Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-20
CHAPTER xvII-continued.

Dc sra5anlv Davies voice came up in
800 tones. Donald" he cried.
., looks as if the monsters are fol-
- uacBeard after all! Don't you
W. +5ov are with him, not us?"
Sc s,rSov wouldn't keep us in the center
.,assarilv." said Donald. Yesterday
20 nearly lost them"
,rpnt tben-do you suppose they are
fading US somewhereT"
~ don't know" Donald answered.
Fun speed :!
noraId. hazarding rocks, drove the
rss hard between the mighty walls Of
-,,nitA In front of him he saw an
s,or bodv of water, ringed with far
sToy hills. He was in Skiold ford.
d. mt yestige of the monsters was
TO be seen.
Once through that gateway he dashed
.,o vIAel and went on deck. The
marry had disappeared. A glance as
mod him of that. The limpid water
II tbp ford lay motionI ess before him.
Remind him the passage seemed to have
Closed
Ha rushed back into the coming
tower.
"Sbut down." he yelled to Davies.
Tel Clouts TO let the anchor go. Mac
BEARD has beaten u.s."
Davies. released from duty, rushed
No. to find his chief standing at the en-
trance to the coming tower, a prey to
abject despair.
Its finished, Davies" he said wear
gy. Were beaten. There's a missing
factor in-that-damned equation of
yours"
And he tOppled over into Davies
nms, InsensibIe from want of sleep.
The tension of his nerves was broken.
Davies and Clouts carried him to his
cabin and laid him down. They re-
turned to the reck, almost equally de-
gairing.
"The herd has left US, Clouts," said
the MILDLY. II don't know-I can't un-
derStand 1t. ClOuts," he continued,
with a sudden inspiration, "do you
think that you could induce the queen
to sound that call again?"
what, me, sir?" inquired Clouts,
starting back. "Why-she's not a
woman, sir, she's a devil incarnate !
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
dO?o
d" say, make for home, sir" said
COutS. II never took no stock In the
whole thing Mr.. Davies"
What are you talking about,
COuts?
why, sir, never believed in it from
the first and l believe in it 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 sea with them !"
"Ah, I know, sir, that's what we
both think" answered Clouts with
wise smile. "But it's just a dream, sir.
expect that German cruiser torpe
dOed US, instead of US torpedOing her
Or maybe she sank us with her guns,
and we're going to wake up in a Ger
man hospital in Hamburg in a moment.
lou haven't pinched yourself, STRIP
Davies was shaken. He looked at
CIouts, blandly smiling at him, open
mouthed. He almost believed his the
OrE ClOutS unequal to the strain
upon his limited mentality, had adopt
ed solution which seemed, under the
circumstances, feasible.
1 think we'd better pinch each
other, sir" said ClOutS. "Mrs. Clouts
always used to say, when in doubt"
But, breaking off at this juncture,
ne pulled his mouth organ from his
pocket and blew the most discordant
medley of dissOnants that ever issued
IRON the apertures Of that much
abused instrument.
10 their amazement, the water was
simultaneously churned into foam all
iVuhd them. The F55 tossed like a
SOfA upon the waves. A fleeing mist
Uesan to rise from the surface Of the
ford.
Matches on!" gasped Davies, and
Wey ran to save the F55 from sub
merSion.
Hardly had they succeeded in this
ruu reached the coming tower when
pUlald appeared at the head of the
.auuer below. His eyes were clear
1saIn; 1t seemed as if his half-hour of
"eep mad recreated him.
What's happened, DavIesT he
asked.
Inc monsters! They're all about
u.s. cried the MILDLY.
49, Wen, Of course" said Donald.
LOU don't suppose 1 came here on
'"u-goose chase, do your
aId-"
n- NonSense!" said Donald angrily.
v1ney We been with us all the time.
'u uont expect that they can keep
~ ~ Vondelsing hydrogen forever with
e.. Ss taking q rest, do you? Muscular
''usue' Davies. HelloI"
ne pointed through the observation
F''| ana, abOut q milo m MORT of them