The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-02

up. All knelt in prayer. Captain Ne
mo was the last to leave.
Your dead sleep quietly out Of
the reach of sharks" said when we
were back on the Nautilus.
'Of sharks and men," he replied.
We voyaged under colossal icebergs
to the South Pole and all but perish
ed there, escaping from an icy tomb
only as our last breath of starage air
was exhausted. Wonderful was our
passage from the Red> Sea into the
Mediterranean by means Of a subter-
ranean tunnel under the isthmus.
(This was before the digging of the
Suez canal) Then we witnessed the
transfer of million dollars worth of
gold ingots from the Nautilus to the
vessel of a Greek diver
From whence came this store of
gold? Later we learned.
In Vigo Bay on the Spanish coast
the Nautilus came to rest on the bot
tom. Here in 1902 a fleet Of Spanish
galleons was sunk, and here from this
sunken treasure fore than a century
and a half later this ruler of the
underseas came and helped himself
whenever it pleased him. Five hun
dred millions were there" said Cap
tain Memo, but not now. Do you
see now how with these and the other
treasures Of my domain ! could pay
the national debt of France and not
feel it,"
We had now been six months
aboard the Nautilus. For me, the
scientist, it was voyage Of ceaseIess
interest; but not so for Conseil and
Ned Land. At their request pleaded
with Captain Memo for our liberty.
You came to our ship without in
v1tauon. You will now remain here"
was his grim answer
We had left the southern hemis-
! phere and were in the waters or
France and the British Islands when
we were pursued by an armed war
ship. Flying no colors. she attacked
at once. Her cannon shot rebounded
from our iron hull
Captain Memo, pointing to her, said
Il am the oppressed. and there is my
oppressor Through him l have lost
mother Why should I withhold my
vengeance?"
! He called out his orders The Nau-
titus sank below the sea We felt her
rushing forward, felt the shock of her
steel ram pier>ing the hull of the
| enemy. Through the glass panels we
/ saw her doomed crew crowding the
ratlines, clinging to the rails, strug-
! Cling in the sea. The Nautilus passed
| on.
saw Captain Memo go to his room
and kneel before the portrait Of a
woman and two little children. How
long. Lord, how long," he cried out.
We steamed north, to that part of
the Norwegian coast where lies hiatt
E, dreaded maelstrom which draws into
| itself all floating things. The Nauti-
lus-was 1t an accident?-was drawn
into the whirlpool. Around and around
she whirled. Even her steel hull felt
the strain. we could hear the bolts
being pulled out from her Orders
! The long boat was torn from it's
place on her deck and hurled like a
stone In the whirlpool. l lost con-
seriousness.
When l came to myself was in a
Loffoden fisherman's hut, and Conseil
and Ned Land were chatting my hands
So ended our voyage of 10000
leagues under the sea. What became
Of Captain Memo and his strange craft
I do not know I hope his powerful
ship conquered the maelstrom, even
as l hope, If he lived that his philos.
ophy and powerful will finally con-
quered his desire for vengeance.
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