Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-27

because of what it would mean to
Cleo" and he gently stroked the
golden head which rested on his
shoulder. "Now," he added briskly,
well none Of US be the worse for
something TO eat and drink, espe-
cially as we shall be down for an hour
or two longer. ] told Hook to see
that some sandwiches and beer were
put aboard"
Entering the rear compartment, he
stood transhxed with utter astonish-
ment. For at the switchboard, his
hand on one OF the switches which
controlled the air-current, stood Sat-
suma.
What the devil are you doing
here, Satsuma" shouted the inventor
wrathfully. What have you just done
to that maehinef"
As Burke, carried away with anger,
advanced menaeingly, Sutsuma's
hand went toward his hip pocket.
Burke, realizing the significance OF
the movement, instantly grappled
with him. With a sudden twist, Sat
suma threw Burke, the old man fall
ing heavily. At that moment Hope
launched himself against the Japa-
nese as, in his Annapolis days, he had
tackled the West Point quarterback.
For a few brief moments the two
locked forms swayed madIy about the
little cabin, overturning the table and
chairs and threatening each instant
to wreck the mechanism of Burke's
invention. Gradually working his
right hand free, Satsuma succeeded
in reaching his hip-poeket. His fin
gers closed about the stock OF an
automatic. There was deafening
explosion, followed almost instantly
by a shower OF sparks from the nest
OF wires about the oxygen-producing
apparatus. The stream OF bubbles in
the tank ceased and the little COM
partment was filled with acrid fumes.
my God" exclaimed Burke,
crouching on the floor where he had
been thrown. Hes smashed the
transformer" The bullet which had
been intended for Hope had missed
him by a hairs breadth and had
buried itself amid the mechanism At
the same instant Satsuma, like all
Japanese, an adept in the art of
wrestling, slipped from the officers
grasp and leaped through the door
OF the navigating room. A seaman
attempted to fell him with spanner,
but the Oriental's pistol cracked
sharply and the man, spinning COM
pletely around, crumbied In a heap.
Another man who rushed forward
fell with bullet through his shout
der. Keeping the remainder OF the
crew covered with his smoking pis-
toll, Satsuma threw over the handle
which controlled the horizontal rud-
ders and the sudden inclination OF
the floor showed that the boat had
rapidly began to rise. A moment
later a ray of sunlight entered
through the coming tower The
submarine was running awash. Jerk
ing down the lever which automati-
cally opened the hatchway, Satsuma
sprang up the ladder and Owed into
the sea.
An instant later a wave, breaking
over the unprotected deck OF the sub
marine, poured through the hatchway
into the compartment below. After il
came another. Cleo screamed hys-
terically.
tits all right, Miss Burkep shout
ed Hope. Don't be frightened III
close the hatchp
Accustomed, as he was, to the type
Of hatch in use in the navy and, in
the excitement OF the moment, en-
tirely forgetting the inventors au-
tomato closing device, Hope sprang
up the ladder and frantically en-
deayored to pull down the hatch
cover and bolt il in place. But
solid column OF water, pouring
through the aperture with the force
of a battering-ram, knocked him
from the ladder, bruised and half
drowned. Under the weight OF the
water it had shipped, the submarine
was going down.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)