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A Detective Novel and a
Motion Picture Drama
Presented by This Nespaper in Collaboration With
the Famous Pathe Players.
,
Miss Pearl White . . . ' Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymore Marcius Del Mar
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craij Kenedy" Stories
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. VV. Goddard. I'm sorry you
Author of "The Peril of Pauline," "The Exploit! of Elaine."
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Synopsis of Previous Chapter
After tb finding of Wu Fang's body
and Kennedy's aiMtppeerance, a lubmir
lne appears the following mornlnc on
the bay. A man plunge overboard from
it and ewtms ashore. It Is the entrance
of Marciue Iet Mar Into Amorka.
Kls mlaaton Is to obtain Information of
Kennedy and rwoover, )f possible, the lot
torpedo. At the Lodge home be soon
wins the confidence of tHalne. Later
she is warned by a little old man to be
careful of Del Mar. This warning came
Just In time to prevent Del Mar from
carrying out his plana
At last Iel Mar suocecds In letting the
torpedo, only to have It destroyed by
the little old man.
Jameson Is captured bv Del Mar's men
wlille on his way to mall a letter to the
I'nlted Ktales secret service. Klalne res
rues htm. lieutenant Woodward anl
his friend attend -a party riven at the
Dodge home, at Which Del Mar Is
present. Unknowingly Del Mar drops a
note which elves Klalne a clue. In her
attempt to prevent his cutting the At
lantlo cable she is discovered snd made
a prisoner on the boat, which after
wards Is wrecked by Woodward and the
old man of mystery. Jameson arrives
in m hydro-aeroplane lust In time to save
Klalne from drowning.
Klalne, disguised as a man, discovers
the entrance of lel Mar's wireless cave
at almost the same time Prof. Arnold
by a "raldio detective" has dlwoovercd
the wireleaa station. Blaine's discovery
nearly proves fatal; rhe Is ssvrd by
Jameson; both aid Prof. Arnold and
lieutenant Woodward In destroying the
wtreleae station, but Del Mar escapes.
Making his way to a deserted hotel In
the woods, he directs the making of a
number of gas bombs. F.laine discovers
Del Mar's rnsn at work. Is capttired, but
escapea. When the hotel 1 later at
tacked . the men retreat to the woods,
where they explode th . gas bombs,
t-earlr causing, the death of Lieutenant
Woodward and his attacking party.
The Spot-Light Gun
CHAPTER XIII.
"t don't understand It," remarked
Elaine one day as, with Aunt Josephine
and myself, aba was discussing the
strange events tnet had occurred since
the disappearance of Kennedy, . "but,
somehow. It Is as If a strange Providence
seems to b watching over us."-
"Nor do L" I agreed. "It does' seem
that, although we do not see It, a mys
terious power for good about us. Ifa
uncanny." .
"A package for you'. Miss Dodge." an
nounced Marls, coming In with a small
parcel which had been delivered by a
messenger who did not wait for an an
swer'. Eialn took It, looked at lC turned It
over, and then looked at the written ad
drees again.
"Ifa not the handwriting of anyone
-uK-a recognise,--, ,he mused. "Now. I
suppose I ought to te SttirplcloUt of It.
"Vim going to open It."
...l?' ln'h -r-rplnar
covered a pasteboard box.
one opened
tuat. There lay a revolver, which arte
picked up and turned over. It was a
curious looking weapon.
"I never knew so much about firearm
as I have learned In the last few weeks,"
remarked Elaine. "But what do you sup-
pos that le-and who sent It to me-and ;
uv jvvg uw- t
.w.wi ,
She held the gun up. From th arral
stuck out a Utile rolled-up piece of paper.
-w a, I. V.
, - niw. i.wiu .ia nana ma; mi
paper to me, "there it H again that mys
terious power." ' -.
Aunt JrsepMn and I read the note:
Dear Mtas Dodge.
This weapon ehoota exax-tly Into th
center of the light Clo. Keen It tv you.
A TBI END.
"Let m see It," I asked, taking th
gun. Pur enough, along the rrel was
peculiar tube. "A searchlight gun," I
exclaimed, puxiled. though still my sua
p! ciiocs were not entirely at rest. "Bup
pos It's sighted wrong," I could not help
considering. "It might be a plant to
save someone from being shot." ,
"Thafs easily settled." returned
Elaine. "Lot's try It"
"Oh, niervy, no not here." remon
strated Aunt Josephine.
