Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-05-30

incapable Of another stroke. but he
believed that he had left the sea devils
behind.
He cast his eyes along the horizon
There was no sign Of the F05. He
turned toward Ida.
A. he bent over her her eyes opened.
She looked Mt him intently and sighed.
/ The horrors Of that day seemed tenn
i,ornrily to have benumbed her mind
and robbed her OF memory. And Dom
aid did what he had never dared to do
befOre.
He raised her in his arms ane kissed
| .ser.
II love you, dear" he said. "If We
come out Of this-as we aiinl)-l want
you always. VIII you have me. lda7"
She ralsed her lips to his for answer.
And in the happiness Of that mo-
ment, which atoned for all that they
had endured. Donald perceived that
the boat had begun to move again.
The respite had been Of brief duration.
Incredibly pertinacious, and cruel
beyond belief, the monsters had once
more taken up the chase. But in the
unhuman forms were minds as shrewd
as his, organizing them for one gu
preme purpose, the elemental one Of
food.
They were swimming beside the
boat. Donald could see the agitated
Cummings of the water. Were they
, pushing or pulling? Taking the oar
2 TO- ri n << hOsy
and drove it down into the sen. But
he struck only the jellylike medium in
: which the boat was travelling.
, He went to the stern, stepping over
9 the body Of the girl, who Ind re-
lapsed into Inconsistencies. This
a time. as he thrust, there was a scurry
= among the waves, and he felt the
y yielding. blubbery form, and the same
. sensation of burst balloon. The boat
!, stopped Donald thrust ont furionsly,
a feeling always the contact with slip
> perry flesh.
y The monsters were pushing the
boat, not pulling it.
And gradually there followed the
, snme stupendous incarnation into Wis
:. :, ible being. the shadowy shape that
:, grew and crystalliZed into the milky
opalescent body. He heard the school
:, precipitate themselves upon theil
;. prey, and saw it rent and dismem
- bered before his eyes.
~ Through the increasing darkness!
:. their pupils glared as the monsters
strove together.
Donald went back to where Ida In!
:. and placed her in the bottom of tn
~ boat. her head against thwart. The.
=. were moving swiftly.
~ Suddenly the boat began to tilt up
10 ward ut the bow. Donald heard tn
~ scraping of the flippers against tn
). stern. Then, as If a heavy dog ha
~. scrambled in, the boat tipped high int
10 the mir and righted itself. Another Q
>. the monsters had gained entrance.
-, Donald seized the oar and brough
'A 1t down upon the beasts head. TIL
orr splintered; he heard the crackin
~ Of bone. and splash followed.
:, The edge of the boat was dragge
=, beneath the waves. It filed and ovel
turned. Donald found himself stru,
,r Cling to save Ida in the sea of jell
-, that sucked him down. Somehow h
-, caught her and dragged himself to tn
an keel. He shouted, and the brutes Sou
;s. ried away. leaping end falling with r
" sounding splashes, like sharks {
ba play.
~ Donald felt Ida's arms seek his nee
-. She turned to him instinctively not {
no her rescuer alone, but rs her lover.
Inc He filed his lungs and shouted.
Co.. To his amaZement he heard an a
swering shout. He strained his ey,
through the darkness. Surely tn
w. wns human cry! He shouted agai
Nv and the answer came once more; al
~ there was no longer any doubt.
~" The coming tower of the F55 can
'n drifting out of the night. She RI
nay awash. with matches off, and Davi
ns. was standing on the deck among
'eu group Of sailors.
"Where are your he shouted.
"IIere!" Donald cried. "Rever
he engines, Davies! Coming aboard ~
the The engines stopped and the ST
marine grazed the sides of the ov'
lm- turned boat. Donald grasped Ida
ere
Ey><NSSS-