The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-20

AT any other time ne would nav
presented an appearance distinctly lu
dicrOus. He seemed to be waddlins
slowly, and with great dignity. TOWARD
the razor-edged weapon. He stood
stock still, planted his legs hard ir
the ooze, and began to bend forward
as if he were about to undertake some
calisthenic exercise.
Donald understood what was hap
pening. The monsters were urging
Clouts' body downward In such way
that the edge of the bone knife would
lie Immediately against his breast
Then, with an increased pressure
Clouts would be forced down until the
keen bone sliced his body in twain.
He plunged his hand into the mound
and drew cut bone. Whirling it
about his head, he struck out right and
left with it. He heard the skulls Of
the monsters crack under the impact.
He Glove a path to Clouts' side. He
reached him just as the edge of the
knife lay across Clouts' breast. AS he
beat back the sea devils, Clouts
Strengthened himself with q jerk and
looked up mournfully.
'It amt no use, SIR" he said, and
plunging his hand into his breast, he
drew out his mouth organ.
The relief was only momentarily
achieved. The monsters came crowd
ing back. They pinioned Donalds
arms to his sides by pressure. In an
other instant Clouts would have paid
the debt he never owed MacBeard.
It was then the ruling passion as
serted itself In Clouts. Perhaps it was
because he thought his chance would
never come again, or 1t might have
been mere habit. Setting his hand to
his lips, he struck out the reedy notes
Of "Sally in Our Alley"
Donald saw the phosphorescence run
from them along the cave like liquid
fire. He heard MacBeard's deep note.
saw the fire culver and vanish In the
darkness outside the cave. Meanwhile
Sam Clouts played on.
Donald seized Davies arm In wild
excitement.
"Don't You seer he cried. TITS mu-
sic, not the sounds, because they can't
hear those. but only the vibrations.
That's their language. And MacBeard
learned somewhere that they wouldn't
hurt him II he brought-do you know
what he brought Do you know what
1t was that he struck"
"A tn ing fork I" shouted Davies.
With their arms linked. they ran
into the throng Of scurrying monsters,
Ida between Donald and Davies, and
Clouts the van. blowing his mouth
organ like a mailman. The monsters
hurried before them in evident panic.
The contact with the slippery bodies
no longer produced residence. The
elusive phOsphorescent CLEANS shO.
here and there like will-O-the-wisps.
MacBeard was nowhere to be seen.
At the caves eiitrarte Sam Clouts
paused and turned 20 D)nald.
II wish I'd brought my bass col
certina aboard, SIR" he said.
"Never mi d: you're doing very
well indeed. Clouts," answered Donald.
'Play, man! Play!"
The lights, which had remained sta
tionary du ring the moments interlude,
grew dimrler agai. as Clouts struck
out with his Ups the tune Of "Cock o.
the North"
1.-THE submarine!" gasped Donald,
pointing before hira as he ran.
But even as he neared 1t, 1t began
to grow dim. Not more than a hun
dred PAGES away, the vessel sank into
obscurity as they raced toward 1t. It
gradually to be blotted out be-
fore their eyes.
And slowly, almost imperceptibly,
the cloudy curtain began to descend
and to dissolve.
Donald gaspei for air. He heard
Clouts coughing, and saw the MILDLY
stagger as he ran. Ida fell back int |
his aE!s. The submarine was still
afty PAGES away. and 8. 9 was nothing
more than a cloudy image upon the
light.
On they ran, cropping through the
complete Llackness. The air was like
vine jelly. Donald had almost ceased
o breathe. He ran with his lungs full
4 q little reservoir Of air, which hs
'xhaled slowly.
He could sec neither Clouts nor Da-
1eA but he believed that they were
truegiing toward the submarine.
And he found II, and them. almost
y q miracle. He had the good fortune
0 blunder into them a. they tugged at
be outer door Of the airlock.
Somehow they opened II. They got
do inside and followed. The cutter
DOR was closed Clouts. reeling for
'ard. opened the inner ona. and the
tale, w0rn-out air within he coming ,
over seemed like ozone. il
CHAPTER II.
The intsriopsr.
Ida went into Donald's cabin. Don ,
ID himself arranged to sleep In the
restroom. Davies had his cabin, and
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