Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-07-25

controlled MS devil crew.
This cloud was quickly seen by the
rear-admiral's patrol vessels, while It
had this disadvantages prevented
MacBeard from discovering the F55 as
she slipped past on her why south
ward.
She ran unchallenged through the
destroyer fiotilla and came alongside
the ,rear.ndmiral's flagship, monster
cruiser armed with powerful battery,
on which he had hoisted his pennant.
A few minutes lnter Davies and Ida
clambered aboard, leaving Clouts in
charge of the submarine-and Of the
queen of the swarm.
Half m hour later Clouts received
the command to take the F55 to Lon
don as best he could. Davies inter
view with the rear-admiral had decided
the litter to open hostrtities immedi-
nteIy. The squadron spread out and
approached the Dogger fanwise, to en-
circle the monsters.
MacBeard. who had just awakened
aboard the motorboat, saw in terror
the great shells dropping all about
him. He thought this was the end OF
NIL his plans. 1t seemed impossible to
escape.
But the monsters, terrified by the vi
bration, dashed wildly In alI directions.
and. finding themselves ringed in,
churned up the water madly. The man
In the chains on the flagship looked at
his lead incredulously.l 1t marked
l2 fnthoms, where 1t should have
marked 25. !, 1t marked ten, seven,
four-and suddenly the sen seemed to
open. Half the vessels In the attack
ing squadron grounded. They lay on
their sides in the North sen sand, one
set of guns pointing heavenward, the
crner toward the bowels of the earth.
Then n huge. agitated wave, radiat-
Ing outward from the still vortex in
which the motOrbOat reeled dizzlly.
dashed them and buffeted them &float.
Beyond control, the dismnntled, fleeing
squadron drove under the pounding
waves in all directions.
Out Of the vapor chugged motor
boat. Slowly, rs the haze subsidized,
she drew alongside. In her stood Mac
Beard, triumphant In this display Of
his power.
Five minutes later he stood in the
presence of the rear admiral, Davies
and Ida, as well us of the junior Of
ficers.
"You see. we are unconquerable." he
said grimly. "But have come to offer
you terms"
AS u public enemy, many afterward
said that he should have been hanged
then and there, in spite of his envoy
ship. But the rear admiral refused to
violate the traditions Of the sea-or
perhaps he realized that, MacBeard
dead. he could hope for no means of
subduing his unclaimed devils.
"What are they?" he inquired cour-
teously.
"First," said MacBeard, personal
indemnity"
''In return for what2"
''In return for the destruction Of this
menace. l pledge my word that It
shall disappear forever"
'But how?"
MacBeard hesitated. Eager as he
now was to destroy the herd, he was
not overanxious to reveal his plans.
However. he yielded the point
''As you have observed" he said,
"they nre completely under my control.
will take them into Skiold fjord, on
the Norwegian const. AS you know, it
is a huge body of water, surrounded
by cliffs of high basalt. and having an
entrance barely large enough to admit
small steamship. Once they are
until they are dead of famine. In re.
turn demand possession Of" and Ire
looked toward Ida.
He did not know her name, but II
did not strike him us peculiar.
A glance at Ida's hofror-strickken
face was sufficient to enable the nd.
miral to decide.
1--WE refuse" he said.
But Ida stepped forward and laid
her hand on the admiral's arm.
II cannot let you refuse" she said
II am nothing"
mo" cried Davies. "You shall NOT
accept his terms
''Yess' answered the girl. facing him
quietly. ut is only myself, and there
is the whole world at stake. Wouldn't
Donald do as much for me?"
And Davies was silent. For Donald
had said very much the same thing
when he thought Ida dead on Fail
island.
: Ida turned to MacBeard. "You wish
; me to be your wifey she asked.
"Yes-if you like to call it So" he
stammered in answer.
II will go. with you," she said.
The admiral interposed.
''If you wish to go, Miss Kennedy
I must accept the sacrifice" he said
Slut 1t can only come from you" He
addressed MacBeard. II am willing SC
far" he said. .The government can
not refuse to ratify those terms. VIVA,
Is your next"
my third and last demand is-fifty
gallons Of gnSolinov