Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-04
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CHAPTER NAVAL Lieutenant Donal
Paget. Just given command of a subma
rine, meets at Washington an old frieni
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist, Captain Masterman
Masterman has Just returned from 81
exploring expedition. bringing with him
member OF the strange race, the existenc
of whose species, he asserts, menaces tn
human family.
CHAPTER HAT the club, the '.Marci
Hares," Masterman explains his theor,
to Paget. The recital Is interrupted by
the arrival of a lifelong enemy OF Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard. and the former II
seized with a fatal paralytio 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-
ters and sinks a German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia. on
which Ida Kennedy, Pagets ffancee, was
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
a 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 II. At
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 deyoured ex-
cept Ida, Paget, 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, on the Shetland islands. He is
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 MacBeard had made his
headquarters. Attempting to escape. the
sinks, and the party, in diving suits. aban-
don her.
suits becoming exhausted Paget plans 10
escape the agony of suffocaton 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 rxA5ases
Ida from her diving suit, the others OF
MacBeard surrounded by the sea mon
STEERS whom he has subjugated by the use
of a tuning fork, the sound Of which re-
the swarm. Paget and Ida are made
prisoners and taken to cavern, where
they meet Davies and Clouts, also pris-
oners. MacBeard falls In love with IDA
and offers Paget his life in exchange for
two pages of Masterman's manuscript,
which Paget had. Paget insists they must
all be freed and MacBeard plans to Kill
Clouts. The seaman thinking his last
at hand. produces his mouth or
gan, the sounds from which produce
panic among the monsters ana the party
escapes and reaches the submarine
CHAPTER xI-Paget discovers that
one OF the monsters had entered with
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 II. Paget and the rest
drift onto Fair island and leave the poat.
MacBeard captures Ida, and Paget sees
his duty is TO reach England and 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 xIII-Davies realizes that
the monsters In swarms, had the power
OF condensing the hydrogen In the sea IN
such a way as to separate 1t from the
oxygen, thus creating air. MacBearo
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,
CIouts and Ida reach the submarine IN
safety. and without their knowledge the
queen enters with them
CHAPTER xIv.zThe British authori,
lies refuse to credit Paget's story until
he arrival of the devastating swarm or
sea monsters convinSs them OF its
truth.
CHAPTER Xv-Attempts to combat
he rayages of the swarm are fruitiess,
and MacBeard. claiming to be able 20
control them, offers ~ beguile the neros
IN the Norwegian coast and destroy them,
h Ida will become his wife. She consents
70 sacrifice herself
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