The Washington times., 1917-08-09
Hictaner---T The Man Fish
Who Lived in the Water and Ruled the Seas
Hictaner Makes His Escape But Is
Wounded By a Bullet From a
Soldiers Rifle.

1 me, and. II I choose. can hang to thO
keel OF one Of their torpedo boats. all
unknown to them, and 90 along to my
Torpedo, which Is waiting. for me in
the submarine rocks Of Fort st. Jean"
And this was what he didl
He noated to the surface Of the
water and saw coming toward him .
small craft which he recognised as the
torpedo boat, Cyclone.
He Owed and saw the lines Of tbs
hull grow clearer. He lodged q little
to avoid being cut In two. and when
the torpedo boat passed over him, he
chung to the bottom OF the keel, and
let himself be drawn
A few moments later, he abandoned
his tow near the fortress. The Tor
pedo was lying where he had left her,
on the rocks which served a. q base
for Fort st. Jean
He stretched out on the machine,
clasped the belt which fastened him to
II; and, putting the motor In motion,
he quickly overlook the Cyclone, ana
followed her just two yards from the
keel
Admiral Germinet, Lieutenant de
Ceserat and Ensign ST. Claire were
standing on the forward deck.
They were talking Of the extraordi-
! nary events Of the afternoon. They
cQnment upon Hictaner's ruse, as
/ Sutning, OF course, that Sevsrac had
told the truth
They finally decided that he could
not have lied. for Hictaner would not
have fed otherwise.
Now we shall have war" said de
Ceserat
81 don't believe IT," replied the adj
miral. Evidently Hictaner only lied
in 90 far as he pretended to have .
brother like himself. The story Of
Aoisette's kidnapping must be true.
The project OF police haa the pres
ence OF mind to take Severae in the
general confusion They can force
him to reveal the place where he Is
eoneealing koiSetts, and all will be
well"
air
The reason seems simple to me.
The Unknown Is his rival The man
and the monstrosity hate each othsr
eeeause they love the same woman
-Severae hoped that the Unknown
be assured by the same stroke. OF
Moisetts and the gratitude OF t2s
entire world
The crimes Of Severac the anarch-
list would have been forgotten and
Severac the liberator would have been
heaped with honors and with riches"
1T II true, admiral" St. Claire and
Ciserat said together.
~As for ever finding the Unknown,
II is absurd He Is somewhere down
there In the bottom OF the dark sea-
But what q mystery!
'He Is q man, although he appears
to live in the water. What a marvel
Gus machine he must manipulate. 70
be so rapid and so terrible under the
waterI
IT would give all my fleets to have
In my hands the plans OF his machine
for just an hourF'
The admiral lapsed into = brown
study. with his eyes fixed on the vast
ness Of the dark sea. The Planter
lighthouse shone alone In the dark
sky like .. great star.
The two officers near by, thoughtful
too. were motionless and silent
Suddenly q great humping shook the
boat. and the three men were thrown
TO the deck. With that sangfroid
which II the unconscious habit Of
sailors, they stood up, and the adj
mirsl said:
what Is TT We can't have touch
ed bottom hereF"
ciserat was about to speak when
some one called from starboard, on
the surface Of the water.
"Admirsll Admiral Germinet"
at IL the Unknown" Whispered
sainte Claire. shuddering.
CTo he Costiaued ronnorrow)