Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-20

Looking over the Rocks, They Saw a
Man In a Large Motorboat.
the midst of this work whirrlng
sound came to their ears. 1t was that
Of a gas engine.
Looking over the rocks, they saw a
man in a large motorboat hurrying
round the promontory. Donald hailed
him with a yell. There came no an
swer, but the boat continued to make
toward them.
The man in the boat raised his head.
II was MacBeard. He stopped the en-
CINE and lay to, about a couple of hum
dred yards away. He drew a hand
kerchief from his pocket and waved 1t.
"The d--n rogue" muttered Da-
vles, raising his revolver.
1t was indeed Professor MacBeard.
And he appeared distressed. At least
he flew the distress, or parley, signal,
and his movements seemed altogether
more agitated, and his demeanor less
bland than on the preceding after
noon.
Whatever his nocturnal work had
been, 1t seemed to have been cut short
Dy the dawn, which had driven the
monsters to seek shelter In the ocean
depths. He seemed to have come from
the other side Of the island.
'Truce % he seemed 70 shout, al
though the sound, echoing from rock
to rock, was not clearly audible.
"Trucew He waved the handkerchief
frantlcally.
Donald and Davies fired together
They saw the bullets strike the water.
MacBeard crouched down behind the
engine. There could be no parleying
with such as he.
They emptied their weapons in their
fury. MacBeard was Just out Of
range. He started the engine again
and came to a halt fifty yards farther
at sea.
"Trucel 1 want to speak to YOU"
he yelled.
They aimed their empty revolvers
MacBeard started for safety. His
boat disappeared round distant point
of the island
"The devil J" said Donald. Then he
turned to Davies.
"We1l take on supplies, at any rate, )"
he said. "One thing Is sure: those
devils might raise the submarine, but
they can never sink her, once the tanks
are blown"
"They We're blown when we sub
merged, sir" answered the MILDLY.
"The DETECTED rudder kept us down.
But we can't go down unless we try
to start her"
"Miss Kennedyp Donald called to
Ida, who had disappeared within the
cave.
She did not answer him, and the
two men approached to summon her.
But just within the cave they saw
something that revived for moment
the old horrors which they had
escaped. They were two human skele-
tons, with fragments OF clothing near
them. Donald stopped and picked up
a morsel.
''Khaki - government khaki y he
said. 81 wonder who"
But the explanation became too OBJ
vious when, projecting from behind a
rock near by, they saw the wing Of an
airplane. The missing ayiators had I
been found And the manner Of their I
death was only too clear. They must (
have been seized, while sleeping, by /
the sea devils.
The airplane, which was Of the 4
hydroplane type, had evidently been
drawn within the cave and left there (
by the aviators. A hasty examination 1
showed Donald that it was uninjured. I
Perhaps MacBeard had intended to
make use of It; or it was possible that 4
he had not seen It, for It was hardly
distlnguishable among the shadows.
''Miss KennedyI' called Donald.
"Idai Where are you? Don't go too
far"
No answer came, and they began to
grow uneasy.
"she went inside the cave, think, !"
said Davies.
eYes, I'm sure Of It." answered Dom
aid; and he entered farther into Its
calling "Idal Ida"
They began to be alarmed. They
hurried from point to point. The cave
was a wide one, but tapered, some dis
lance back, into the neck Of a bottle.
It seemed evident that Ida could not
have gone farther than this point.
run back, Davies, and see If she
amt be outside" said Donald.
And, while he called, Davies took up
he search without Donald waited in
error. He did not dare go farther
INTO the cave just then.
Ten minutes later Davies returned.
4 glance at his face told that his mis-