Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Naval Lieutenant Donald
Paget just given command of Subma-
Tlne, meets at Washington an old friend
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
MasteTman has just returned from an
exploring expedition, bringing with him
member Of the strange race the existence
Of whose species, ne asserts, menaces the
human family.
CHAPTER II-At the club the March
Hares," Masterman explains his theory
TO Paget. The recital is interrupted by
the arrival of lifelong enemy of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard, and the former is
seized with a fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-Frorn Masterman's body
PaSet secures documents bearing upon
the discovery and proceeds to the home
of the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described While examining
1t Paget IS struck down by MacBeard,
who had followed him. MacIeard robs
Paget Of the documents, and escapes The
Specimen dies
CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F~55 He encOun-
terS and sinks q German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia, on
which Ida Kennedy, Paget's fancee, was
a passenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
In small boat.
CHAPTER v-Paget swfms to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine
strangely impeded and he discovers that
Il horde of the creatures which Mast er-
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat They are invisible while alive. One
invades the boat and Paget kills it At
death the creature becomes visible PaGet
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
CHAPTER VT-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board deVOured eX-
Davies, and a seaman, Sam Clouts, whose
hobby is the playing of the mouth organ.
CHAPTER VIT-NacBeard. guided by
Information contained in Mastermans pa
pers, sets out for the unknown creatures
abode, off the Shetland islands. He is a
man of high scientific attainmentS, though
embittered against the human race, which
he would willingly destroy In the strange
creatures, whom ne is able to control
through instructions left by Masterman
ne thinks he sees an instrument fitted to
his insane desires.
CHAPTER vIII-Paget and his party
are stranded in the submarine on Fair
island which MacBeard had made his
headquarters. Attempting to escape, the
submarine, which had been damaged,
sinks, and the party, in diving SUITS aban-
don her.
CHAPTER IX-The air in their diving
suits becoming exhausted Paget plans to
escape the agony of Sufocaton by
quicker death and removes his headpiece.
He discovers that there is pure air at
the bottom of the sea-
CHAPTER xPaget at once releases
Ida from her diving suit, the Others Of
the party having disappeared. They meet
MacBeard surrounded by the sea mon
STEERS whom ne has subjugated by the use
OF a tuning fork, the sound of which re.
sembles the call made by the queen OF
the swarm Paget and Ida are made
prisoners and taken to a cavern, where
they meet Davies and ClOuts, also pris-
oners. MacBeard falls IN love Win I s1.
and offers Paget his life in exchange Tor
two pages of MaSterman'S manuscript,
which Paget had. Paget insists they must
all be freed and MacBeard plans to XII
Clouts The seaman, thinking his last
moments at hand, produces his mouth or
gan the sounds from which produce
panic among the monsters and the party
escapes and reaches the submarine.
"Tt's all right, marin p he pleaded
@'Tll ask him if he'll see you, if you'H
only not lose your head [ didn't mean
to put you outside, but orders was
orders. I'm only Obeying orders,
marin. There amt no need for them
Mysteries NOw-nOw, marin :"
He was still fighting madly when
suddenly her strength seemed to leave
her. Ciouts became aware of spec
tator of the combat He glanced side
wise hastily, to see Ida standing be-
side him.
"What is Size, Clouts?" whispered
Ida.
Clouts scratched his thick head. 81
don't rightly know" he answered But
it's all right, marin. l was just stroll
ing along, casual like, when l met her.
She amt no friend of mine, marin.
Nor of the captain'S," he added with
sly emphasis.
He turned to the queen.
"If you'll take my arm, marin, I'll
take you ways and ask the captain if
he'll see you. l can't do no more" he
muttercd in an audible aside. I've
done the best [ knew how for the cap
tain, and now he'll have to make his
own excuses. And I can't leave Il lady
in this here place alone, with all them
gOingS on and jugglings with the water
like-like Pharaoh"
Five minutes later the little MILDLY
seated on deck, saw Clouts and Ida
apparently rearisen from the dead, ap-
proach the F55. Between them he
fancied he saw a gossamer form that
scintilIated in the sunlight.
There was space of only hundred
PAGES between them and the boat when
suddenly the ocean appeared con
vulSed. A wall of water bore down
upon the TANKS of Fair island. Il
rolled toward the submarine, fifty feet
high. its mighty crest Upreared.
Rum" shouted Davies
It was a frantic race between the
Oncomers and the sea. They gained
the submarine with hardly ten seconds
to spare. Davies drew them aboard
and clasped the matches down. Mex
instant the boat was lifted bodily from
the beach and spun round like a top
CHAPTER XIV.