The Washington times., 1917-08-24
.HTCTANER The q IN Mqn ! Fish I:sI
A Strange Story of Mystery and
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FUnUtIcLSHI

where no one can ind you
There you will wait for my return
Do you understand"
~ understand" the four men Gaid
together.
Then forward. and call me At the
slightest cause for alarm"
And rolling himself in the blankets
which Tchouvine had prepared for
him Severac stretched out on the for
ward deck of the Omega against the
high gunwale and In two minutes he
was asleep In the land OF magnifi-
cent dreams such a. an ambitious
man could enter who had Just es-
capped death and who believed In the
infinite power OF intelligence and lib
erty.
His sleep, however, would have
been less tranquil and his dreams less
fair, had he known that Moisette and
Vera had been taken from the grot:
tos and the grottos themselves de-
stroyed, and had he known, too, tha:
Hictaner, having made q pact II al
legiance with the admiral, was aiding
him In his search and was also In the
neighborhood OF Cape Creus-
But severac neither knew nor sus-
pected, and he undertook an adven-
ture in which he ran more certain
risks OF death, had he known It, than
In the prison Of Fort st. Jean itself.
At 1880 In the morning. with the
break Of day. Martiali saw the neou-
lous headland Of Cape creus standing
out against the sky.
"Tchouyine," he said "cai1 Severae." ."
In a moment severac was standing
forward on the deck Of the Omega.
and with the aid OF q marine glass
which Gavilo handed him he was ex-
amininR the horizon toward the point
of Cape Cerberus and the great mass
of Cape Creus, farther still, half hid
dem In the translucent mists OF the
"Nobody," he decided after several
! monents' search. admiral Germi-
nets vessels are surely behind Cape
Creus. They cannot see US. Straight
toward Cape Cerberus, MartialL
USELESS to skirt the coast We
shall be under cover before anyone
discovers US.
"They think me in Marseilles, and
are securing the Bay OF RosaS to
nnd the entrance to the grottos. Let
them fnd II and go In. They VIII
never come out again"
Having spoken these ominous
words with a knavish air., severae In
spected the horizon once more upon
sea and upon land. Then he went to
relieve MartialI at the rudder.
He rapidly ran the Omega parallel
to the coast at about two miles dis
tance.
The lesser range Of the Pyrenees
reared their violent heads in the pale
sky. They recognized Bangels-Sur-
Mer easily by its white houses sleep
ing in a tangle oe'TfoHageg Then
cerbersu appeared between the noun
tain and the sea- They rounded the
cape, shot like q meteor. past Porte
Bou, and saw the point OF cape Creus
ahead.
Five minutes later the Omega dou-
bled Cape Corrego without having
met SO much as a fishing smack.
Severac skillfully drove the boat
among the reefs and brought 1t In
a quarter of an hour to the head OF
a sort of creek which high rocks hid
from the sea, and which was hidden
from the land by an oVerhangins
cliff.
"You will stop there" he said.
You are invisible from the open sea
"The fishermen never come here,
for there is nothing to do. The over
hanging cliff hides you from one
who might take q strange fancy to
stroll along the point of Cape Ger
berus. Now let US lunch, for per
haps I shall not have time to eat
here this evening"
Soon Tchouvins had laid q cloth on
the deck, where were spread some
bread, a little flask of wine and some
preserved meats and fish.
The repast was brief, but suostan-
tial-
Ito be Continued Tomorrow)