Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-11

chain, like a line taken by some titanic
flsh, started out to sea. The atrship
had been captured By the submarine!
The mechanical devilhsh was not run
ming very deep; her round deck rose
awash sometimes; put with the man.
holes closed, and with no Sign, AVE the
erection of her periscope. that b was
more than an inert mass of steel, she
SWAN on, remorseless, silent, b Evil
element In q battle unprecedented and
undreamed of.
Still seated where Theodore had
placed her. Virginia looked at him In
questioning terror. He was white and
Mortified, but he was managing the
Virginia with a set determination,
which rose with and met the danger.
to save her and her freight II possible.
At this moment he was depressing her
In her flight so as to get all possible
slack in the chain, so that by a sudden
upward rush he might break h tether.
Once, twice. thrice he did this: but
the chain held.
What Is 1t, Theodore? What is it?"
said she.
IT don't know" said he; "but I think
it's the end!"
He was not looking at her-he was
looking upward, like a man seeking
for some sort of inspiration. His ex-
preston seemed to say that there was
work to do; and as long as every tick
Of the watch might make the difference
between death and life, he a no time
for her questions. She stood looking
out over the great, desolate sea, and
back to the receding shore, on which
she saw a 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.
1t might be all hour-it might be the
next moment. The immitigable cruelty
of the plan by which they had been
SHARED took away all hope OF its aban-
donment by n softening of the
demons who had devised it, down In
that black, round hull.
Carson stood over her with a pistol
in his hand. She looked up In wonder.
thinking of those cases in which MEN
kill the women they To- rather than
allow them to fall into the hands of
ruffians.
Virginia, can you shoot?' he asked.
She tool the pistol with the air OF
one who knows how to use it and
nodded her head.
ct shall have I ask you to protect
me-" said he, while I try to cut that
chain. They car see with their peri
scope what I'm doing, and when it Is
necessary they will come up into the
open and fire. By pulling out to sea, l
can get her at an angle that will force
them into the open to shoot. I'll do
that. When the manhole opens. shoot
into it. Keep them back. If you
should hit one OF them, don't let 1t
trouble you-you-"
'I shall kill one OF them If I can"
said she. Never mind that! Tell me
the things to dol"
81 shall take the pliers and a fle,"
said he. az don't think the pliers will
cut II. IT will take quite a while to file
it. Even If I can hang on h a long,
I ma be too weak to climb back. I
don't know that I a do it, anyhow.
You must take us back to Ian il I
cut here free"
81 WILL" said she. Never fear, I
can do it. 1 know every lever
There's another thing" said he
I'VE came out with only a little gas.
If we go much father. we haven't
enough to get ashore with. l shall
have to be the judge OF that for you.
/ think I could soar her in with the
aeroplane set of the blades, but I don't
know. ! think we had better ny low
going back. and not waste fuel IN
vertical lift. That takes power. Keep
her gliding about a hundred feet from
the water; but II you want the aero
plane set. this is h way to fix it."
With a swift movement he showed
her the way to manage the mechanism
Then he required her to tell him how
to turn. how to inninE5V to falL how