The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-04
The Treasure Divers
BY Charles Frederick Hoder-copyrighted by Dodd
& Co.. Publishers York.
CHAPTER VII (Continued).
On the Trail of the Meteorite.

Each seized one of the ropes that were ALWAYS
dangling from the side of of accident
and made quick hitch about his waist; too soon
as when Ralph looked up wall of water ap-
preaching them that hid the horizon lowered an
ominous height
THAT settles u.s." said Captain Sam glancing at the
"A tidal wave!" whispered the awe-struck sci
enlist, feeling for his notebook. "How high, would
But just then the wall Of water struck them as
tho the whole sea had risen. The Dolphin's
tered it, and for almost minute men were
crushed to the deck, dragged beaten by enor-
nous weight of water; then they emerged more dead
than alive, the Dolphin apparently sliding down the
side Of the it passed. Ralph captain
were washed off and hung by the but pulled
aboard just as smaller sea came surgng along
ing over but not carrying them off. AS the party
gained their feet they looked great
sea fast disappearing in the distance
i've been to nigh on to forty year Christ
mas said Captain SAM coughing violently IAN
never swallowed much water before"
THAT gigantic meteor" said the professor
between his efforts to the salt from his
lungs and we have not a moment to lose.'
"Why?' gasped Captain Sam.
Because if we expect to find it n
its wake"
What" said the old sailor clapping his hands on
his knees and looking at the excited
uralist do you mean to say that you would follow
that hissin steamin redhot rock down thru bin
water?'
why certainly" replied the professor. Captain
Blake he continued, appealing to that gentleman as
he united his lifeline and wiped the from his
eyes, 1T is the chance of lifetime; have agreed
give us deepsea dive, and is the opportunity to
kill two birds with stone"
'You mean to chase the meteor?" asked dunn
founded captain.
Certainly! A heavy body like that will sink after
it reaches certain depth, and follow
down by the train of air and bubbles it leave
behind"
The captain emergencies and it did
not take him second to the "All
low!'' he shouted. A moment later the hatch had
changed to, the party all below, the
was giving the engineer and hemsman instruction.
"Send her down at full speed at n angle O.
degrees until strike the train of bubbles
The word hardly given before the Dolphin
dipped her bow and with rush plunged into the
The professor estimated that they had lost min
utes but that the effect of the of hot
ject would make extraordinary mist the
water; and all hands gathered about the windows
enthused at the idea of following meteorite
water.
said the captain fitting his campstool to adapt himself
to the chart in water about eighteen thousand
feet deep, in round numbers, three and half
miles,"
in self congratulatory Think Of It.
my friend" he continued, tapping Captain Sam
shoulder with his long attenuated finger; Eve
where heard, where the pressure
powders glass three and a half tons every
square surface in bodies, where darkness
intense where the water hovers between
water
The professor would have continued but the teIe-
phone violently from the engine; and the