Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-21


dark blotch Of sand rose to the sur
face and defined itself as the rounded
top of the Stickleback, on the black
hull Of which sat Wilmer blowing
brine from his mouth, his head shin
ing with water The manhole opened,
Wilmer snapped the chain into a ring.
slipped into the submarine and reap
peared with something small and fat
| in his hand.
/, "Tll fix you, you ID whelp!' he
yelled. Take thatr'
He aimed at Carson, fred, and the
bullet sang away into the sky. Theo-
dore seized Virginia in his arms and
drew her down into the bottom of the
car, where they lay painting in each
others arms. panic stricken.
II must put the ship out Of range"
cried Carson. leaping to the lever.
She rose like feather for just a
moment. and then she swung about
like kite with it's string fouled, an
chored- by some devilish contrivance.
Carson stepped to the side again and
Looked over. The Virginia hung some
thirty yards above the water, and
straining backward and downward ran
the steel chain looped through, her
works and fastened by both ends to
the submarine. The harsh, raucous
laugh Of Winner rose with horrid sig
nificance from the Stickleback's man
hole, which was again above water
and open.
Don't be in a hurry!'' he shouted.
"Stick around with US awhile. We're
going out where it's deep. Come In;
the waters fine! Got your bathing
suits? When she draws short tele-
phone down. Don't yell, for there
won't no one hear you. There won't
no one hear either of you again in this
world except just you two. By-by!
See you In Davy Jones'-d-n you!"
And with this. as il pulled down
from below. the man vanished into the
dark interior, the manhole closed. and
the chain. like line taken by some
titanic fish, started out to sea. The
airship had been captured by the sub
marine! The mechanical devilfish was
not running very deep; her round deck
rose awash sometimes, but with the
manholes closed, and with no sign save
the erection Of her periscope that she
was more than an inert mass of steel
she swan on.
Still seated where Theodore had
placed her. Virginia looked at him IN
questioning terror. He was white and
Mortified. At this moment he was de-
pressing her in her fight so as to get
all possible slack in the chain. so that
by sudden upward rush he might
break the tether. Once, twice. thrice
he did this, but the chain held.
What is it, Theodore? What Is it?'
said she.
81 don't know" said he, 'but I think
it's the end!"
Carson was not looking at her. He
was looking upward. like man seek
ing for some sort of inspiration. She
stood looking out over the great DESC
late sea and back to the receding shore,
ON which she saw group Of forms
the forms Of their friends. Nothing
could seem more helpless. They were
chained to their fate-a dark fiend Of
a machine that was taking them out
to sea, to deeps profound enough to
drown them-it might be an hour; it
might be the next moment.
Ca1en stood over her with q pistol
in his hand.
Virginia. can you shoot?" he asked.
She took the pistol and nodded af.
drnatively.
Il shall have to ask Won to protect
ne" said he, while I try 70 cut that
chain. They can see with their peri
scope what I'm doing. and when 1t Is
necessary they win come up into the
open and flre. BY pulling out to go !
can Get her at q. angie tat WIN force