Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-11
SYNOPSIS.

Paget, just given command of a subma-
rine, meets at Washington an old friend
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
Masterman has just returned from an
exploring expedition, bringing with him a
member of the strange race. the existence
OF whose species. he asserts, menaces the
human family.
Hares," Masterman explains his theory
to Paget. The recital is interrupted by
the arrival Of a lifelong enemy of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard. and the former Is
seized with a fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's body
Paget secures documents bearing upon
the discovery and proceeds to the home
of the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described. While examining
it Paget is struck down by MacBeard,
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-
tiers and sinks a German cruiser when
had Just destroyed the steamer Beotla, on
which Ida Kennedy, Pagets fiancee, was
o. a passenger. Ida escapes from the Beoua
in small boat.
CHAPTER v-Paget swims to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
His progress through the water is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
horde of the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat. They are invisible while alive. One
invades the boat and Paget Kills It. AZ
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine
CHAPTER vI-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-
cept Ida Paget a 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 Masterman's pa
pers, sets out for the unknown creatures
abode, off the Shetland islands. He is a
man Of high scientific attachments, though
embittered against the human race, which
he would willingly destroy. In the strange
creatures whom he is 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 MacReard had made his
HEADQUARTERS. Attempting to escape, the
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 suffocation by
quicker death and removes his headpiece.
He discovers that there is pure air at
the bottom of the sea-
CHAPTER x-Paget at once releases
Ida from her diving suit. the others OF
the party having disappeared. They meet
MacBeard surrounded by the sea mon
sters, whom he has subjugated by the use
of a tuning fork, the sound OF which re-
sembles the call made by the queen OF
prisoners and taken to a cavern, where
they meet Davies and Clouts, also prls-
oners MacBeard falls in love with Ida
and offers Paget his life In exchange LOT
two pages of Masterman's manuscript,
which Paget had. Paget insists they must
all be freed and MacBeard plans 10 XII, XII
Clouts The seaman, thinking his last
moments at hand, produces his mouth or
gan. the sounds from which produce
panic among the monsters and the party
escapes and reaches the submarine
CHAPTER xI-Paget discovers that
one of the monsters had entered WIN
them a female. She appears to be In
love with Paget. Clouts and Paget sue
coed In putting her back into the sea-
CHAPTER xII-The monsters attempt
the destruction of the submarine. but only
succeed In floating It. Paget and the rest
drift onto Fair island and ieave ,n ne peas sees
his duty is to reach England ana warn
the world of it's terrible danger from the
sea monsters He leaves In an airplane
Which had been wrecked on the island
some time previously.
CHAPTER XIIT-Davies realizes that
the monsters. in swarms, had the power /
of condensing the hydrogen In tne sea ~
such a way as to separate IL Irom e,.s
oxygen thus creating air. MacBearo
makes love to Ida who repulses him. The |
sygaruling note, sounded by the queen. re-
leases the monsters from MacBearqs cor
troll and his life is In danger: 1aVies,
r,lonts and Ida reach the submarine IN /
safety and without their knowledge the |
queen enters with them
CHAPTER xIv-The British authori;,
ties refuse to credit Pagets STORY UNI,
the arrival of the deyastating swarm o., 81
sea monsters convinSs them OF Jus
truth.
CHAPTER Xv-Attempts to comnat
the rayaRes of the swarm are fruitless,
and MacBeard, claiming to. be able 20
control them, offers to begulle the I neros
to the Norwegian coast ana u s oonsants
II Ida will become his VIE She conses
to sacrifice herself.
cuApTER xvI-The F-55. which Da-
,,,eI had succeeded in repairing, arrives
at a British port and Paget goes aDo ttet
There he finds the queen and reanzes Tia
II he can persuade her to direct sne I%ard
Who now that he has Ida in his power
has no idea of carrying out his agree
ment.
CHAPTER xvII-In the submarine
tbev nursue MacBeard who, with lda,
has gone before them In Raj R4 Pho queen p1s
is really directing the swarm lro ont,, r,a
submarine, and fmagines the creatures
are under his control The F-55 Is wreck
al hut the party reaches land In saIety.
The queen OF the sea monsters naVins'
II seems, lived her allotted hfe' oles.
cuApTER xVIII-The death of the
o,Seen without having fulfilled her pur-
pose in nature causes the death n,s OF t5 5se
turn on MacBeard and kill him, lighting
among themselves until the entire nero
10 destroyed Paget rescues loa ana the
party returns to England in SAFETY.
And in that moment the memory Of
Ida faded from his mind. He stared
at her like q man bewitched.
Her face, which had always been
the most conspicuous part, was
strangely clouded. 1t was, indeed, as
If a veil of vapor had been drawn over
it. 1t seemed to cover her, like long
bridal veil. giving her the aspect OF
shrouded figure.
T--s1~ 145 e&or n watch that