Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-08

H WAb t0e Ihbt voyage OF the Foo
The battered old submarine which had
sendered such yeoman service, drove
hard on the rocks. A needle point
pierced her amidships, score Of razor
edges rent her TANKS. Slowly she sank,
Still spinning, into the seething waters
mat whipped the desolate shore.
A soon as they realized that moth.
Ing could be done, the three had gath.
cred upon the deck and waited for the
dixnster. As the F55 struck they leaped
into the sea. They escaped the hid
den fangs Of the rocks almost by q
miracle. A few strokes, and Donald
found himself upon the shore, which
the waves were wildly flashing, and
helping Davies to scramble out.
They gasped q moment and recov.
cred their breath.
'Where's Cloutsr asked Donald
anxiously.
Then they saw the sailors head bob
bling among the waves. He was APP
parently clinging to a point of rock
with one hand. while he thrust the
other down into the water.
''Clouts! Are you drowning?" DON
aid called.
A bubbling sound replied. Donald
waded into the sea, clinging to the pro-
5ecting reef to save himself against the
pounding waves. As he neared Clouts,
the latter Strengthened himself and
sighed regretfully.
''what is 1t, Clouts7 Are you badly
hurt?" asked Donald.
mo. sir" he gasped. "But I've
I've lost 1t, sir!"
Donald grasped him and pulled him
through the breakers to dry land un-
gently. At that moment Clouts had
strained his patience severely with his
lost mouth organ.
Look, sir! !" said Davies, when the
three stood together once more.
Two hundred yards away Mac
Beard and 1dn were standing beside
the motorboat. MacBeards light craft,
built upon scientific principles of his
own dcvising, had once again estab-
lished its worth. The wnves-nnd luck
Ind driven it ashore uninjured. And
MncBeard seemed to be inviting Ida to
re-enter 1t.
The game seemed in MacBeard's
hands once more.
Gomez" shouted Donald, starting
forward.
But before he had broken into run
Clouts stood barring his way.
"I've found her, sir!" he shouted.
Look, sir!"
Donald was on the Joint Of knock
ing the sailor down. His mouth organ
had become justification for homi-
eide.
But Cl0uts was not making refer
ence to his mouth organ just then. A
cry from Davies stopped Donald upon
the verge of delivering his blow.
Donald started and saw, close to his
side, the evanescent, nebulous out.
lines of the queen Of the swarm.
And in that moment the memory of
Ida faded from his mind. He stared
at her like man bewitched.
Her face, which had always been
the most conspicuous part, was
strangely clouded. 1t was, indeed, as
If a veil Of vapor had been drawn over
1t. Itseemed to cover her, like long
bridal veil, giving her the aspect Of a
shrouded figure.
Davies did not stay to watch that
meeting. Neither did Clouts. They
started Mt full speed toward MacBeard,
who, already having launched his mo-
torboat upon the waves, was holding
out his hand to Ida.
She hesitated and drew back. They
were only fifty PAGES away. And, torn
between her pledge and the desire to
see Donald for one last moment on
earth, the girl stood waiting.
Donald, alone with the queen, looked
into her face and was aware Of moth
ing else.
She raised her arms, slowly she
threw offsthe draperies of clinging mist
that covered her head. She stretched
her arms out toward him. She fell
Npon her knees.
Her face was visible now, and Dom