Pluck and Luck #139: Jack Wright and His Deep Sea Monitor — page 21: what you’re looking at

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GH A professor comes of Week. p" wide fe ‘ante we Ww ill then one ‘pe on their moyemenis and REO exactly what they are | > doir x sapien bs “Ay, ay, sir! Are yer a-comin’ in now?” i e x “Yes. There is need of——” © ! eee, Bang! sounded a tremendous explosion, somewhat mattee by the water, in the direction in which the professor had. kage just then, interrupting what Jack was upon the point ¢ saying. | he a “Help! Help!” came a faint, distant ery in dopig) eae “The professor is in trouble!” muttered. Jack. o's i “Oech, dot oidt fool vhas a nuisance by us somedimes! growled Fritz. Ard ‘ Tim rushed to the window ond peered out, and. just hati: iwo divers whom they had captured appeared in the doorw: in back of the old sailor, armed with one of Jack’s pneumat rifles. e i t the aid of his teeth, one of them had undone the a 0 “Tf you .do not stay away cae ” replied Jack, “I will remain jong enough to take an observation with my camera obscura ef all that is transpiring upon the surface before we ascend.” ¥ : “You can expect me back in ten minutes, dear boy,” replied if Hopkins, ‘ea gerly, and with this understanding he walked away and soon vanished from sight, passing through one of the great arches. Jack and Fritz ascended. to the deck and mounted the turret, in which sat Tim smoking his pipe and interestedly watching es, a fight going on between Whiskers and Bismarck in the middle | of the pilot-Louse. ‘sg ‘«Tim!” exclaimed the boy, peering in the window, causing Be! ‘the old sailor to start up, for, as we have intimated before, Sa ‘the pilot-house was furnished with an audiphone. Mie Ay, ay, sir!” replied the old sailor, briskly, when he saw them outside. rs “Send the lenses of the camera to the top, and ‘shut off the lights.” r * Ay, ay, sir!” replied Tim, extinguishing the electric lights. ee: . Everything was instantly bathed in the densest gloom, and ‘Tira thereupon turned a lever on the switchboard, and a tele- __ geopic tube on top of the pilot-house shot toward the surface, With a sinall box on top of it containing the reflecting lenses. bes. Jt could be graded to a height of eighty feet, and as Tim s) saw by the indicator that they were at a depth of a trifle less than fifty feet, he stopped it when the box was protruded above ae the waves. arr gray dise of light suddenly illumined the table, and upon yi it Jack saw the life-like reflections of the starry, moonlit sky, 7 4 the dark. green, rolling waves, and off at one gide the schooner | ef the divers and another craft that was tied to it, which had a strangely familiar look. ; ws Hullo, ther!” exclaimed Tim, “Here’s a strange craft, by guns! " : | bs Pion! t you recognize her?” asked Jack, ¢ as A oe flashed <2 across his mind. i “IT tink me dot vessel I haf Bead pefore, alretty,” said Fritz, serutinizing it. “Tt is Kellenda Mixitli’s ship, with which we had a fight | “near New York.” “A “Wot! Ther cussed pirate wot we blowed ther starn offer!” Se “Shiminetty! So she vhag!” gasped Fritz. Jack studied the reflection intently a few minutes, and al- though | the dim light made objects upon the board more indis- ou ct than they would have appeared in daylight, he was able tod stinguish all he cared to see at that moment.. ae The Carib’s ship had been repaired, and had evidently just ie joined the. schooner, for only her jibs were down. i _ Upon the deck of his schooner Jack plainly saw a dozen Pate pumps, while mingling with the sailors were the divers + who had been using them, the visors of their helmets now BA opened for air. nf eed Standing alone upon the deck, evidently haranguing the a Jack detected the well-known figure of the Carib with his bushy beard, sack suit and derby hat. He kept pointing down at the water, by which the boy judged that he was alluding to what had been going on down there, and the boy observed by the distance at which the ee s ‘boat stood up in the wind that they were not a quarter of 5 net: ‘a ‘mile away. | ie ira a ‘The Caril) has joined them na last—do you see him?” cried: aN Jack, y oe: a “* Wot good’ll his comin’ 48 now, I’ d like to know?” queried if sie ‘with a broad grin. We’ ae got ther idol, an’ two o’ his | ven as hostages.” ps | Dem’ difers vhas sure ter come dein again vonct,” added: ta; “but L vink Be, en ve don’ t vhas been here vhen dey ar. ~ . ° et LU ti oat ay pe , old ‘sadlo®, | aa Unseen in the gloom, ‘hey crouched thers and heard ‘Ea s shout: ee “Turn on the electric lights, Tim, and we will go to t professor’s aid.’ oie Just as the old sailor eheyed, casting the monitor in the ground and hastened away ‘a the assistance of the p ri nace a ky Hardly were they gone’ when the two divers rushed into tk 5 pilot-house. etl is “Hands up!” yelled the one with the ai aiming it at T a ‘ah head. ae, up at ee ; f “You are our prisoner now!” hissed the man. i ees : “Bust my figger-head, eet ve escaped! ” Bnei: es de- spairingly. ; a ns “Will you do as we command, or shall | we ‘kill you?” de~ manded the diver, uf ka Ef ae “Bein’ as I don’t want ter die, I'll obey orders, an “Send this boat to Lei Shiner en or Pl blow your | out! ” : Ries, eit “Ay, ay, sir,” said Tim, as he turned a lever ai pumped ballast out. eee: He drew in the camera then. wand, Just then Jack, Fritz and the avtedson caval the o vard, and saw by the electric lights that Tim was at the n mi of the divers, and that they babi being abandoned at bottom of the sea! | : 4? ree a: - . ; - Es - ——--————- tg oan Roet toe! 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