Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-04-24

neath US. At tnat depth dere Is aDS0
lutte darkness, but we know that crea
lures live dere.'
"'But why can't we see that thingT
because it has never been exposed
to light. mean visible light, der light
that contains der seven colors of del
spectrum: hence it may not respond tc
der three properties Of visible light
reflection, which would give 1t color
of some kind; absorption, which would
make it appear black, or refracion
which, in der absence Of der other two
would distort things seen through it
for it would be transparent, you know.
"'But what can be done?
Nothing, except that der next man
attacked must use his knife. II he
cannot see der creature he can feel It
Und perhaps we may see tits photo
graph, You know he said. that Oh
jects too small to be seen by the mi
croscope. because smaller than der
amplitude of der shortest wave Of visi
BILE light, can be seen when exposed to
der ultraviolet light-der dark light be,
yond der spectrum. Und you know
that this light is what acts der most
in photography. that it exposes on q
sensitized plate new stars in der heav.
ems invisible to der eye through the
strongest telescope
"'Don't know anything about it.
answered.
"T must think he said dreamily.
L hat a rock crystal lens which is per.
meable to this light und which I can
place in mine camera. I must have a
concave mirror. not Of glass, which Is
opaque to this light, but Of metal. thus
to throw der ultraviolet light on der
beast can generate it with mine
static machine
allow will one of our lantern re-
fectors do? They are Of polished tin'
I think
"'Good! 1 can repolish one
"This I procured from the lazaret,
and he pronounced it available. Night
came down. and safely I lighted three
masthead lights to inform any passing
craft that we were not under com
mand.
"The steward brought up all the
blankets there were in the cabin, but
there were not enough to 60 around,
and one man volunteered, against my
advice, to 60 forward and bring aft
bedding from the forecastle. He did
not come back. We heard his yell.
that finished with a gurgle, but in that
darkness not one of US dared to ven-
ture to his rescue.
1--WE did not find the dead man when
the faint daylight came. His body
must have washed over the rail with a
sea, and we hoped the Invisible killer
had gone too. With courage born OF
this hope man went forward to low
er the masthead lights.
1--WE watched him closely. pike pole
In one hand, his knife In the other
But he went under at the fore rigging
without even yell, and the pole went
with him, while we could see that bis
arms were close to his sides. After q
few moments, however, the pike pole
foated to the surface, but the mans
body, drained no doubt Of its buoyant
fluids, remained on the deck. 1t was
an hour later, with the pike pole for a
feeler, before we dared approach the
body and tow it aft. 1t resembled that
of the first victim, a skeleton clothed
with skin, with the same look of hor'
ror on the face. We buried 1t like the
other and held to the poop, choked by
ashes from the sky.
Before the afternoon was half gone
it was as dark as night, and down be-
low, up to his waist in water. the Ger