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MRR arom mau ON om 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA | SAPDB IBA NG DRA LTD {T BEATS THE DEUTSCHLAND ! There is no story of such timely and absorbing interest as this wonderfully pro- phetic, world-famous classic thrillin writer tm the history iter st of pred resem i t z Bissts 53 & | i i z i i 3 i T i fl i E iit et Hite iF Er 7 ? z } if fF Fi } ; eH rit rft Ese H $ F . t ae “a errrElEe z°REF fel; tees Aetna E Z Captain E CHAPTER XXIV. (Oontinued.) The Indian Ocean. - HE next day, 36th of January, we cut the equator at the [ eighty-second meridian and entered the northera bem!- aphere, ‘The 27th of Jan:...:y, at the entrance of the vast Bay of Bengal, we met re- pea’ @ forbidding epectacie—de> 1 bodies floating on the surface of the water. They were the dea. of the In- dian villages, carried by the Ganges to the of the sea, and which the vultures, the only undertakers of the country, had not been 1!) to devour, But the sharks did not fail to help About seven o'clock in the evening, the Nautilus, half inmer ', was eall- ing in @ sea of milk. At first eight the ocean seemed lactified. Was it the effects of the lunar rays? No; far the moon, scarcely two days old, was still lying bic” 1 under the b..:- zon in the rays of the sun, The whole sky, though lit by the siderial rays, seemed black by contrast with the whiteness of the waters. Conseil could not bolleve :.\4 eyes, and questioned me as to the cause of this strange phenomenon. Happily { was able to answer bim, “It is called a milk sea,” I ex- plained; “a large extent of white Wavelets often to be seen on the coasts of Amboyna, and in these parte of the sea.” “But, sir,” said Conseil, “can you tell me what causes such an effect? For 1 suppose the water is not really turned into mili." “N», my boy; and the whiteness which surprises you is caused only by the presence of myriads of tnfusoria, @ sort of luminous little worm, gela- Unous and without colo, of the thick- ness of a hair, and whose length is not more than the seven one-thou- Aandths of an inch, These insects ad- here to one another somotimes for @eve: 1 leagues.” CHAPTER XXV. Pearls and Sharks. IN the 28th of February, when at noon the Nautilus came to the surface of the sea, in 9 degrees 4 minutes north latitude, there was land tn sight about eight miles to westward, Capt. Nemo and his second ap- peared at this moment. The captain @lanced at the map, Then, turning to me, said: “The Island of Ceylon, noted for Its Pearl fisheries. Would you like to visit one of them, M, Aronnax?” “Certainly, captain.” “Well, the thing 1s easy, Though 4f we see the fisheries we shall not wee the fishermen, The annual ex- Pertation hase not yet begun, Never adventures concerned wi: @ craft the moet inventive mind, | wil give orders te make for the Gulf of Manaar, where we shall arrive in the wight.” “Well, oir,” said Capt. Neme, “you and your compani shall vieit the Bank of Manaar, and if by chance geome fisherman should be there we shall ese him at work.” “Agreed, captain!” “By the by, M. Aronnas, you are wot afraid of sharke?” Thia question seemed @ very hard one. “Well?” eontinued Capt, Neme, “Ladmit, Captain, that I am mot yet very familiar with that kind of fish.” “We are accustomed to them,” re- pitied Capt. Nemo; “and in time you will be too, However, we shall be armed, and on the road we may be . able to hunt some of the tribe, It ts interesting. @o till to-morrow, sir, The next morning at @ o'clock I was awakened by the steward, whom Capt. Nemo had placed at my service, hurriedly, dressed and went Capt, Nemo was awaiting me, Capt, Nemo conducted me to the Central staircase, which led on to the Platform. Ned and Conseil were al- ready there, delighted at the idea of the “pleasure party,” which was pre- paring. Five sailore from the Nau- tus, with their oars, waited in the boat, which had been mide fast against the aside, The night was atill dark, At 6 o'clock It became suddenly daylight, with that rapidity peculiar to tropical regions, which know neither dawn nor twilight. I saw land distinctly, with @ fow trees acat- tered here and there. The boat neared Manaar Island, which was rounded to the south, Capt. Nemo rose from bis seat and watched the sea, Ate from him the anchor was Grop! but the chain ecarcely ran, for it wae little more than a yard deep, and thie spot was one of th highest pointe of the bank