The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-02
CHAPTER XVI.
Under the Sea.
. I'VE tons Of gold. worth about
= three million dollars. is not near
so hard 10 move as 1--WE tons Of

- three million dollars. is not near
so hard 10 move as five tons Of
coal. for instance. especially
when IL Is put II seveuty-five-pOun bars
and there is plenty OF tackle handJ- IL
/ took Jackson Joyce, and NhlOu=aDy
only about two hours 10 dump the Lad
out Of the submarine ana replace Il
with the gold-surelys the richest ballast
+! the world ever saw
MeauwhiIe Howard. after statioaing
Dorothy and Mother Joyce IN elevated
positions where hey could watch Tor
tie possible approach OF EOrDes ana
his men. had set to work 20 set the
submarine into order Olling the ma
chiuery. testing the engines and all
finally starting Z ia gas-eng1nes which
discharged the double duty OF driving
thu boat while on the surface ana OF
charging the electric aCCuUulatOrs fCr
use below IL All this took time, and
was not finished until after the last
lar Of gold had been stored away in
Ten Howard called the others around
him Before we start he said 4
have something 10 tel you. Until nov
[ have kept IL 20 myself, because i dld
Joyce, did you ever hear OF wireless
Joyce scratched his head And what's
that, sor2" he demanded
'-TelEraphy without the aid OF wires
I didn't suppose any OF you here had
ever heard OF II. else captain foTDes
would certainly not have shut me IN
the operating room OF q steamer Nl--~
Had = fuII outft in perfect working
order During the time vas con
fined there ] was ID constant com
munication with the naval station al
Guantanamo. / told them OF our
plight, and I VIII venture TO say that
the papers Of the country are -lnEl0E
with the story OF the SarEaSso sea
lures Toward the end-jusr before
joyce set me fre-I got into coTllrnu1
lCar1ou with your 1aInerr DorOllls- tie
was wild with delight 10 know mat
YOU were alive and was about 10 start
20 rescue YOU. In fact Lal1 q dozen
vessels are probably now making an
EFFORT 10 break way through the
weed 10 aid Us If we can get back
10 the coast and wait, we are tolerabiy
sure TO be taken OF sooner or later
Now. the question IS whether we S.naii
Joyce and his wife had listened II
dazed silence. DO you name, sorr
demanded the former, that you can
talk through the air with those quar-
instruments in that little Hoom-
Plans to Escape
That's il exactly. JOSce. I can and
did. But let me get back 10 the
point 7 could give our friends only
a very doubtful approximation Of our
latitude and longitude, so that II VII
take them a long time 10 md US II
they ever do Not hearing further
from rs rle- NAV conclude that the
whole thing e a fake and give up the
search They VIII certainly have q
long and tedious battle with the weed
AltoEe-heT, if they get anywhere near
the right spot in less than a month Il
will be most surprising Certainly they
viii not in less than two weeks Now
what can We 40 during the 1nteTVal2
II we decide ID wait for them, we must
run down the coast and eSra 1liSh
camp somewheTe-as far from the
village as We can get Perhaps 1 can
find another wireless outfit and get
into COEmuT 5CatiOn with Guantanamo
again. Ce-f= lly, we can find food and
shelter, and I'll we VIII have TO do viii
be 70 waiI-supposinE that Forbes
doesn't ind Us. which he viii move
heaven and earth 10 do when he finds
We have his gold and his boat
That Is one alternative open TO US
The other OF course, IS to dive under
the weed end start for home at once
II We meet one Of the searching steam
20 port under our own power. There
IS risk about such an attempt OF
course, but I dNS-t think its a very
great one NV, this is the situation.
what s5alI we do2''
HOwS15 pa used and the others IooEza5
WiliOuEhoy cleared his throat Il CON
TESS. he observed heSitatiTrrlv Chat
I fear the depths Of the sea I Should
much prefer to remain on ton OF II md
go home in steamer May we not rTID
down thts-er-river on the surface ard
talk Il over as We E02''
Surely That's good sense. Wen do
II Joyce suppose you run uD on tbs
EaileOn and take a last look for CAPTAIN
FORBES Meanwhile every body else get
aboard. Hurry, JOyce!''
Joyce hurried In five minutes he