"Why not-down .cellar?" persisted
Elaine. "It can't hurt anything there."
"I think It would be a good plan." X
arreed, "Juat to make sure that It Is all
rWfct."
Accordingly we thre went down cellar.
Ther Elaine found the light switch and
turned It. Kauri ly I hunted about for a
mark. There, In some rubbish that had
not yet been carted away, was a small
china plate. I set It up on a small shelf
across the foom and took th gun. But
Elaln playfully wrenched It from my
hand.
"No." she Instated. "It wss sent to me.
Let me try It first."
Reluctantly I consented
-Switch off the light. Walter. Please."
ile directed, atanding a few pau ea from
tits plate,
I did so. In th darkness Elaine pointed
the gun and pulled a lltua rarhet. In-
sianuy a spot or llcht showed on ths
wall. She moved the revolver and the
spot or light moved with it. As It rested
ou a little decorative fliire In th center
of the plate she pulled the trigger. The
iUQ exploded with a report, deafening. In
the confined cellar.
I s itched on the light and we ran for-
ard. There wss the piate smashed Into
a h-iidrrd bits. The bullrt had struck tl
n'tly In the center of the little bull s-ye
tf litfht.
"bpleiidld." cried E'alne entnualas
tl ally, as w looked at each other In
a'rprU
Featuring
hour before. In the sscluslon of his yacht.
Woe.rtwi.id a friend. Prof. Arnold, had I
teen stsndlng with the long-barrelled gun
In his hand, adjusting the tube which ran .
beneath the barrel. I
In one hand he held the aim: in the
other w as a piece of paper. As he brought j
the paper before the mur.ile and pressed !
a ratchet by gripping the revolver handle, j
a distinct llxht appeared on the naDer. I
thrown out from the tube undi-r the
barrel.
Having adjusted the tube and sighted
it, Arnold wrote a hasty note on another
pleoe of psper and inserted It Into tiie
barrel of the gun, with the end sticking
out Just a bit. Then he wrapped (lie
whole thing up In a box, rang a bell,
and handed th package to a servant
with explicit instructions as to Its de
livery to th right person and only to
that person.
Down m the submarine harbor, Del Mar
was In conference wtt'.i his board of
strategy and advice, laying the plan for
the attack on America.
"Ever since we have been at work," lie
remarked, "Klalne Dodge has been busy
hindering and frustrating us. That girl
must go'." '
Before him, on a table, he placed a
square package. "It must stop," he
added, ominously, tapping the package.
"But howT" asked one of the men.
"We've don our best."
"This is a bomb," replied Del Mar,
continuing to tap the package. , "When
our man lot me see, X had better do it
arrives, have him look In the secret
cavern by tho landing place. There 1
III leave It. I want him to put it in
her house tonight."
If banded the bomb to one of his men.
who took it gingerly. .Then with a few
more words of admonition he took up
his diving helmet and left th headquar
ters, followed by th man.
Several minutes later . Del Mar, alone,
emerged from the water Just outside th
submarine harbor and took off his hel
met.. He made his way over the rocks, carry
ing th bomb, until he cam to a little
fissure In th rocks, like a cavern. There
he hid th bomb carefully, fitlll carry
ing the helmet, he hurried along until
he came to the cave entrance that led
to the secret passage to the panel in hi
bungalow library. Up through th se
cret passage he went, reaching th panot
and opening It by a spring.
Ia th library Del Mar. changed his wet
clothes and hid them, then he set to
work oh an accumulation of papers oa
his desk.
That afternoon Elaine decided to go for
a' little rid through th country In her
runabout.
Aa shs started to leave her room,
dressed for th trip. It was as though a
premonition of danger cam to her. Bhe
paused, then turned back and took from
the drawer the searchlight gun which
had been sent to her. She slipped it Into
the pocket of her skirt and went out.
Off she drove at a fast clip, thoroughly
enjoying the rid until near a bend in
th road, as it swept down toward th
ahor. she stonued and sot out. attracted
by soma wild flowers. Thev ii In
suoh profusion that It seemed no time
befor ah had a bunch of them. On she
wandered, down to the racks, wstchins!
th restless waters of the sound, rtnalli
. . . . ... ,
ner'"r W UU ,on ,tm
ins innr nn irm full nf f nntra wKn
,u h" herself
by kn;mlng flat stones over th water,
As ah. turnerf t mw v,--
.I,- ' " ,7 "
i h . . . . Liu
uviv (it net tv v. mm
""7" r " ",u 'r" 1
square package. Bhe reached down and
Whn I vu.a
VVhlle she was examining It. back of
nwr. anoiner or mose stransa tM-hel- i
Strange b-hel- I
meiwj inures cam up out of the water.
