Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-01
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SYNOPSIS.
CAAffER 1-Naval Lieutenant Donald
eAget. just given command OF subma-
~. meets at washington an old friend
centric scientist; Captain Masterman.
0(asterman has just returned from an
axplorins expedition, bringing with him .
Nmember OF the strange race. the existence
fof whose species. he asserts, menaces the
human family.
CHAPTER II-At tho club, tho March
SHARES" Masterman explains his theory
70 Pnget. The recital In interrupted by
fehe arrival Of lifelong enemy OF Mas
herman, Ira MacBeard. and the former 10
Ssised with q fatal paraIytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's body
paset secures documents bearing upon
Hhe discovery and proceeds to the home
OF the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen Of the strange race which Mas
Pact has is ssrSck down Sy
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
PaSet OF the documents, and escapes. The
Apscimen dies.
CHAPTER Iv-Paget proceeds to sea
sou his submarine. the F-55 He cncoun-
tiers and sinks n German cruiser which
0aad Just destroyed the steamer Beotia, on
which Ida Kennedy. Pagets hancee. WINS
= passenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
IN Q small boat.
CHAPTER V-Paget swims to the boat
His progress through the water. is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
q horde Of the creatures which Master
pnan had discovered had surrounded tho
boat. They are invisible while alive. One
nnvades the boat and Paget Kills II. At
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine
CHAPTER vI-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-i
cept Ida. Paget. a nidshipn1an named
Davies and seaman. Sam Clouts. whose
CHAPTER vII-siacBeard. guided by
information contained in Masterman's pa.
abode. of the Shetland islands. He Is .
man OF high scientific attainments, though
.embtttered against the human race. which
creatures. whom he is able to control
through instructions left by Mnsterman.
hs thinks he sees an instrument fitted to
his insane desires.
CHAPTER v1I1-Paget and his party
are stranded In the submarine on Fnir
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 PaRet plans to
quicker dealt, ss and removes 81 his headpiece
He discovers that there 10 pure air at
the bottom Of the sea.
CHAPTER x-Pnget at once releases
ia from her diving suit. the ,r others Of
the party having disappeared They meet
sters. whom he has subjugated by the use
Of a tuning fork. the sound Of which re.
:en,bles the call made BY the queen Of
prisoners and taken to q cavern, where
they meet Davies and Clouts. also pri.-
oners MacBeard falls in love with Ida
two pages Of Masterman's manuscript.
which PaEet had. Paget insists they must
~ r. fsHd and bs to a
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.
CHAPTER x1-Paset discovers that
ono of the monsters had entered with
love with Paget. Clouts and Paeet sue
coed in putting her back Into the sea-
CHAPTER x11-The monsters attempt
the destruction Of the submarine; but only
succeed in flonSng It: Paget and the rest
drift onto Fair island and leave the boat
his duty Is to reach England and warn
the world Of It's terrible danger from the
sea monsters. He leaves In an airp'anes
some time previously.
CHAPTER x1I1-Davies realizes that
the monsters in swarms had the power
Of condensing the hydrogen In the sea in
such a way as to separate 1t from the
oxygen. thus creating air. MaoBeard
makes love TO Ida, who repulses him. The
sWarming note. sounded by the queen. re-
leases the monsters from MacBeard's con-
troll and his life Is in danger. Davies.
Clouts and Ida reach the submarine in
safety, and without their knowledge the
queen enters with them.
CHAPTER xIv-The British authori-
ties refuse to credit Paget's story until
the arrival Of the devastating swarm OF
sea monsters convinces them Of it's
truth.
CHAPTER xv-Attempts to combat
the ravages OF the swarm are fruitless.
and MacBeard, claiming to- be able to
control them. offers to beguile the herds
to the Norwegian coast and destroy them.
II Ida will become hts wife. She consents
to sacrifice herself.
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