The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-04-25
CHAPTER SyII-csn.i,s.s.

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lor1ng NaeBezrd after al. DO1t yoz
Bee. fhsJ are With him. not usY
They EOgitn't keep Us Ia ths center
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Bat tten--1o yoa Espposs they are
leading us sOrDeEhersT
4 d0n't know DonAld answered.
~Fuu Speed =
DOnald. kazarclrz rocks, drove the
P55 hard between the mighty walls Of
granite. In front Of him he saw an
,Isn body Of water. r1nzed with far
away hills. He Eas ia SKIOLD fjord-
But not a vestigs Of the monsters was
b be seen
Once through that gateway he Iashed
the wheel and vent on deck. The
quarry had disappeared. A glance as
sured him Of that. The Ilrnpld water
Of the ford lay rootiOnIess before him.
Behind him the passage seemed 70 have
closed.
He rushed back into the coming
over.
shut DOWN. be yelled TO Davies.
Tell ClOuts 10 let the anchor go. Mac
,eard has beaten u.s."
Davies. released from duty. rushed
up. TO find his chief standing at the en-
trance 10 the coming tower, a prey to
sbject despair.
'Its finished, Davies" he said wear
ny. "We're beaten. There's a missing
factor in-thst-damned equation Of
yours
And he toppied over into Davies
arms. insensible from wan, Of sleep.
The tension Of his nerves was broken.
Davies and Clouts carried him TO his
,abin and laid him down. They re-
turned to the reck. almost equally de-
spairing.
'.Ghe herd has left us, Clouts," said
the MILDLY. II don't know-I can't un-
derstand II. Clouts." he continued.
with sudden inspiration. "do you
think that you could induce the queen
10 sound that call againT'
what, me. sirr inquired Clouts,
starting back. "Why-shes not
woman, sir. she's a devil incarnatei
She won't eat, SIR" His voice fell TO
husky whisper. "And she won't
wear the captains blankets. sir"
perhaps she doesn't like them,
Clouts. However-what are we TO
DOT"
II say. make for home, SIR" said
Clouts. II never took no stock In the
whole thing. Mr.. Davies"
"What are you talking about,
Cloutsr'
"Why, sir. I never believed in II from
the first. and I believe In II still less
now. It's all a dream, sir. There
never was no Monsters
'But you've seen them. Clouts.
You've been under the sen with them !"
"Ah, know, sir. that's what we
both think" answered Clouts with
wise smile. "But It's just dream. sir.
{ expect thut German cruiser torpe-
doed us. instead OF us t,rpedolng her
or maybe she sank us With her guns,
and we're going to wake up In Ger
man hospital In Hamburg In moment.
You haven't pinched yourself, sirf"
Davies was shaken. He looked ut
Clouts. blandly smiling at him. open
mouthed. He almost believed his the
ory. Clouts. unequal to the strain
upon his limited mentality. had adopt
ed n solution which seemed, under the
circumstances, feasible.
II think we'd better pinch each
other, sir" said Clouts. "Mrs. Clouts
always used 20 say. when In doubt"
But. breaking of at this juncture,
be pulled his mouth organ from his
pocket and blew the most discordant
medley OF dissonants that ever issued
from the apertures Of that much
abused instrument.
To their amazement. the water was
lnstantaneously churned into foam all
round them. The F55 tossed like a
cork upon the waves. A fieeting mist
began to rise from the surface of the
ford.
"Hatches on" gasped Davies. and
they ran to save the F55 from sub
mersion.
Hardly had they succeeded In this
and reached the coming tower when
Donald appeared Mt the head OF the
ladder below. His eyes were clear
again; II seemed as II his half-hour OF
sleep had recreated him.
whats happened, Daviesi" he
asked.
~rhe monsters They're all about
usl" cried the MILDLY.
swell, Of course" said Donald.
"You don't suppose ! came here on a
wild-goose chase. do your
''But you said We were beaten. sir.
and"
Nonsense !" said Donald nngriiy.
They've been with us all the time.
You don't expect that they can keep
IN coudensinQ hvdraUen forayar with.