The Sunken Isthmus

the Diver. Then it drew off with an apparent

enture into these waters? It looked as if

certain. The creature had made up i

s huge flukes, until finally it st

darted

he felt himself flying through space. Then it seemed as if he was

. It required a moment for him

It was flying upward like a rocket and sudd

ushed into the pilot-house. There he

e the electric keyboard from its post. The wires were all tangled

muttered the Celt. "Ph

nk and Pomp and Wa

us, Barney?" cried the young

s-it must have been

" declared Wade. "Heigho!

dat keyb'd!" e

azed at

is, sir?" he asked, stern

Bar

ew that he 26had been guilty of a serious

I-don't know,"

imed Frank, severely. "

s,

ow what caused al

sthruck the boat, sor-an'-I

ed keenly

," he said; "w

t Barney's pr

or," he

turned

d, reproachfully. "I tho

ered no further words of censure, for he knew that the poor fellow wa

hould have

ing waves of the sea. The ni

om again, but he soon found that he was un

obliged to put hours of hard work into

ain to their slumbers. The coon was not in dang

of the sea. It was in that interval of darkness just

ad of a distant vessel and was a

he started to call Frank, but he

ndward and the light suddenly

e first thing Pomp's eager eyes rested

ssel bearing down

rp look at it a

e dat am dat piratical schooner.

s already co

darky, and seeing h

e matter n

I reckon dat ole schoone

e a viole

to be followed by her. It will hardly be safe to

m righ

just behi

don't mean to say that that accurs

, sah," re

is ver

r glasses. It did not require much of a s

dently sighted the Diver. She wa

ill be down onto us in a jiffy. We

What shall we do, Frank? We

only hope is to run away from her until

ry out of order, too? Have yo

s face

nk it will be all right. We w

repidation and doubt Frank now entered the pilot

ned! The motor-lever would not work. The

boat without restoring the keyboard connectio

idly coming down upon them. Fran

bout repairing the machinery the night before.

t be done, an

the pilot-house

just 28fired a shot across our stern. When t

"You must temporize with them. Partly acc

upon the keyboard. Wade took

n shot. She was training her gun a

y, and at once the

ic gun wid us!" cried Barney. "Shure, w

y hope was a shrewd game of polic

do you want, Fr

lied the young inventor.

worked at repairing the keybo

led again. Wade an

ling distance. Wade had resolved

came across the wat

Meta!" re

led us for

es

what

replied Wade. "Send a boat over

exultation in Poole'

each a sensible decisi

put off from the schooner

It required fifteen minutes for the b

ifteen minutes. When he appeared he managed

pull back to the schooner against the str

ly, but he did not fail to see the cunning

?" asked the treasure

in his place," said Wade, wincing a little at th

the cabin

proffered Poole a cigar. Some time was thus consumed, and ful

decided to com

e decided to accept your story as the truth, though you will pardon me

ked astonished.