties this would
mean we inflicted more than 20,000
casualties on the boche
Practical!; the whol of the Icii r's
t imed Tenth guard divisi- n bail eomc
"If you wish to go, Miss Kennedy, tor Skjold fjord with Miss Kennedy, New Use for Motorcycles.
I must accept the sacrifice," he snld. and as many of the monsters as he tins That new uses for motorcycles are
"Rut It enn only come from you.' He been nble to gather together by means still being discovered Is shown by the
across the Marne against the .
i ins and but a few r<> b .< i;
The prisoners taken of the
prendiers said on< battalion w;
nihilated in the oods and c
other battalion about one coi
Since our troops threw the He
hack across the Marne. one
from Gland to Jaulgonne, they
made no further at^mpt to
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aiits
addressed MacBeard. "I am willing so ; of that tuning-fork sound, which re-
far," he said. "The government can-1 r tnbles the call we heard about as
not refuse to ratify those terms. What much us— Well, never mind that.
Is your next?" The point Is. MacBeard Is not to be un-
"My third and last demand is—fifty deceived."
Davies looked at Donald strangely.
gallons of gasoline."
CHAPTER XVI.
The Queen's Call.
He did not understand his sudden high
spirits; he could not yet see, alto-
gether. at what his chief was driving.
"The herd will accompany us, but
It would be difficult to estlmnte the 1 we'll keep near MacBeard and why,
mingled rnge anil horror that swept
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JThe admiral felt that he had rid
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bagatelle. But the feeling in the | to r-iecea. and-"
let him think that It's following him.
He mustn't see us till we're within the
harbor. Understand? And then—there
are still two torpedoes left, arsn't
there? Well, then, we'll blow his craf^
fact that a Californlnn with a big lawn there
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can trim the lawn In about one-tenth
the time formerly required. The only
consideration that limits his speed ap-
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must be oiled frequently.—Popular Me-
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Injured by Pro perity.
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Washington The government 1s
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