It watched her for an Instant, then sank
back Into th. water ..
tlalne. holding the package In her
hand, walked ud the horn, nhllv-lmia ra
th strange eye that had been fixed on
"I must show this to Lieutenant Wood-
ward," she said te herself.
la the car she placed the package, then
Jumped in herself carefully and started
off. laughing.
A moment after ah had gone, the diver ' "I've Just had a very queer experience
reappeared, looking about cautiously. ' found something down on the rocks." rhe
This time th coast was clear and h replied seriously, pointing to th square
came all th way out. taking off his he!- package on the floor of th car. "I took
met and placing it In the secret hiding 11 to Lieutenant Woodward and he aU
place which Del Mar and his men used. 1 vlsed me to take It to Prof. Arnold on
Then, with another glance, now of an- ' hi yacht I think It is a bomb. I wish
ger, In th direction of Elaine, he hur- J"u'd go with me."
rled up the shore. j Befor I could answer, up th hill a
Meanwhile, aa fast as her light rune- rln ,hot crxk61- There was a whirr In
bout would carry her, Elalu whlaaed ! lh lr nd huUet sang past us, cutting
over to Fort Dale, i tn r4 feather off Elaine's hat
Aa she entered the grounds, th sentry ! "Vack" I rted- JuPu Into th car.
saluted her. though that part of th for- i "'nd flv th olcon'"
melltie of admission was purely per-' Bh turn', w U,rly r,oochu1
functory. for everyone at the Fort knew i d0Wn.t'it
her now I Benlnd us, a man, a stranger whom we
"la Lieutenant Woodward In?" she In
quired. "Yes, ma'am," returned th sentry. "I
will send for blm."
A corporal appeared and took a mes
sage for her to Woodward. It was only
a few minutes before Lieutenant Wood
ward himself appeared.
"What Is the trouble. Miss Dodger he
asked solicitously, noting the look oa her
lace.
"I don't know wbat It Is," she replied
dubiously. "I've found something among
the rocks. Perhaps it Is a bomb."
Woodward looked at the package,
studying It "Prof. Arnold la Investi
gating this affair for us," he remarked.
Perhaps you'd better tax the packag
Read
to him on hit
rieht I'm
sorry I can't gi
with yoej. but
J lint now I'm on
duty."
"That's
good Idea," ehe
nd d0" off Woodward
lurnea "c w M rorl
wU' - lingering look.
Del Mar WM nra" al
or- -n th library, when
""ddenly he heard a sound
t the Pne'- He reachod
ovl mni Pred a button
on hu d-,k- "d the panel
optned. Through It came
the diver, ttlll wearing his
dripping suit and carrying
the weird helmet under nis
arm.
"That T)odg girl ' has
crossed us again!" h ex
claimed excitedly.
"HowT" demanded Del
Mar, with an oath.
"1 saw her on th rocks
just now. Bh happened
to stumble on the bomb
which you left there to be
plaoed."
"And then?" demanded
Del Mar.
"She took It with her In
her car."
"The deuce!" ejaculated
the foreign agent, furi
ously, "You must get th
men out and hunt the
country thoroughly. Phe
must not escape now at
any cost."
Th diving man dove
back Into th panel to ei
cap Del Mar's wrath,
while Del Mar hurried out,
leaving his valet in th)
library. .
viunkly Del Mar mad his wsy to a
secret hiding place In the hills of the
bay. There he found his picked band
Of men armed with rifles.
As briefly as he could he told them of
what had happened. "We must get her
this time dead or alive," he ordered.
"Now scatter about th country. Keep
ttt touch with each other and when you
find her., close In on her at any cost."
Th men saluted and left In various di
rections to scour the country. Del Mar
himself picked up a rifle and followed
shortly, passing down a secret trail to
th road where he had , a car with a
chauffeur waiting. Still carrying the
rifle, ha climbed In and th man shot
th car along down th road.
On th top of a hill one of the men was
posted as a sort of look-out Osslng over
the country carefully, his eye was finally
arrested by something at which he stared
eagerly. Par away, on the road, he could
se a car In which was a girl, alone.
