Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-07-11

Looking Over the Rocks, They Saw {
Man in Large Motorboat.
the midst of this work whirrine
sound came to their ears. It was that
of a gag engine.
Looking over the rocks, they saw q
man In large motorboat hurryine
round the promontory. Donald hailed
him with yell. There came no an
swer, but the boat continued to make
toward them.
The man in the boat raised his head
1t was MacBeard. He stopped the en-
CINE and lay to, about couple of hun
dred yards away. He drew hand
kerchief from his pocket and waved it
"The d|n rogue!" muttered On.
vies. rnising his revolver.
It was indeed Professor MacBeard
And he appeared distressed. At leasi
he flew the distress, or parley. signal
and his movements seemed altogether
more agitated, and his demeanor less
bland than on the preceding after
noon.
Whatever his nocturnal work had
heen, 1t seemed to have been cut short
~ the dawn, which had driven the
monsters to seek shelter In the ocean
depths. He seemed to have come from
the other side Of the island.
Truce!" he seemed to shout, al
though the sound, echOinR from rocl
to rock, was not clearly audible
'Truce!" He waved the handkerchief
frantically.
Donald and Davies fired together.
They saw the bullets strike the water.
MacBeard crouched down behind the
engine. There could be no parleying
with such as he.
They emptied their weapons In their
fury. MacBeard was Just out Of
range. He started the engine again
and came to halt fifty yards farther
at sea.
"Trucel want to speak to you"
he yelled.
They aimed their empty revolvefs.
MacBeard started for safety. His
boat disappeared round distant point
Of the island.
"The devil!" said Donald. Then he
turned to Davies.
swell take on supplies, at any rate. =
he said. "One thing is sure: those
devils might raise the submarine. but
they can never sink her. once the tnnks
are blown"
"They were blown when we sub
merged. SIR" answered the MILDLY.
'The detected rudder kept us down.
But we can't 60 down unless we try
to start her"
miss Kennedy!' Donald called to
Ida, who had disappeared within the
cave.
She did not answer him. and the
two men approached to summon her.
But Just within the cave they saw
something that revived for a moment
the old horrors which they had
escaped. They were two human skele.
tons, with fragments Of clothing near
therl. Donald stopped and picked up
q morsel.
"Khaki = government khaki!" he
said. II wonder who"
But the explanation became too oh.
vious when, projecting from behind a
rock near by. they saw the wing Of an
airplane. The missing aviators had
been found. And the manner Of their
death was only too clear. They must
have been seized, while sleeping, BY
the sea devils.
The airplane. which was Of the
hydroplane type. had evidently been
drawn within the cave and left there
by the aviators. A hasty examination
showed Donald that It was uninjured
Perhaps MacBeard had intended tc
make use Of 1t; or 1t was possible that
he had not seen 1t, for It was hardly
distinguishable among the shadows.
Miss Kennedy!" called Donald
ida! Where are your Don't 60 toe
far!"
No answer came, and they began ia
grow uneasy.
"She went inside the cave. I think, :
said Davies.
ayes, I'm sure Of It." answered DON
aid; and he entered farther into Its
recesses, calling ida! IdaI"
They began to be alarmed. They
hurried from point to point. The cave
was wide one. but tnpered. some dis
lance hack, into the neck OF bottle
It seemed evident that Ida could moi
have gone farther than this point
ITO be Continued,