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CHAPTER NAVAL Lieutenant Donal
Paget, lust given command Of q subma
rine. meets at Washington an old frien
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist. Captain Mastermar
Masterman has just returned from a
exploring expedition, bringing with him
member of the strange race the existenc
of whose species, he asserts menaces tn
human family.
CHAPTER II-At the club, the "Marcl
Hares," Masterman explains his theor.
10 Paget. The recital is interrupted b.
the arrival of a lifelong enemy Of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard, and the former 4
seized with a fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's bod,
Paget secures documents bearing upal
the discovery and proceeds to the hom'
Of the scientist. There he discovers thu
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described While examining
It Paget is struck down by MacBeard
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
FACET Of the documents, and escapes. The
specimen dies.
CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the ESQ He encoun-
ters and sinks q German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia on
a 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
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. At
death the creature becomes visible Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
CHAPTER V-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-
eept Ida. Paget. midshipman named
Davies and a seaman. Sam Clouts. whose
hobby is the playing Of the mouth organ.
CHAPTER v11-MacBeard. guided BY
Information contained in Masterman's pa
,pers, sets out for the unknown creatures
abode, of the Shetland islands. He Is .
man Of high scientific attainments. though
embittered 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 fitted to
his insane desires.
CHAPTER vIII-Paget and his party
BIND 1 Which M. .cs sr1 had m cd his
hsadquarters. Attempting to escape. the
submarine. which had been damaged.
sinks; and the party. in diving suits. aban-
CHAPTER Ix-The air IN their diving
escape the agony Of suffocetion by .
quicker death and removes his headpieca.
He discovers that there 10 pure air at
the bottom Of the sea.
CHAPTER X-Paget 1t once releases
Ida from her diving suit. the others OF
The party having disapDeared. They meet
.tss'. whom he has sSojSs.sed By the use
of q tuning fork. the sound Of which re:
sembles the call made b. the queen %
the swarm. Paget and IDA are made
they meet Davies and CIouts also pris-
oners. MacBeard falls in love with Ida
and offers Paget his life In exchange Tor
which Paxst had. Paset insists they must
ali Be freed and MacBeard plans to kill
Clouts. The seaman, thinking his last
moments at hand. produces his mouth or.
panic among the monsters and the party
escapes and reaches the submarine.
n want the two missing pages Of
Masterman's manuscript"
Take US all back to the subj arine
out Of this hell's kitchen Of yours.
then show us the way to the top Of
the island, and you shall have all the
rest Of the papers"
MacBeard eyed Donald with amuse-
ment. Il offered you your life. not the
Others" he answered. Zone man re-
turning with a story like Masterman's
would be called lunatic; two would
awaken doubt: three would be FATAL
And then his eyes fell upon Ida.
She was standing at DOnald's side.
hn
eyes met. And at that instant some
thing happeled to the professor that
upset all his calculations. something at
which he would have scoffed as en-
tirely Incredible.
He fell in love for the flrst time in
his life.
Science has never succeeded In pene-
trating the mystery Of love. It Is not
known why one man falls In love at
nifty and another at nineteen; one at |
night and another after five years Of
mAtinees and supper parties with the
object Of his alteration. MacBeard did
not know why 1t had happened to him,
but he knew that It had happened.
And with It there came the universal
instinct to display his superiority to
he man at Ida's side. in whom he
ntuitively sensed his rival.
you've played your cards pretty
'adly," he sneered. you had the Sc
ret In your hands, and you surren-
Tered 1t to me. You think little more
tightly Of old Masterman now, don't
out"
You blackguard!" cried Donald
gain, clenching his nsts. >,
MacBeard stepped out OF range has
lly. He dfsliked violence. partly as
n attempted violation Of the principle
t the conservation Of energy, but
rincipally because he was o coward.
ut IL sil our lives for ths missing
art of,thS manuscript OF none," said !
'onald, !
MacBesfd rubbed his hands to-l
ether. In that internal light he
,emed hardly less monstrous than the
about him. i
you kill think differently In q few
omente," he answered. And taking ,
le implement that he had used be- Z