The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-01

In the submarine harbor to which he
had been taken. Del Mar found that he
had been pretty badly shaken up by
the accident 10 his car. His clothes
we're torn and his face and body
scratched No bones were broken.
however, though the shock had been
great Several OF his men we're en-
deayorlng 70 fix him up In the little
submarine ofice. but he was angry,
very angry,
Al such a tuneture a man In drip
ping diving suit entered and pulled
on his helmet. after what had evil
IDENTITY been a hasty trip from the land
through the entrance and up again
into the harboF. AS he approached,
Del Mar saw that the mans hand was
bound up.
whats the matter?" demanded Del
Mar How did you get that?"
THAT fellow Jameson and the girl
did H." he replied, telling what had
happened in the cave, Someone must
have given them one OF those new
searchllght guns"
Where are they?" he asked.
Il saw them 90 out TO the yacht Of
that Professor Arnold"
Hes the fellow that gave her the
gun" almost hissed Del Mar. ION the
yacht, are they?"
An evil smile seemed TO spread over
his face Then Wen get them all,
this time. Man the submarine-the
Z99."
All left the ONCE on the run, hurry
ing around the ledge and down into
the open hatch of the submarine. Del
Mar came along a moment later, Civ.
ing orders sharply and quickly.
The hatch was closed and the yes
sci sealed On all sides we're cleo
trical devices and machines 10 operate
the craft and the torpedoes-an intri-
cate system of things which II seemed
as II no human mind could possibly
understand
Del Mar threw on a switch. The
submarine hummed and tremb!ed.
Slowly she sank in the harbor until
she was at the level Of the underwa-
ter entrance through the rocks. Care
fully she was guided out through this
entrance into the waters of the larger,
real harbor.
Del Mar took his place at the peri
scope, the eye of the submarine. Anx-
iously he turned it about and bent
over the image which it projected.
There it is" he muttered, picking
out Arnolds yacht and changing the
course of the submarine so that it
was headed directly at it, the planes
turned so that they kept the boat just
under the surface with only the peri
scope showing above.
Forward, about the torpedo dis
charge tubes men were busy testing
the doors and getting ready the big
automatic torpedoes.
"They must have seen u.s." muttered
Del Mar. They've started the yacht.
But we can beat them, easily. Are
you ready?"
Yes" called back the men forward
pushing a torpedo into the locklike
compartment from which it was
launched.
LET it 60 then" beloved Del Mar.
The torpedo shot out into the wa,
ter, travelling under her own power,
straight at the yacht.
Elaine and looked back. The peri
scope was much nearer than before.
Can we outdistance the submarine?"
I asked of Arnold.
Arnold shook his head, his face
grave. On came the thin line of foam.
I'm afraid we'll have to leave the
yacht" he said warningly. MY little
motor boat is much faster"
Arnold shouted his orders as he led
US down the ladder to the motor boat.
into which we jumped, followed by as
many of the crew as could get in, while
the others leaped into the water from
the rail of the yacht and struck out
for the shore, which was not very dis
tant. -- --o~---~r'- '''' -''s---'''-
Whats that?" cried Elaine, horrt
fed, pointing back
The water seemed to be all churned
up. A long cigar-shaped affair was
slipping along near enough to the sur
face so that we could just make it out
-murderous, deadly, aimed right al
the heart of the yacht.
"A torpedo!" exclaimed Arnold
Cast Off"
We moved off from the yacht az
swiftly as the speedy little open mo-
tor boat would carry us, not minute
too soon.
The torpedo struck the yacht al
most exactly amidships. A huge col
umn of water spurted up into the air
as though a gigantic whale were blow
ing off.
Below in the submarine Del Mar
was still at the periscope directing
things.
"A hit" he cried exultingly. I'VE
got the whole bunch this time!"
He turned to the men to congratu.
late them, smile on his evil face.
But as he looked again he caught sight
of our little motor boat skimming
safely away on the other side of the
wreck
"The deuce!" he muttered. "Try an.
other. Here's the direction"
Furiously he swore as the men
guided the submarine and loaded an
other torpedo into a tube. AS the
tube came into position they let the
torpedo go. An instant later 1t was
kissing its way at us.
"See, there's another" I cried,
catching sight of it.
All looked. Sure enough, through
the water could be seen another OF