Evening star., 1918-01-13

ventionaL Accordingly She ana nef SIS
ter had Joined Everson and his party.
quite like her sister in taste for excite
ment.
"Of course, you understand" ex-
planned Everson. I'VE knew that the
dor. It was first a question of loeat-
ing her. That was all that we had been
doing when Bertram died. 1t is terrible.
can't believe it. I can't under
you had done nothing that might
have been dangerousT asked Kennedy,
pointedly.
Nothing" emphasized Everson.
way somewhat similar to the manner
in which they sweep the seas for mines
and submarines All we did was to
drag a wire at fixed depth between
the yacht and the tug. or. rather. I
suppose you'd almost call it a trawler.
which I chartered from Havana. What
we were looking for was to have the
wire catch on some obstruction. 1t did,
too-nct once, but many times. due to
the uneyenness of the ocean bed. Once
low water-a small boat, not the one
we were looking for"
But you succeeded final1y?"
Yes, only day before yesterday we
a buoy and were getting ready for real
work. It was Just after that that Ber-
tram was taken I'll and died SO sudden
ly. We've left Domfnick, Kinsale, Gage
/ came here with Traynor's body. God!
but It was awful to have to send the
what to do"
How did he dieT' asked Kennedy.
do you recall any Of the symptoms? p
'1t came on him so suddenly" he re-
piled, that we hadn't much time to
think AS nearly as we could make out,
it began with a faintness and difficulty
in breathing. We asked him how he
felt. but it seemed as il he was deaf. I
thought it might be the 'bends'-you
know, caisson disease-and We started
to put him in the medical lock which
we had for the divers, but before we
1t was all SO sudden that 1t stunned
u.s."
The body of Traynor had already
been brought ashore and placed in a
local undertaking shop. With Everson,
Craig and I hastened to visit it.
Traynor had been an athlete and
powerfully built, which made his sud-
den death seem all the more strange.
Without + word. Kennedy set to work
Immediately examining the body. He
consumed the greater part of the morn
ing in his careful investigation. and
after some time Everson began to get
restless, wondering how his wife and
sister-in-law were getting on in his
L
turned to the hotel with him.
1t was perhaps an hour or more later
that xe returned to Craig. He was
still at work, though from his manner
it was evident that his investigations
had begun to show something.
Have you found anything?" asked
Everson, eagerly.
II think l haye." returned Craig. "Of
course, you know the dangers OF div
ing and the view now accepted regard
nf rx,hi iDI,
are absorbed in the body fluids during
exposure to pressure. l think you
know: that experiment has proved that
when the pressure is suddenly relieved
the body, That is what seems to do
the harm. His symptoms, as you de-
scribed them, seemed to indicate that
1t is like charged water in bottle;
take out the cork and the gas inside
whicE has been under pressure, bubbles
up. In q. human body air, and particu-
larly the nitrogen in the air, literally
forms death bubbles"
Everson said nothing as he regarded
Kennady's face searciingIy, and Craig
went on: "Set free in the spinal cord
for Instance. such bubbles may cause
partial paralysis, or In the heart may
lead so stoppage of the circulation: In
this case I am quite sure that what
the heart and the blood vessels of the
brain; It must have been case of air
embo1ism. insuffIation. . o
II Fave tried to consider all the ways
such a thing could have happened
he considered. 1T is possible the all
might have been introduced into the
veins by hypodermic needle or other
instrument But nnd no puncture Of
the SKIN or other evidence that would
support that theory have Looked
for a,Iesion of the lungs. but find none
Thenihow could i have occurred2 Had
he dohe any real deep diving?" 'aS''