The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-11
A DIVERS
STORY
BY HOWARD c. BEACH

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nave never Deeh UP III tue ar Out
l nave Oeeh uhuer "hter many 'lnies.
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"heh properly dohc diNlhs III arihor u
NOT uahseIoIS' Inc same may be san
OF a'ia'ioh' Uoc''lnc di'er III oruer
10 hihhe H'iis' ceaseu 10 Oe
u'cr h'i'' RECEIVING snoTk uhueT
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was niie'i W ~ u""h W eA'n'ine
!h'ut 'hat nad Deeh oNerturhed hhh
SUNK III ehle WIN we" 10 learning
"here ihe 'Uhlhs were 10 go uhder her
10 llit her. ! was t"'d mat the owner
was scientific m'h' great STUDENT
an lh'estlsat"' ne hau invented
number Oh scl'htlhc hcNl'cs that hau
maze MN great rrputatloh' lhe
"r''hlhe c"hlldl! t"!h me mat ne was
-ucternilhed 4" 4" Down WIN me- Iath-
or Tor the sciiSail"i OF breathing uhuet
water than Tor being OF service
When we stood on the wrecking boat
! putting on the divers uniform cast
glance ut my diving companion, on
whose head they were about to put
IA" helmet why ] dld not then ana
| there refuse 10 90 down with him |
| don't know. ! suppose 1t was dis
like to do something unpleasant. Sill
gular that ] should have been willing
to risk horrible death rather than do
something unpleasant. However !
! presume 1t is the same feeling that
compcls a man to expose himself In
| battle to certain death because he Is
expected TO do so.
Mr.. Cheney. my diving companion,
went down by one ladder. | by an
other some twenty feet distant from
| his. The water was clear. and the
sun was shining upon il, 50 that !
could see about me to n comparatively
! long distance. ! Kept an eye on Mr..
| Cheney. who struck the yacht at the
bow. | amidships. She had settled on
| her keel, and her mastS were nearly
| perpendicular | was about to drop
over the side to hunt for "A place TO
get II support under her when my at
| tcntion was attracted TO Mr. Cheney.
He had mounted the gunwale and
stood with one hand on the ratlines.
Then he began to 90 up hand over
hand. He stopped short distance
from the surface and began to drop.
sliding his hand along the upright
ropes
This was certainly not making in
designations. IL seemed to me that
he was amusing himself as "A child
might do going up and down, being
| nearly balanced by the density OF the
water. Not liking his actions. ! stood
where i was, and when he had gone
| up and down few times he let him
self down ON the deck and came TO-
ward me.
DIVERS usually carry a KNIFE, since
th@e Is prupaolllt! OF heedihs one
~ any r"'e' ! ""u one III u pochet u,
my uiNlns sui'' anu MI enene! nau
oeen PRIV i''eu WIN one. ne was
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I womb moi haya be,ieved that so
much strength ana agility could no
utilized under water NV antagonist
got his arms around NV body and.
pulling his knife from his belt. cut the
rope connecting my waist with the
men above. Then he began 10 dance
about on the deck. evidently delighted
that he could jump so high and come
down SO gently
| was some thirty feet under water,
with neither life nor signal line. at the
mercy of madman, for his actions
confirmed that glitter in his eye ! had
noticed just before his helmet was put
on. Why the others had not noticed it
| do not know. except that there are
things which. though plain to some.