Waving In th breese was a red feather
In her hat He looked more sharply. It
was Elaine Dodge.
Th man turned and waved a signal
with a handkerchief to another man far
off. Down th valley another of Del
Mar'a men was waiting and watching.
As soon as be saw the signal, he waved
back and ran along th road.
As Del Mar whlxsed along, he could see
on of his men approaching over the
road, waving to htm. "Stop!" he ordered
his driver.
Th man hurried forward. "I've got the
signal," he panted. "They have seen her
car over th hill."
Good," exclaimed Del Mar, pulling a
blck m"k over hU eyes. "Now got
oft T. W'v got to catch her.
Th P1 wJr again In a cloud of
duL.
toward bar. ..Vi, H hVX i."
kui .v.n wni . 1 11
t". her nc - "
j " . . kMD4n- . w.
' . Baa Mn "p1n sharp watch on
tentlon. II saw a car through th follag.
1 1 w I ki. n. .-.-.a, a a.i i j .
"""-ai wa uiif WvUl VV J alUUUlUCr.
Through th sight he could Just
1 Elalne'a head, for hr hat. with a bright
!rt4 feather In it, showed Mainly
0VM. th, bushes.
Juat
H alnwyl unfnll. n,l tlA
I had . ... - . .-.-,, .v.. u.,,.
j lth no destination in particular As 1
,wunc onf roadi x n4r1 h, throh.
Wng of a car coming up th bill, th sut-
t a s . ...
Ing on country roads omwhat hasard -
! ous nowadara.
I A I did so, someone In the car waved
to me. I looked again. It was Elaine,
! "Where are you going?" she called.
"Where are you going?" I returned.
did not pause to observe, rushed ftora tbe
bushes and fired after us again.
. Suddenly another rifle shot cracked. It
wss from another car that had stealthily
sneaked up on us coming fast tockleealy.
"There's her car." pointed one of the
occupants to a man who waa masked In
blsck. "Yes." he nodded. "Give her a
little more gas!"
"Crouch down," I muttered, "as low as
you can."
We did so, racing for life, th more
powerful motor behind ' overhauling us
every Instant
We were coming te a very narrow part
of the road where It turned, on one slds
a sheer hill, on the ether a stream sev
eral feet down, .
If we had aa accident. I thought. It
it Here W-Then See IT All
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"let
might be tl. klleh for us, supposing the
square patkase really to be a bomb.
What If It should go off? The idea sug
gested another, Instantly. The car be
hind was only a few feet off.
As wo reached the narrow road by the
stream. I rose up. As far as I could,
back of me. 1 hurled the Infernal ma
chine. It fell. We received a shower of
dirt and small stones, but the cover of
the car protected us. Whcr th bomb
landed, however, it cut a deep hoi In
the roadway. .
On came Del Mar'a car, the driver
frantically tugging at the emergency
brake. But it was of no use. There was
not room to turn aside. The car crashed
into the hole, like a gigantlo plow.
It took one header over the side of the
road and down several feet Into th
stream. Just as tho masked man and the
driver Jumped far ahead Into the water.
Pafc now In our car, which was slack
ening Its terrific speed. I looked back.
"They've ben thrown 1" I cried. "W'r
all right
On the edge of the water. Just covered
by some wreckage, the chauffeur lay
motionless. The masked man crawled
from under the wreckage and looked at
hlin for a moment.
"lcad!" he exclaimed, still mechan
ically gripping a rifle In his hand.
Angrily he raised it at us and fired.
A moment later, some other men gath
ered from all directions about him, each
armed.
"Don't mind the wreck," he cried, ex
asperated. "Fire!"
A volley was delivered at us. But th
distance was now apparently too ( great.
We were Just congratulating ourselves
on our escape, when a stray shot whlxsed
past, striking a piece directly out of th
' head of the steering post, almost under
Elalno'a hands
"Naturally she lost control, though fortu
nately we were not going so fast now.
of the road, as she vainly tried to con
trol both Its speed and direction. On the
very edge ot the ditch, however, It
! "t?pe,d
W looked back. There we could aee a
group of men who seemed to spring out
of the woods, as If from nowhere, at the
sound ot the shots. A shout went up at
1 th "lght of 1110 bullet tk,n effect. nJ
they ran forward at us.
' 0m of the,r nu,nber' 1 couM
I muked. who had bevn In the wrecked
jcar' tumbled forward weakly, until he
sank down.
