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was altrerent, and for once Dr. 1rlng
showed that he could be moved as other

"Look here, Colepepper, y he said ir-
ritably, "we've figured all this out al
ready at 1903 Shaftoe street, Bristol,
haven't we! So there's no need to be-
gin to have doubts now. We know ex-
actly what pressure the Eureka can
stand, and. according to our calcula-
tions, there will be a considerable mar
gin left over for safety even at 200
fathoms. l see no reason to doubt those
calculations now Do your"
"No, doctor, said the captain, 81
don t, but
Butt interrupted DR.. Tring.
There are no butts. Here, I'll go
over the thing with you again.
And the two men began pacing the
deck, the doctor arguing and enforcing
| his reasons with energetic gestures and
the captain nodding continuous APP
prevail to his friends words. He did
not ill reality require to be convinced
afresh, but the process was none the
| less comforting.
ALAN, said Miss Colepepper pres
emily as she watched the two, sis it
very foclhardy quest, this of ours? Fa-
ther seems to be strangely uneasy, and
even DIR. Tring isn't quite himself. l
don't think l quite realized till now
that we really had to take this awful
dive.
Guthrie said nothing, but edged a
little nearer to the girl and kept his
| eyes fixed in kind of fascination on
the water beneath.
"It's all down thre, / suppose-the
gold which is to max us rich, Dolly
went on, "Do you know, I've feeling
as though we could see it, and perhaps,
too, the dead Spaniards who guard it.
silly thought, isn't it,?
perhaps it is, returned Guthrie;
but strangely enough. Ihave just such
a feeling myself. Shall we try2'
mo, retorted Dolly sharply; 'we
won't! 1t is silly. Well go and talk to
father and DR.. firing instead. want
to ask the doctor what we shall see
when we go into the depths below I'll
make him draw picture to us of the
world beneath the waters, and after
ward, when we are down there. we can
compare the reality with his prophecies
tonight and point out his mistakes. l
10 SO love to score off DR.. Tring, she
added with laugh ''But he is so fear
fully exact that don't often have
,hance
Presently Captain Colepepper and the
| doctor finished their deck pacing and
The captain went to the helm The
/ ofpt yo1 loo,
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 on the after skylight,
under the stars. and played duets. By
the terms of the agreement DR.. Tring
would have the command tomorrow,
for he was commander below the sur
face. 1t was the end of the captains
term of office, therefore, and he did not
play second violin once during the even
4 ing; he fddled the air. The doctor was
content with the secondary position and
footed obligato Accomplishments. They
did not mean their music to be melan-
rholy. but unintentionally it was SO. II.
] they started .sScots Wha Hae," itverg-
ed insensibly into minor key and ended
in the Gland o. the Leal, and Home,
Sweet Home, y which they tried next,
started in a vail and ended as dirge.
The younger pair, full of the excite,
ment Of anticipation, could not under
stand the others gloom and were even
slightly depressed by it themselves, for
there is something peculiarly catching
about an apparently causeless melan-
choly. But presently Guthrie, by fol
lowing the glances of the two musicians,
was able to guess what troubled them.
He saw that they We're 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 E 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 a low
tone, of which Guthrie could just dis
tinguish the words, ''Plucky to the
ends of her fingers; fret herself to deatl
if we did. "
And to this the doctor replied will
an air of relief: 81 think you are right
She deserves to come. And dom t be
lieve there's SO very much risk aftel
all, at any rate for her. .
And then tho captain said his fddl.
was in tune now. So they started theil
playing again and ratified through "Fol
He's jolly Good Fellow" and the ''Sol
diers' March" from "Faust" with al
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. TIL,
matches were taken off and boat ant
scuttle butt passed down below, ant
then the matches, which were of shee
iron, were replaced and riveted secure
ly into their places. All the canvas wa
unbent and slowed below, the mali