The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-02
chAeTEa xviiI-csnsinyed.

She I'D not answer HIM He l0oked
sf the red marks left By his fingers
On her cheek. and the sight srO1set Ia
him q fresh, denoniae passion He
raved- He shouted all the secrets of
his life to her. Be. the thief. the
outlaw. had eo1qgeres the voridi
Why should be fulfill his compact 20
keep the rnonsTers within the bounds
Of SKIOLD fjordf
He had at first intended to. He had
abandoned. under the sway Of his pas-
sion for the zirf. his dreams Of world
conquest With Ida's lore. he had even
intuixed In the idea Of becoming an
ordinary man He had meant TO take
her 70 America as5 lose his Identity
there In some peaceful existence.
He had recognized hat II ts this
sane inpeise which flIs the world
with ozsn for men. patient beasts who
might. with ssnxiehesrted purpose. be-
cone lords Of their fate. But be had
weighed his new hopes with the past
and found them heavier.
Then the girls coIdness. her infif-
ference. had ccnvinced him that win
ming love was quite different from In
venting scientific apparatus and dis
covering new laws During the long.
silent voyage 10 Norway he had real
fred that he cosld never win her. He
could embrace only . cold form whose
heart wss nnofher's.
And, with the awakening from his
dream. the worst 10 the raan--if one
quality was worse than sDother-had
come TO the top. He meant 10 keep
Ida and still achieve his purpose.
DonaId's maneuver In bringing the
herd to Norway by the submarine
method had completely deceived Mac
Beard. He had thought all along that
the monsters had followed his motor
boat In obedience 20 his tuning fork.
He had not heard the call Of the
queen. because its swift vibrations
were audible ~ sound only for Q very
limited distance. IN spite Of their effect
upon the men q the F55.
Now he resolved to lead the herd
back to the European shores and COM
plete his work Of destruction. He hnd
scattered the obsolete navy that was
sent out against him. He would 20 on
ward with no idea Of mercy. He would
annihlIate humanity. He would make
himself sole master Of mankind.
And Ida should be his mate, but
not his equal, a. he had planned. He
would vent his rage on her, He would
tcnch her his powers. When he was
the only other human being existent.
then perhaps she would begin to un-
derstand. He shouted nil this to her
He overwhelmed her with sarcasm and
rhetoric.
Ida. however. missed the keenness
Of the points he made. She saw only
o madman, foaming at the mouth, and
she took pride In her sacrifice. She
looked back toward Donald. She saw
him between the two other figures
upon the shore. very little, and very
far away.
MacBeard saw the look and under
stood. He raised his hand ngnin to
strike her. but he refrained. Instead,
he reached into the cabin Of the mo-
torboat and took his tuning forks
from under the seat. And by that act
Of trenchery he wrote the last page
Of his history.
He slung them about his neck. and.
taking the rod. he sounded the q note
80 call the swarm together.
The note rang true across the wa
ters. Exhausted by their efforts. the
monsters were incapable any longer Of
condensins the hydrogen. but the I'M
pulse TO reply remained. From every
part Of the inland seq they swarmed
toward him.
The sen rose into choppy surge.
The motorboat, riding the waves like
cork. heaved and pitched. Ida saw
MncBeard. his eyes alight with tri-
umph. his face blazing with hatred.
now above her. and now below. as he
sat In the pitching stern.
But the death OF the queen had been
the denth-cnll Of the swarm; instinc-
lively they were aware OF II, and the
single purpose that Ind animated the
herd was gone. Anarchy had replaced
order. The swarm had become mere
blind mechanism, and devoid OF pur-
pose.
Anarchy possessed them. and II was
furious, as everywhere. SO II is in the
state, when II obtains power. SO In
the human body, when the cells rebel
and organized life flares out. The
swarm came on, mere discordnnt
multitude.
Mnci,eard. seated In the stern, felt
five sharp pricks upon the hand that
dangled toward the water. He drew II
back hurriedly. He imagined that
some Insect had stung him. Then a
nipper lnshed him across the face.
Two more seized him nbout the body.
An instant Inter, and he was out OF
the boat. which, released from his
weight and from the sea devils. rightcd
Itself again. Then he began the sfrug-
gle for life which be had always
feared. The nightmare that hod brood.
I'd over his dreams had at last come
fft. Il.