A .Aiinli Af t V. - nth.r. ran tn him. "On
on, ne must navv urtcu Tiirmmu.
"One ot you Is enough to stay with me.
I'm going back to the submarine harbor.
The reat-pi on report to me there."
As the rest ran toward ua. there was
nothing for ua to do but to abandon the
car ourselves and run for it W left the
road and struck into the trackless woods,
followed closely now by two of the men
who had out-distanced the rest. Through
the woods we fled, taking advantage of;
such nhelter as we could find.
"Look, here's a cav." cried Elaine, as i
we plunged, exhausted and about ready
to drop, down Into a ravin. '
We hurried In and th bushes swung
over the cav entrance. Inside we stop
ped short and gased about It was dark
and gloomy. We looked back. There was
no hope there. They had been overtaking
ua On down a passageway, we went
The two men who were pursuing us
plunged down the ravine also. As ill-luck
would have it, they saw the cave entrance
and dashed In. then halted. Crouching in
the shadow we could see their figures sil
houetted In the dim light of the entrance
of the cavern. One stopped at th en
trance while the other advanced. He was
a big fellow and powerfully built and the
other fellow waa equally burly. ' 1 made
up my mind to fight to the last though
I knew It waa hopeless. It was dark. I
could not even see the man advancing
now. ,
Quickly Elaine reached Into her pocket
and drew out something.
"Here, Walter, Uke this," she cried.
I seised the object It wss the search
light gun.
Hastily I aimed It th spot of light
ma see It," ha askr " tskiag th gun.
glowing brightly. Indeed, I doubt
whether I could have shot very accu
rately otherwise. As the man approached
cautiously down the passageway the
bright dlao of light danced about until
finally It fell full on his breast. I fired.
The man fell forward Instantly.
Again I fired, this time at the man In
th cave . entrance. lit Jumped back,
dropping his gun, which exploded' harm
lessly. His hand was woUnded. Quickly
he drew back and disappeared among the
trees.
We waited In tense silence and then
cautiously looked out of the mouth of the
cave. No on seemed to be about
"Come let's make a dash for It," urged
Elaine.
We ran out and hurried on down the
ravine, apparently not followed.
Back among th trees, however, the
man had picked up a rifle which he had
hidden. While be was binding up his
hand with a handkerchief he saw us.
Painfully he tried to aim his gun. But
It was too heavy for his weakened arm
and the pain was too great. He had to
lower it. With a muttered Imprecation
he followed us at a distance.
Evidently, to 'us. we had eluded the
pursuers, for no one seemed now to be
following, at least as far as we could
determine. We kept on, however, until
we came to th water's edge. There,
down by the bay. we could see Prof. Arn
old's yacht.
"Let us see Prof. Arnold, anyhow," said
EJalne, leading the way along the shore.
W cam at last, without being mo
lested, to a IK tie dock. A sailor was
standing beside It and moored to It was
a swift motor boat Out at anchor was
th yacht
"You are Prof. Arnold's man?" asked
Elaine.
"Tes'm,' he replied, remembering her.
"Ia th professor out on his boat?" we
asked.
He nodded. "Did you want, to see
him?"
"Very much." answered Elaine.
"I'll take you out" he offered.
We Jumped Into the motor boat he
started the engine and we planed out
over the water.
Though we did not see him, the man
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whom I had wounded was still watching
us from the shore, noting every move.
He had followed us at a distance across
the woods and fields and down along the
shore to the dock, had seen us talking to
Arnold's man, and get Into the boat.
From the shore he continued to watch
us skim across the bay and pull up along
side the yacht. As we climbed the lad
der, he turned and hurried back the way
he had come.
Elaine and I climbed aboard the yacht
where we could see the professor sitting
In a wicker deck chair.
"Look!" I exclaimed, "what's that?"
Elalned turned to me, as Arnold slesed
his glasses.
"Why, It seems to be moving directly
st uf," exclaimed Elaine.
"By George, it's the periscope of a sub
marine," cried Arnold a moment later,
lowering his glasses. ,
He did not hesitate an instant. '
"Get the yacht under way," he ordered
the captain, who immediately shouted his
orders to the rest '
Quickly the engine started and we
plowed ahead, that ominous looking peri
scope following.
In the submarine harbor to which he
had been taken, Del Mar found that he
had been pretty badly ahaken up by the
accident to his car. His clothes were torn
and his fabe and body scratched. No
bones were broken, however, though the
shock had been great. Several of his men
were endeavoring to fix hlin up In the
little submarine office, but he was an
gry, very angry.
