The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-24
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I-Naval Lieutenant Donak
Paget, Just given command Of subma.
and distinguished though somewhat &C.
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
Aasterman has just returned from an
exploring expedition. bringing with him Z
Of whose species, he asserts, menaces thu
human family.
CHAPTER II-At the club. the March
to Paget. The recital Is interrupted By
the arrival of a lifelong enemy OF Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard. and the former d
seized with q fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's body
Paget secures documents bearing upon
the discovery and proceeds to the home
of the scientist. There he discovers the
terman had described While examining
1t Paget is struck down by Mac Beard,
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
Paget Of the documents and escapes. The
specimen dies.
CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F-55. He encoun-
tiers and sinks a German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia. on
which Ida Kennedy. Paget's f1ancee, was
q passenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
In a small boat.
CHAPTER V-Paget swims to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
His progress through the water Is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
a horde OF the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat They are invisible while alive. One
invades the boat and Paget kills It: AZ
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
CHAPTER v1-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-
cept Ida, Paget, a midshipman named
Davies, and seaman, Sam Clouts. whose
hobby is the playing Of the mouth organ.
CHAPTER VII-MacBeard. guided by
Information contained in Masterman's pa
pers. sets out for the unknown creatures
abode off the Shetland islands. He Is e
man of high scientific atta1nments, though
embttered against the human race, which
he would willingly destroy. In the strange
creatures. whom he Is able to control
through Instructions left by Masterman.
he thinks he sees an instrument lifted 70
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. aoan"
don her.
suits becoming exhausted Paget plans to
escape the agony Of sunOcation by
quicker death and removes his headptece.
He discovers that there Is pure air at
the bottom Of the sea-
CHAPTER X-Paget at once releases
Ida from her diving suit. the others OF
hsyns ey n. T ses
sters. whom he has subjugated by the use
Of q tuning fork. the sound Of which re:
sembles the cali made BY the queen o.
prisoners. and taken to cavern. where
they meet Davies and Clouts. also pris-
oners. MacBeard falls in love with IDA
and offers Paget his iife IN exchange ,, ior
which Paget had. Paget insists they must
all be freed and MacBeard plans to XIII
Ciouts The seaman. thinking his last
gan, the sounds from which produce a
panic among the monsters ana me party
escapes and reaches the submarine
CHAPTER XI-Paget discovers. that
one Of the monsters had entered with
them, female. She appears to be IN
coed in putting her ba; k into the sea.
CHAPTER XII-The monsters attempt
the destruction of the submarine. put only s
drift onto Fair island and leave the boat.
MacBeard captures Ida. and Paget sees
his duty Is to reach England ana warn
the world Of its terrible danger from tho
sea monsters He leaves In an airp!ane
which had been wrecked on tho island
some time previously.
CHAPTER x111-bavies realizes that
the monsters, in swarms. had the power
Of condensing the hydrogen In the sea IN
such q way as to separate 1t from the
oxygen, thus creating air MacBearo
makes love to Ida. who repulses him. The
gwarming note. sounded by the queen. re-
leases the monsters from MacBeard.s con.
troll and his life IL in danger. Dawes.
Clouts and Ida reach the submarine In
aafety. and without their knowledge the
queen enters with them.
CHAPTER xIv-rhe British authoti;;
ties refuse to credit PAget's story unity
the arrival Of the devastating swarm %
SEA monsters convinces them OF I'D
truth.
CHAPTER XV-Attempts to combat
the ravages Of the swarm are fruitless.
and NacBeard, claiming to be able TO
control them. offers to be4uile the neros
10 the Norwegian coast and destroy them.
II ida win become his wife. She consents
10 sacrifice herself.
CHAPTER XVI-The F-S. which DA-
vies had succeeded in repairing. arrives
ut . British port and Paget goes ABOARD:
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