The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-04

- ltS UP To the platform
on the back OF the vessel. which arose
70 the surface. Whence came this mr.
clous metal which represented an
enormous sum For what Was i de-
stlned? All was mysterious. The ad-
dress which Arronax had seen Memo
Put on the lid Of the chest was in
modern Greek.
Passing quickly through the
length of the Mediterranean. the
Nautilus entered the Atlantic
and made her way To Vico Pay
There she sank beneath the waters and
at the bottom of the bay Aronnax saw
lying that great fleet. laden With the
gold and silver of Mexico and Peru.
which was sunk there in the great
naval battle Of October =. 1902. when
the Anglo-Dutch feet sunk the gal
cons OF Spain. Here incstimabl-
treasure lay about was Captain
Nemo's banking house. the source
from which he drew his endless
wealth.
Taking the Nautilus to another part
Of the ocean, Captain Memo showed
the professor the lost Atlantis. that
continent which. ancient legends say.
once san beaeath the waves ia a Vast
CONFUSION of nature. In their divers
suits they made their way through !
great forest. still standing as it had
been when the continent which bore
Il was ingulfed, and now al petri-
lied by the action OF the sea water.
From the slopes Of a submarine vol
cano. which lit up with a lurid light
the ocean depths. they locked down
upon q great city. There were the
houses the streets and the public
quares the quaEs stretching out from
what had once been the water front
nov all ~tenantless and dead, but
still preserved as ii was when it had
sunk.
Then they proceeded south and sUIi
south until they were in the An
arctic region. Then, diving under i'm
mense barriers OF ice. they at length
came up into an open sea and II the
centre of the sea was d small ISLAND.
1t was the South Pole. LANDING,
Captain Memo unfurled a black taS
with a golden \ in it and took pos
session of the island in his own name.
No %tyrant's foot has trod this land,
he said, land therefore mine may
tread it On the return from the
South Pole the Nautilus narrowly
escaped des/uction by being TANNED
in the ice under water. She was ex-
tricated with excessive labor. and they
reached the surface of the sea Just
as the last Of their stored pure air
had been exhausted and when all ~
board were almost at the point Of
death
Now they proceeded 20 the North
Alid1IA1S LII obIl - ~ Niio
beaten track Of steamers. OFF the
coast Of ireland a large steamer was
sighted. The Nautilus was then On the
surface and Captain Memo and Pro
fessor AronnaX and his companions
were there also. 1t was evidently a
m~an-of-war by her rigging and the
height Of her masts. This she proved
to be. and presently began firing at
the Nautilus, though she hoisted no
ensign to show her AN,
ship Of an accursed nation, cried Cap
tain Memo: you know who / am; i
do not need your flag to know who
YOU are-but | Will show You mine
And he unfurled at the stern q black
flag similar to the one he had nolSted
at the South Pole. 60 down, sir,
said he. turning fercely to Professor
AronnaX. you and Your companions,
go below. l am going to sink that
vessel. Fate has shown YOU what Eoi
ought not to have seen. Go below.
The professor and his companions
obeyed-there could be no argument.
The Nautilus sank below the waves 20
that she could ram the vessel below
her water line. Then there came a
swift rush of the submarine, a violent
impact and the thing was done. Aron-
max rushed into the saloon. captain
Memo was there looking through the
port panel of glass. Then before his
ewes ArannaX saw the horror oil a
sin j ship. The doomed man-ot-
war was a human anthill going own
down. to the depths, her decks ana
rigging crowded with drowning men.
There was an explosion as the COM
preston of the air blew up her decks
and then the dark mass disappeared
with its dead crew, drawn down by the
strong eddy.
All during the voyage Ned Land
been planning and cOntriVing 10 make
his escape from his floating PRISON
hu+ no opportunity had offered itself.
rho nrofesSor. too. had become wear
led of his captivity. even with th9
wonders Of the ocean to cheer him.
This last tragedy decided nm ne
would escape at all hazards. fItt"d
into = depression IN the back of the
Nautilus was a small boat covered
over with a movable roof. \ hatch
way led through the deck 81 the Nau-
titus corresponding with one in the bot
tom OF the small boat, TO use the
small BOAT one went through these
two matches. closing them both care