At such a Juncture, a man in a dripping
diving ult entered and nulled off nls
helmet after what had evidently been a
hasty trip from the land through the
entrance and up again Into the harbor.
As he approached, De Mar saw that the
man's hsnd was bound tip.
"What'a the matter?'" demanded Del
Mar. "How did you get that?" "
"That fellow Jameson and the girl did
It," he replied, telling what had happened
In the cave. "Someone must have gWeu
them one of those new searchlight guns."
"Where are .they?" he asked.
"I saw them go out to the yacht of that
Prof. Arnold."
"He's the fellow that gave her th gun,
i almost hissed Pel Mar.
' are they?"
"On the yacht.
I An evil smile seemed to spread over his
.urn r- i B v infill nil, nil null.
Man the submarine the Z'J9."
All left the office on the run, hurrying
around the ledge and down Into the open
hatch of the submarine. Del Mar came
along a moment later, giving orders
sharply and quickly.
The hatch was closed and the vessel
sealed. On all sides were electrical de
vices and machines to operate the craft
and the torpedoes en Intlrlcate system
of things whl; h It seemed as if no humnu
mind could possibly undt-i stand.
Del Mar threw on a switch. The sub
marine hummed and trembled. Wowly It
sank in the harbor until It was at the
level of the under-water entrance throuch
the rocks. Carefully it was guided out
through this entrance Into the witters nf
the larger, real harbor.
Del Mar took his place at the periscope,
the eye of the submarine. Anxiously he
turned It about and bent over ilie lin;
which it projected.
"There it is." he muttered, picking out
Arnold's yacht and changing the couro
of the submarine so that it was licaCed
directly at it, tho planes turned r.o that
they kept the boat Just under the surface
with only the periscope showing above.
Forward, about the torpedo dlwharae
tubes men were busy, testing the doors,
and getting ready tho big automatic tor
pedoes. "They must have seen us." muttered
Del Mar. "They've started the yacht.
But we can beat them, easily. Are you
ready ?"
"Yes," called back the men forward,
pushing a torpedo Into the lock-like com
partment from which It was launccrd.
"Let It go, then," bellowed Del Mar.
The torpedo shot out Into the water,
traveling under Its own power, straight at
the yacht.
Elaine and I looked back. The periscope
was much nearer than before. "Can we
outdistance the submarine?" I asked ot
Arnold.
"Arnold shook his head, his face grave.
On came the thin line of foam. "I'm
afraid we'll have to leave the yacht," he
said warningly. "My little motor boat Is
much faster."
Arnold shouted his orders as he led us
down the ladder to the motor boat, Into
which we Jumped, followed by as many
of the crew as could get In, while the
others leaped Into the water from the
rail of the yacht and struck out for the
shore, which was not very distant.
"What's that?" cried Elaine, horrified,
pointing back.
The water seemed to be all churned up.
A long cigar-shaped affair was slipping
along near enough to the surface so that
we could Just matte It out murderous,
deadly, aimed right at the heart of the
yacht
"A torpedo!" exclaimed Arnold. "Cast
off.."
We moved off from the yacht as swiftly
as the speedy little open motor - boat
would carry us, not a minute too soon.
The torpedo struck the yacht almost ex
actly amidshtp. A huge column of water
spurted up Into the alc'as though a
gigantlo whale were blowing off. Th
yacht Itself seemed lifted the water and
literally broken In half like a brittle rod
of glass and dropped back Into the water.
Below In the submarine, Del Mar was
still at the periscope directing things.
"A hit.'." he cried exultlngly. "We got
the whole bunch this time.."
He turned to the men to congratulate
them, a smile on his evil face. But as he
looked again, he caught sight of our little
motor boat skimming safely away on the
other side of the wreck.
"The deuce.." he muttered. "Try an
other. Here's the direction."
Furiously he swore as the men guided
the submarine and loaded another tor
pedo into a tube. As the tube came Into
position, they let the torpedo go. An In
stant later, It was hissing its way at us.
"See, there's another.." I cried, catch
ing sight of it
All looked. Sure enough, through the
water could be seen another of those
murderous messengers dashing at us.
Arnold ran forward and seised th
wheel himself, swinging the boat around
hard to starboard and the land. We
turned Just In time. The torpedo, brain
less but deadly dashed past us harm
lessly. (To be Continued.)
