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

CRATER NAVAL Lieutenant Donald
4.AGet. Just given command OF a subma-
Fine. meets ut Washington an old friend
and distinguished though somewhat ec-
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
0asternan has just returned from an
exploring expedition. bringing with him n
1nember OF the strange race. the existentG
Of whose species. he asserts. mennces the
human family.
Hares." Masterman explains his theory
40 Paget. The recital In interrupted by
The arrival OF lifelong enemy of Mas
German. Ira MacBeard. and the former IL
seized with a fatal paraiytic stroke.
CHAPTER 1II--From Mnsterman's body
the discovery and proceeds to the home
of the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen of the strange race which Mas
German had described While examining
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
Paget of the documents. and escapes. The
specimen dies.
CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F-55. He encoun-
ters and sinks a German cruiser which
mad just destroyed the steamer Beotia. on
which Ida Kennedy, Paget's fiancee. was
. passenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
IN q small boat.
CHAPTER V-Paget sw!ms to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
His progress through the water is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
a horde of the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat. They are invisible while alive. One
fnvades the boat and Paget kills 1t. At
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-
cept Ida. Paget. n midshipman named
Davies and a seaman. Sam Clouts. whose
hobby Is the playing OF the mouth organ
CHAPTER vII-MacBeard, guided by
information contained in Mastermnn's pa.
abode. off the Shetland islands. He is a
man of high scientific attainments. though
embittered against the human race. which
ne would willingly destroy In the strange
creatures, whom he IL able to control
through instructions left by Masterman.
he thinks he sees an instrument fitted to
his insane desires.
CHAPTER VIII-Paget and his party
are stranded In the submarine on Fair
island. which MacBeard had made ms
submarine which had been damaged.
sinks. and the party. in diving SUITS aban-
don her.
CHAPTER IX-The air in their diving
suits becoming exhausted Paget plans to
escape the agony of suffoeation by
He discovers that there Is pure air at
the bottom Of the sea-
CHAPTER x-Paget Mt once releases
Ida from her diving suit. the others OF
the party having disappeared. They meet
MacBenrd surrounded by the sea mon on.
of n tuning fork. the sound OF which re-
sembles the call made by the queen OF
the swarm. Paget and Ida are made
prisoners and taken to a cavern, where
they meet Davies and Clouts also pris-
opers. MacBeard falls In love with Ida
and offers Paget his life in exchange for
two pages OF Mastermans manuscript.
which Paget had. Paget insists they must
all he freed and MacBeard plans to XII
Clouts The senman. thinking his last
moments at hand, produces his mouth or
panic among the monsters and the party
escapes and reaches the submarine.
CHAPTER XI-Paget discovers that
one of the monsters had entered with
them, a female. She appears to be in
love with Paget. Clouts and Paget sue
ceed in putting her back into the sea.
CHAPTER XII-The monsters attempt
the destruction OF the submarine. but only
succeed in fonGng II. Paget and the rest
drift onto Fair island and leave the boat
MacBeard captures Ida. and Paget sees
his duty is to reach England and warn
the world OF its terrible danger from the
sea monsters He leaves In an airplane
which had been wrecked on the island
some time previously.
CHAPTER xIII-Davies realizes that
the monsters. In swarms. had the power
nj condensing the hydrogen in the sea In
such way as to separate 1t from the
oxygen. thus creating air Maot8eard
makes love to Ida, who repulses him. The
swarming note. sounded by the queen. re-
leases the monsters from MacBeard's con.
troll and his life is in danger Davies
safety. and without their knowledge the
queen enters with them.