The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-11-25

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board bulwark, my servant Con
sell beside me, when the voice of
Ned Land, the big h%arpOoner, broke
the silence. Look There is the
thing we are looking for :" he cried.
We all saw the sea monster. or
hunting for months. II made of as
I'VE charged. We ave claSe. Through
Cot all that night and next day We
>&ursued. We stopped. 1t stopped.
NOnce It allowed US 10 creep close to
1t; and rs we crept ii .raInmed US.
The shock Of collision threw me into
the sea. ] would have drowned but for
my faithful Conseil. He supported me
to the hard metallic hack of the mon
eter. Here we Were Joined by Ned
Land. As we were resting there. eight
masked meD came through q hatch
and drew Us down into the bowels Of
what we now saw was not q monster,
but a strange kind Of sea craft. Thus
began the strange voyage with that
remarkable character who called him
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wonderful ship which he called the
Nautilus.
The Nautilus was q cjcar-shaped
steel ship Of 232 feet in length, &c feet
beam and 1900 tons dead weight.
There were two hulls, one inside the
other Joined by T-shaped irons. which
rendered them of almost U~Dcrushable
strength. She was driven by electric
engines of tremendous power. Tanks
which could be filed OF emptied at
will enabled Der to cruise on the sur
face or under the water as she pleased.
She was fitted with all kinds of
working and lOunging quarters. In q
library were books on the sciences,
morals. literature of almost every Ian
yuage. There var a drawing roOm
with 8 luminous ceiling which served
also as a museum, and info which an
Intelligent hand had gathered subma-
rine treasures of the world: the rarest
shells, pearls of all colOrS and beyond
price, every variety Of undersea vege-
tat1On also paintings Of the masters,
admirable statues In marble and
bronze, a great organ piano. .,I
From the inside of her q staircase
led to 8 platform or deck from which
rose tive cages, partly, enclosed by
thick glasses. One cage Vas for the
Aelmsman, the other contained an cleo
tric searchlight to light the course
Of the ship in dark waters. On this
platform also was a place wherein was
stored Q long-boat.
Captain Memo WAS tail and robustly-
built, with pale skin, lofty brow, and
the fine taper hands of q highly nerv-
Gus temperament. He spoke French, |
English, German, Latin, all equally !
well. He may have been thirty-fve,
he may have been fifty years old.
It was on November, g, 1885, with J
the coast Of Japan In view, that this
strange captain told us We were pris-
oners for him to do with as be- pleased.
"And now" he added, "ouf course is
e. N. e. and q cruising depth 20
fathoms. i leave you to the resources
Of these quarters and your own re-
hections." /
We remained mute, not knowing
what surprise awaited Us. Suddenly a
dazzling light broke in7on us. We saw
that only glass panels separated us from
. sea witch was Illuminated far to
either silr ~ the powerful electric
gieams frogn lie ship. What q spec
taclei An array Of undersea creatures
escorted US. They were various and
beautiful in the clear water, many
known, but hundreds u~nknownSto US.
We heard and saw nothing of the