Pluck and Luck #139: Jack Wright and His Deep Sea Monitor — page 17: what you’re looking at

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- (aie Dass ag? eh = ye = hase: Se EE A eS Rt press button, and the projectile shot cae ie gun and strucl e, the ship. © Ae a There came a fearful explosion that chive the Sea Serpent. oe When the boy glanced out he saw that the hawser was burst a in two, the after part of the pirate’s vessel was blown to pieces) 2, number of the rascals were torn to shreds and the vessel AGE rs over on her beam ends. pa ee “Tit for tat!” exclaimed Jack. “See—l’ve wreceey her, — iy Jap hes Exe tee “Downhaul my foretop,” chuckled the old Sailor, “an’ she's: e a-sinkin’, too! ” pes “Look at the rest of the beggars taking to their boats!” ee “Ay! It don’t need another shot in their lubber’s locker es ter show him ther course ter Davy Jones, by gol!” oe, Jack flung open the shutters, and they had an uninterrupted | *: view of the Black Hawk and her panic-stricken crew. — : The pirates were lowering their two remaining boats from the dayits, and were half wild when they felt their VeRHer lurching as if to’ go down. ; 3 Indeed, the last of them had no sooner got off when the Black Hawk settled into her last resting-place among the: 4 sand, fishes and weeds. ai: CHAPTER XIL. DIVING FOR SHE TREASURE. the - ct The rowboat was standing at an angle with the course of the 35 gun ball, and it struck the prow, tearing it to pieces. ae Several pieces of the flying metal struck Jack and his friends, but their almost invulnerable suits of metal protected ve _ their bodies from wounds, although the shock of the concus- BS = es sion flung them into the sea. All that remained of the rowboat sank beneath the sunlit - water, and they, too, went down, but came up again buoyed ey by their knapsacks. See? _ It was several moments ere they recovered from the anaicle: ae « SRE but. as soon as Jack regained his wits he seized the stern post se Oe the monitor beside which he found himself, and, reaching ce 2 out his hand, he grasped Tim by the arm, and clung ‘to him Bo: tenaciously. The monitor geing on, dragged them along with: Ri it, and left Fritz and the professor far astern, ‘held afloat by their air reservoirs. Within a few minutes the old sailor recovered from the shock, and, grasping the stern post beside Jack, he‘relieved the - boy of his weight. ied “Hang on, old boy!” gasped Jack. “ We'll ‘get up on deck presently. x oe By lad, but Fritz aad cher perfessor?” > KS - “Oh, they’re ail right. We will try to'’regain the monitor as gZ0 back for them. They can’t,sink, and the pirates don't vg _ rnow we are here.” Ogi “Blast my timber leg if this don’t remind me 0’ wot hap- y Se ter me, sir, while I wuz aboard o’ ther U. S. frigate Wa- = sir.” : : “el _“No yarps now, Tim,” interposed Jack, “Keep as quiet as | mouse, and we will gain our object; néttay our presence here, “tn you will spoil our chances of winning, do you see?” fj Ay ey ll stow my jawin’-tackle, sir,” acquiesced Tim. e “Stone followed for five minutes, and at the expiration of that time the two were fully récovered and ready for action, oy, Plie edge of the after deck was but ‘two. feet above the “ ee: water's surface, and Jack and Tim pulled themselves up and of peered around. % ep the pirate saw no use of his men yemaining on the deck _ of the monitor to repel boarders now, he had called them back sh £8 his: own ship. Mae _ Phe deck of the monitor was therefore deserted, and our it < fee! Be ee was sucked, and spun around, capsized, and swamped, reavitge - her yelling crew ‘struggling on the surface, begging. for help ae é trom their messmates. a The other boat was so heavily laden with passengers, now a ever, that the addition of two more men would have sunk her, i so they left the miserable rascals with the ee indifference «+. as x" ie s ae poat. lis Rea bea It was a soul-harrowing sight, bad as the men were, ‘aairit: ae generous soul stirred to pity by their fearful a a Au torgot what joy these men had taken in trying to kill ints ee upon her deck. “They can’t do us any harm, and we: will land them si san Salvador,’ i the boy areas ot can’t see them perish so miserab men.” . | | “Lord save yer fer bein’ a mg etagien laa, ” said im, tate eng i blasted lubbers a ballast o’ hot shot ter carry vem ter: sade 4 ” nD ye bottom, I would. Sper eacario The struggling rascals all niawioeee ree oe upon the deck | of a the monitor, and the surviving boatload pulled off to ane north: saree west, héaditie. for Eleuthera Island. — Rae) “We can spare no time pursuing the rest of them,” sa Jack, “for we must hasten back after ‘Fritz and the prozessc They are ‘safe enough in one sense floating in the water, but Ear ‘marine monsters may make prey of them, Tim, and. they, wil 1 ae sadly need ouy assistance.” See ey ies “Ay, ay! Then let her go, sir,” responded the old ‘sal or, “an’ I'll go through ther Sea Serpent an’ see if them ‘ere vi “t yains done anything ter her.” Ns x Jack grasped the wheel, and started the boat back tne she came, vine! sooner, however, had they made their appearance ‘eet ewe pirates saw them, and set up’a loud shout. Def «Into the turret with Jee, ” shouted Jack, heading for the : “door. a “Ay, but why not cast off that hawser fust?” quericd Tim, excitedly. ; ae “No need! They’d kilt aie while doing it! Come on!” ae _ Jack flung open the door in the turret, and Tim came stump- - ing in after him just as the Aas i fired a useless yolley at ~~ them from their rifles. eae te Fortunately none of the rascally crew were within the boat,. but this was probably owing to the fact that they could not zt o entrance as sed were ignorant of how to open the cree ess door and traps..° <f Pris metal shutters were already closed, but there were loop- ch les in them through which Jack could see, and they were : n o ‘sooner within when, the boy saw the pirates hauling on the , _ hawser ‘to draw the monitor close engyen to permit them to get aboard of her, Ee _ Hastily opening the breach of the forward gun, he put in a} eal tridge and aimed the Fs suai at the stern sheets of the} | ee AS EE a es eae | aes of as, he ash a sieht ararwn upon her, he. touched inel ~ of the POOH nO: ha i ay ay, sir, “4 responded one of thet. sulkily. “You are to remain where you are until we ok 1 or 20. overboard and swim ashore. Any treachery on ‘yo will meet with the punishment of death, for m s re a Di : in your midst to destroy you all.” St ehh Mei “We won't do nothin’ wrong,” growled the man. & Petre ‘Tim ‘soon returned and reported everytt ng and seek. pies be ‘the monitor Be er M 1e i sen ab $ B at “ot be