The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-24
CHAPTER V.
The Sea Of Jelly.

''N wv W SS'lys
lie sank like n stone. No glimpse OF
him couldbe had. No rescue was pos
siblc.
Donald clung to the edge Of the
boat and scrambled in. He saw the
amazed rcognition flame out on Ida's
face. II, knew then that she loved
him, and lis impulse to seize her in
his arms as almost uhgovernable.
But atthe same instant, looking
past her ITO the sea, he experienced
the sane lusion that had bcset him
within u house In Baltimore, and
again Guide it-that Of a woman's
misty fdI outlined upon the water |!
Donaldlade n cup of his hands.
"Davi% fling out roper he
bawled.
But submarine was some dis
tance AZ, and in q moment wall
Of fog Gae down, blottlng her out.
Ida NEEDY watched Donald with
approval She had always liked him
shaken she was now, his advent
seemed 4 work of Providence. She
had QueOned her heart before she
sailed, she had known that her
future IS of her own choosing,
whether was to be spent with him
or no.
DonaltOntlnued to call loudly, but
the F5j as drifting in the mist and
quite iIrble. 1t was in fear of this
sudden ppening that Donald had
told Das to make for Fair island
II he 60 not get rope to the boat.
Fair fand, less than six miles
away, gs the secret RENDEZVOUS
where I oil-ship and biplane were
10 awaihe F5j, the former to re-
plenish fuel supply, the latter to
RccomIla her back to the mother
ship.
DonuDlcked up pair of oars
from thpttom. lie realized that he
would b. to pull toward Fair island
alone dsOn as he got an inkling of
It's direci, with the chance of being
picked ny the submarine when the |
fog clea But it was approaching |
sundowrld the probabilities of their
spending e night in the boat seemed |
strong.
lie sTlth the oars In the row.
locks. he allowed one to drift
through, water he discovered, to
his sure, that 1t was apparently
plungeto a mass Of some jellylike
substa He dipped his hand into
1t andoped some of 1t up.
The tier was apparently curdled,
like uhned milk, and on both sides
of tltlt, which rolled in it heavily
and Bin the viscous medium.
A svithdrew the oar Donald had
the stlon Of pulling 1t from be-
tweer clinging fingers of child.
HeSed down. 1t occurred to him
that might have got the blade en-
tangln some marine growth; but
The u was clear, almost black, and
Of d.me strange, jellylike consist {
encyrywhere.
Tlto his amazement, he realized !
that boat was moving! !
It. not like the pull of q tow c
line oh is sequence of creScendo S
andinuendo, of starts and jerks,
astope grows tight and slack al t
tery. 1t was a constant impulse. v
1t an intelligent impulse. d
is beginning to grow dark, and v
tol seemed useless until the fog II
died. 1t was impossible to gauge o
tlfctiop. Besides, TO pull against
three would have been arduous, II
I'd pull with 1t might have led to Il
trcted difficulties. W
Id backed water in experiment. S,
qly he felt the force increase.
d an effortless, persistent push, f,
Fer than his own powers, and d,
d realized that he could not re- ID
4 Fl
lenly he felt stinging sensa- A
In the back of his hand. He VI
I in the oar. Five small, red
siad sprung out on his wrist, and 90
fsh seemed to have been cupped. tn
II clapped his other hand down pl
/, and encountered something az
by and cool, which seemed to gr
way. 1t was like the flipper of ge
lseal or, again, like the hand of sil
u or monkey.
THE same instant Ida screamed. nm
ii saw that she seemed to be IFS
Fling with some invisible adver- Dc
The boat was tipping danger fel
Donald flung his weight over, in,
he heard the thud of soft body be
st the bottom. be-
, thlng-whatcver 1t was-was Ia
oat! Th
lald leaped forward md clasped tul
bout the waist she writhed In
lutch Of the monster. and there Sh
| look OF intense horror upon her Th
She seemed to be lifted bodily poi
d the water. Donald felt the ant
ry fingers of the invisible being ia
his grasp. His hands moved up ucl
down over smooth, blubbery /
her
tncn ne knew what II was. II
ucb a creature rs he had seen con