The Washington times., 1912-04-02
THE TINES DAILY SERIAL STORY
The Second Deluge
By GARRETT p SERvISs Til. SGsss SSsri.Gas ( a, 5sa CO.,

! and overturned It, pitching out the two
| men. But II was OF levium and contin-
ued to float, and they both managed to
scramble aboard.
BY this time the struggles of the sea
serpent were becoming feeble, but where
was Cosmo VersalY The captain gazed
hastily round on all sides, but could see
nothing of him.
Drowned" he muttered. "Killed by
that blasted serpent' Now, what'll we
do2"
Meanwhile, the second boat had ar
Look for the commodore!" shouted
,, Captain Arms. Look with all your
blasted eyes' He's gone down!'
| At that moment there was ,gurgling
| sound at the captains side, and hand
| reached up out of the water and grasp
ed his leg while 1t hung over the gun
vale of the water-filled boat.
| perhaps full minute under water, and
he could not speak. They hauled him
over the thwart and laid him down. AS
they did so loud cheer saiuted their
under the conduct of the mariner whom
| the captain had left in charge, had
rounded about, was nearing the. scene
Of the struggle, with hundreds of eager
faces staring over the bulwarks.
'Cheer-you! Cheer!' yelled the cap
tain. You've got good reason, 4.
the renewed outburst from the Ark.
When they reached the Ark they
could see the long body of the sea mon
| ster undulatlng like an enormous black
| and white ribbon afloat upon the waves.
Some of the captains proiectiles must
have gone through its brain.
| Cosmo was not seriously hurt by the
| blow he had received, and after an hour
| or two of rest in his cabin he came out
| smiling and bowling to the con-
| gratulations that were showered upon
| him.
Before night he seemed to have for
gotten all about his adventure; but the
passengers talked of nothing else, tor
| menting themselves with imaginings
| about what would have become OF them
II the sea serpent had seized his prey.
Cosmo did not refer to the incident
again until, at night, he and the cap
tain were alone on the bridge. Then he
| said suddenly:
Captain Arms. owe you my life /
| could not have been spared at this time
But you are the stuff that is needed to
re-establish the empire of man over the
earth"
The old world was good enough for
me- responded the captain. But who
would ever have dared to spin yarn
like this? I've heard times enough about
the sea-serpeant but I'd have taken a
rIarlinspke 10 the seaman who ven
tured to :ell me that the time was COM
America. ] wonder If there's any more
OF 'em nosing round the Allegheny
down below
- he earth said Cosmo. has gone
brought the creatures of the primeva
ocean out Of their lurking places In the
great dceps, and thev are be ginning &c
explore their new possessions"
Recalling memories of the past. Vivid
and so innumGrable now that they had
no more heart for the diversions of the
Ark which had so long distracted them
The passengers hung over the railings
of the deck, and talked in low tones
while day after day the great vesse
for Scd slowly toward the west.
II was threa weeks after they had
left The vicinity of New York. and the
observations shovel that they must
be nearing the eastern torcer of tn,
Colorado plateau. when, one day a birt
alighted on the railing of the bridge
close beside Cosmo and Captain Arms.
"A bird cried Cosm1. Bat is in
| credible that bird should be here
How can it ever have kept itself atioat'
II surely could not have remained H.
, the air all this time, and IL could no
have rested on the waves during tn,
downpour from the sky! Its presenc,
here IS absolutely miraculous!"
The poor bird. evidently exhausted by
a long Journey. remained upon the rail
and permitted CosnIo to approach
; closely before taking flight to anothe
, part Of the Ark. Cosnio at first though
that 1t might have escaped from hi
! aViary below.
But close inspection satisfied hin
that 1t was Of different species from
and the more he thought of tn
3 strangeness of its appearance here tn
2 greater was his bewlldermert.