Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-12


ty Thousand Eeagues Under the sea,"'
and "ArOund the World In Eighty
Days. An the languages OF the world
know % the 9tales,) and most thenters
know the last named, as well as "Mi-
chaeI Strogon.oeiD Dihs ~ el9'ivid
j b He died st1Anieps,s where hi. home
ha. long been pointed out. March "A,
1905. Di"Vi SD' - b5'9Df'}
polls 70 a95rEq -TJTT1n an1ojlol
r WAS leaning forward on the star
Si nboard dbulwark, my servant Con-
n, sell beside me; when the voice of
Ned Land, the big, harpooner, broke,
the silence. Look There is the
thing we are looking for wlhe cried.
L we all saw the sea- monster or
whatever 1t IwasT which we had been
! hunting for months. 1t made off as
we charged, We gave chase. Through
out all that night and next day we
pursued. WE stopped 1T stopped.
Once II allowed Dis ito creep close to
1t, and as, we IcreRt 1t rammed us. PR
1.-The shock of collision threw me into
the sea. 4 / would have drowned but for
my faithful Consell. He supported me
to the hard metaffic back of the mon
ster. Here we were Joined by Ned
Land. AS we were. resting there, eight
masked men came through O. hatch
and drew us down into the bowels of
what we now saw was not a monster,
but a strange kind OF sea craft. Thus
began the strange voyage with that
remarkable character who. called him
self Captain Memo and In that strange
wonderful ship which he called the
Nautilus SOC oal a. bjHgD1G
I The Nautilus was al cigar-shaped
steel ship of .232 feet in length, 20 feet
beam. and 1,5oO tons dead weight.
There were. two hulls, one inside the
other Joined BY T-shaped irons, which
rendered them of almost uncrushable
/ strength She was driven BY electric
engines of tremendous. power. Tanks
which could be filed or emptied at
will enabled her to cruise on the sur
race or under the wateras she pleased
n she was ftted with aall kinds roi
working and Longing quarters. b In 8
library we're books on the sciences
morals, literature of almost every Ian
guage. There was q drawing room
Il with a luminous ceiling which served
also as museum, and intoowhich al
Intelligent hand had gathered subma
rine treasures of the would; the rares
shells, pearls of all cplors and beyond
4 price, every variety Of uhdersea vege
tation; also paintings of the masters
admirable statues Vim, marble ant
bronze, a great organ piano, ,.a,
i From the inside of her a staircas
led to platform or deck from whiGl
rose two cages, partly enclosed b,
i thick glasses. q One, cage was for tn
shelmsman. the, other contained an cleo
trio searchlight to Light the .cours
of the ship in dark waters. On thi
! platform also was place wherein wa
4 storedDa long-b6atl 1I.l .a91ieI Ii
Captain Memo was tall and zrobustly
; Bnfft, with pale skin, lofty brews an
the fine taper hands Of highly her,
Gus temperament. He spoke Frencl
English, German, Latin. all equal
we'll. q He may hAva-been thirty fiy'
Ne may have heenA City years old. 8.
It. was, on November g, 1866, wit
the coast or Japan IN view. that thl
strange captain told us we were, pri'
d l9pggFss fW HR{to g2Y ,tens he please,
r. N. E. and our cruising depth 2
fathoms. leave you to the resources
OIL khasal qhdrtsral AND your own r
uections.'' ~ - - 3
We remained mute, not Known
4xwhat> sspprjse awaited us. Suddenly
. dlda4zljhaltght broke in on us. WeS sa
that only glass panels separated usfrol
e .. seas~Yhich was illuminated far
r e1tHS Sside by the powerful electr
g CLEANS from the ship, What q gspe
Hffacief An army 81 undefsea Creature
J. escorted us. They were various ar
beautiful In the clear water, mar
I known. but hundreds unknown to US.
We heard and saw nothing Of Il