The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-22
CHAPTER XVI.
The Queens Call.

Inc queens Cali.
1t would be dlfilcult to estimate the
mingled rage ana horror that swept
over London that night when the news
came OF the adlnlrais treaty.
The admiral felt that he had rid
the world Of Il dangerous menace for
Il bagatelle. But the feeling in the
Admiralty vas one of humiliation and
vindictiy.nYsS
"Ihe >coandrI mutterel the see.
ond SEA lord clcnchilg his fists. "Wl0
knows HAT he Will fulfill his pact:"
"He must" sad Donald.
"Why. sir"
''Re-au~e Ihe moderation Of his
terms shows tIlat 1LacBrard has no ui.
terror motive. I think" he added.
chat The admiral did pcrfpcrly right -
And Miss E.nnsIrf" manfred tho
sea lord.
Sacrificed herself FOR her country
rs others have dome" Donald replied.
But the second sea lord did not under
St9ud.
The news Of the expected arrival OF
the F51 having become public Donald
sent a wireless message to Il patrol
ship, ordering her t. intercept the YES
sci and bid it anchor off the More,
where he could 90 aboard without pub
LEFTY. When he arrived early the same
morning the first person who welcomed
him from the deck WAS Davies.
''Do you know, sir" he said. Il think
we shall checkmate that scoundrel
yet"
at isn't possible" groaned Donald.
''We have pledged our faith"
"ohoef II 'here may not De
'lu'i''i, "''"' uii''''i 'iie sed' sii' VINO
.u.. 'nI'e ue'l,s' "'iiiei "he'ier
'n"' AS'' Niou's i'"s so' III tle
.li yum Ina! 'i'' nave s'iie power
U'e. 'ne.'i Ill we give her her iieau.
"o.u = we 'ou'"n use ne' ~ Jul
WI. -""eoea'u'
Ap>u'o. saiu A'oLaiu curly. but
let me nave announcer look at her.
Clouts caiied Dawes down the
engine room tune.
minute later Clouts appeared hur-
riedly pocketlng MS mouth organ and
"lplns ms ups. Aye SIR" ne SAID.
captain faset wants to see your
your TREND, CloutS.
Donald entered alone and stood
looking across the messro0m toward
me phantom shape at the further end.
fhe queen shrank back against the
wall and stared at Donald with her
mournful eyes. The face was waver-
ing half-vlslhie; but the eyes were
fixed on his lntentiy, ana there WAS the
pafhos OF a soul struggling for life In
Them sucb as wa 500 N tho eves n
suffering beasts.
She came to him end nut her ark
about him. Her face lay for one in.
slant against his own And TO his
amazement. TO his horror. Donald
seemed to know that Ida was nothing,
and that this woman was all.
A soft murmur came from the
queens throat. 1t rose and fell, and
rose again until it seemed to fill the en-
tire submarine with sound. 1t was the
swarming call, It was the call of the
queen when she has found her mate |
ard leads forth her army to new land,
new conquest, new dominion.
From the east shores and from the
Baltic, from the Thames Estuary, the |
channel and the Seine, the monsters
came. They knew that swarming call.
though they had only heard it once
before, and that cut short.
Sam Clouts burst open the door.
Dopald was lying upon the floor
within, and, standing beside him. was
the queen. He heard the call die on
her lips.
Shaking with terror, the sailor
dragged Donald outside and locked the
door. He carried his captain up Oh
deck. In few moments Donald
opened his eyes.
What happened, Clouts?" he asked !
You tainted, sir. Excuse me, sir.
but you Oughtnt never to have gone III
there. She's devil, sir, one of them !
vampires like that we used to hear