The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

CHAPTER VII.
On the Trail of the Meteorite.

On the Trail of the Meteorite.
moment gazing at the
animal, dumfounded then the professor swung his
tripod from his shoulder and prepared to snap
ae a. .hs Whlch ne
rushed to the aid of their companions.
The boat was rapidly sinking despite the fact that
the propelers revolving at full speed evil
dent that she not powerful enough to lift the ami
NAL, and she gradually sank to the bottom fortunately
settling the steel legs in upright position
Ralph could thru the big window Captain Sam
the others rushing about the arms, which
had been used with such good results the whale,
dropped over the curious animal which was struggling
violently
ing himself with his pole he telephoned to his
panions II wish could have it; it must be seventy
feet long,
I'VE if can ourselves
answered Captain Blake "The main thing now is to
get it clear of the lifting propeller"
The animal presented singular spectacle It's
body barre-shaped, about twelve feet long, with
arrow-like tail. Upon its head were the enormous
black eyes nearly F as dnns f w e
taces that twisted and coiled about in terrible
Two of them apparently fifty feet long and
cut thru the water like whipashes The animal had
evidently mistaken Dolphin a of kind
attacking fouled it's tentacles with the
forward propeller, and unable to escape had hauled
it down to the bottom, where, had it not been for the
legs the Of the Dolphin might have ended
The cuttlehsh writhins in great undulating
movements, pumping water and ejecting ink, pounding
the mud with it's sucker-lined arms, filing the
with such thick cloud of ink and mud that it
approach, they stood and watched the struggle,
awaiting the effect Of the electric
We've clapped the electricity to him."
the voice of Captain Sam thru the telephone.
evident as the struggles Of the
animal increased then suddenly ceased and finally,
when the water had cleared, the uncanny object
lying apparently dead it's arms grasping the bow
he entire with the exception of
the engineer, emerged from the vessel, armed
with pixies boat-hooks and knives and work was be-
gun hauling the monster aWay,-nO easy matter, as it
must have weighed several tons. This finally
the tentaces, when the hide
animal dropped clear of the boat and became en-
bedded in the where its destruction begun by
of strange creatures that gathered at this
usual the The engineer tried the
propel1ers vvhc to rel the
Dolphin suspended the heads of the
divers, who quickly climbed the ladders and were
exchanging experiences with the professor, who
the loss of his bag of specimens
that he could not have measured the giant
squid. Two later the Dolphin emerged from the
sea foated it's surface in perfect calm.
For several days the vessel steamed along in
smooth sea- by moving slowly the could
sit on the little platform which raised them
above swash of the waves and enjoy the tropical
sunshine. At times the hatch would be left open
with a high combing, and Wind-sail spread to carry
fresh air below afternoon the professor Captain
deck lStleSsy watch
ing the horizon land, the captain had said that
they were near the New Hebrides, when suddenly
strange noise the stiffness like the roaring of
mighty wind Instinctively Captain Blake rushed for
the gangway closed the hatch. AS the others
the appeared to come, it grew rapidly louder