The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-31

make him draw q picture to Us of th,
world beneath the waters, and after
ward. when we are down there, we car
compare the reality with mis- prophecie.
tonight and point out his mistakes.
do 30 love to score off DR.. Thing" shs
added with q laugh. ''But he Is 90 fear.
fully exact that l don't often have 6
chance"
Presently Captain Colepepper and the
doctor finished their deck pacing and
the captain went to the helm. The
ketch was worked up some two miles
to windward of the spot where the cal.
culations had said that the Santa Cata-
rina lay, and then she was hove to for
the night.
That evening the two promoters Of
the enterprise sat OF, the after skylight,
under the stars. and played duets. By
the terms Of the agreement d.. Tring
would shave the command tomorrow,
for be was Commander below the sur
face. It was the end Of the captain g
term Of Office. therefore, and he did not
play second violin once during the even
ing; he fiddled the air. The doctor was
content with the secondary position and
footed obligato accomplishments. They
did not mean their music to be melan-
choly. but unintenticnally it was so. II
they started "Scots VIVA Haze" it verg-
ed insensibly into minor key and ended
In the Gland O. the Lenl, and "Home.
Sweet Home." which they tried next,
started in a wall and ended as dirge.
The younger pair, full Of the excite.
n,ent Of anticipation, could not under
stand the others gloom and were even
slightly depressed by 1t themselves, for
there Is something peculiarly catching
about an apparently causeless melan-
choiy. But presently Guthrie, by fol-
lowing the glances Of the two musicians.
was able to guess what troubled them.
He saw that they were constantly cast
ing furtive looks at Dolly, and after
awhile it dawned upon him that she
was the cause Of their anxiety. A re-
mark Of the doctors which the young
man heard in the pause while the cap
tain was Tightening his q string made
this certain.
"If you like, we can put in at one Of
the islands and drop her there till we
are ready to go back"
''No, no, replied the captain decid-
eddy and then added more in low
tone, Of which Guthrie could just dis
tinguish the words, "Plucky to the
ends Of her fingers; fret herself to death
if we did,.
And to this the doctor replied with
an air Of relief: II think you are right.
She deserves to come. And don't be-
lieye there's go very much risk after
all, at any rate for her."
And then the captain said his fiddle
was in tune now. So they started their
playing again and ratified through "For
He's Jolly Good Fellow" and the "Sol-
diers' March" from "Faust" with an
amount of vigor which bore evidence
to their pleasure at the decision.
By daylight next morning all hands
were busily engaged in getting the Eu-
reka in trim for the great attempt The
matches were taken off and boat and
scuttle butt passed down below, and
then the matches, which were Of sheet
iron, were replaced and riveted secure.
ly into their places All the canvas was
unbent and slowed below, the main !
companion and skylight were unshipped
and replaced with iron plates securely |
bolted down, and the ketch was made |
tight as bottle all over. Every prepa-
ration fot this had been made by ship
wrights before she left Bristol, and the
doing Of 1t had absorbed all the ayaila- |
BILE capital, already much bitten into by |
the purchase Of the vessel herself and |
the necessary stores, come Of which, as
they were special inventions Of Dr..
Things, were naturally very costly.
Though outwardly little changed, the
Eureka was in her new trim probably /
the strangest vessel that had ever drop
ped down Bristol channel. Her hull had
been of steel to start with, and Of I'M
usually massive construction, and her
structure had been added to till
she was Of immense strength and ca
pable Of enduring enormous compress
sive pressure. The engines and boilers
with which she had been originally fit.
led were taken completely away, and a
smaller crew was substituted for the one
which she formerly carried, and an in.
senious arrangement Of cranks had been
tilted to its shaft, SO that it could be
worked by manual power from the
,old. She possessed, also, two large tank
one forward, one abaft ex-
ending from the bow and stern re-
pectively till they met amidships
Zach Of these was fitted with valve
or admitting the water by which she
vas to be sunk and was connected also
With powerful force pump, by which
his water could be expelled again when
be was required to come to the sur
ace She had in addition, other spe-
ial eontrivances of the Doctors inven-
ion for dealing with the Santa Ca
arina when they should find her; but
hese will be described later on.
Rising from the forward part of her
eek was structure which was intend
to serve the purpose Of coming
over. from which her movements be-
w the surface would be controlled. 1t
as small circular room, lighted by
indows Of thick plate glass. IT could ,
. entered only from below, and con- I
lined steering wheel geared on to the
Her by iron bars passing through wa {
Il tight packing boxes. From this place 6
was that the Eureka was to be gov :
ned in her search along the sea floor c
= the foundered galleon and it's gold
While the work of getting all these T
,pliances into order was going for. a
ard the captain had caused to be low !
cd into the water square Of stout D
nvas stretched on iron bars and suit o
'ly buoyed. The Eureka rode to that o o
the end Of warp, as a sea anchor. o
Or drift was slow, but as the doctor v
d not want her to get to leeward Of a y
rtain point no time was to be lost,
d the eight members Of the crew Q
'rked willingly and hard at the bust. !.
So Of rrp,'.",tinn Ia
{T0 Be Continually W
1t was almost miracle, Burtlock tt
rod Bitters cured me Of terrible break p
out oil over the body. l am very grate- ~