of pine tadines, “Here we are, M. Aronnax,” said Capt. Nemo. “You see that inclosed bay? Here, ina ty Wa) be as- sembled the numerous fishing boats of the exporters, and these are the waters their divers will ransack so boldly. Happily, this bi fi situated for that kind of fe ig sheltered from the stronges' the sea is never very rough which makes it favorable for the diver’s work. We will now put on our dresses and bogin our walk.” Soon we wem® enveloped to the throat in india rubber clothing; the ee apparatus fixed to our backs by races, One last question remained to ask of Capt. Nemo, “And our arms?” esked 1; “our what for? Do not moun- guns?” attack the bear with dagge! tain in their hand, and is not steel sure than lead? Here is a strong blade; put it in your belt, and we start.” I looked at my companions; they were armed like us and, more than that, Ned Land was brandishing an enormous harpoon, which he hed }eced in the boat before leaving the jautilus, Then, following the Captain's ex- ample, I allowed myself to be dressed in the peayy copper helmet, and our reservoirs of air we: once in a two feet of water upon an even sand, Capt, Nemo made 4 sign with his hand, and we followed him by tle declivity till we disappeared the waves, Over our feet, ke coveys of an! in @ bog, rose shoals of fish of the genus monoptera, which have no other fing but their tail At about 7 o'clock. we found ours selves et last surveying the oyster banks, on which the pearl oysters are reproduced by millions, here opened before us @ larse grotto, dug in a picturesue heap of rocks, and carpeted with all the thick warp of the submarine flora. Capt Nemo entered; we followed. My ey: soon accustomed themselves to this relative state of darkness. 1 could distinguish the arches springing ca- riclously from netural pillars, etand- ing broad upon their granite base, lke the heavy columns of Tuscan architecture, Why had our incomprehensible guide led us to the bottom of this submarine crypt? I was goon to know, After descending a rather sharp declivity, our feet trod the bot~ tom of a kind of circular pit. Capt, Nemo stopped, and with his hand in- dicated an object I had not yet per- ceived, It was an oyster of extraor. dinary dimensions, @ gigantic tridac- ha, & goblet which could have con- ned a whole lake of holy wal basin in breadth of which was more than two yards and a half, and con- sequently largér than that ornament ing the saloon of the Nautilus, I roached this extraordinary mollu ni nder tt adhered by its byssus to @ tab of granite, and there, isolated, it a veloped itself in the calm ters of the grotto, I estimated t ht of this tridacna at 600 pounds, Buch an oyster would contain thirty pounds of Q Ly meat. Capt. Nemo was evidently ai quainted with the existence of this bivalve, and seemed to have a partic- ular motive in verifying the actual state of this tridacna. were a little open; the C: near, and pul his dagger between them to prevent them from closing; then with his band }» raised the membrane with {*~ (ringed edges, which former a cluu« for the creature, . t, UP successively, HARPOON There, between the folded plaits, I @aw @ loose pearl whose size equalled that ofacosoanut. Its globular shape, fect clearness and admirable jus- made it altogether a estimable value, Carried away by my juriosity I stretched out my to ize it, weigh it, and touch it; but Captain stopped me, made of refusal, and quickly withdrew his dagger, and the two shells closed suddenly, I then understood Capt. Nemo's intention. In leaving this 1 hidden in the mantle of the tri- na, he was dilowing it to grow slowly. Each year the secretions of the mollusc would add new concentric alr), I estimated dtp value at £500,000 at least. After ten minutes Ca; topped suddenly, J thought he had alted previously to returning, No; by a gesture he bade us crouch be- side him in deep fracture of the rock, his hand pointed to one part of the Nquid mass, which I watched at- tentively. About five verde, ey my e@ppeared, and san! The disquicting idea of shar! my mind, but I was mis- 3 and once again it was not a monster of the ocean that we had anything to do with, it wal & living man, an Indian, a . & poor devil, who, I Suppose, had come to glean before the harvest- I could see the bottom of his canoe anchored some feet above his hea: through taken; A stone held by it, out in the shape of a hilst a rope fastened boat, helped him to de- scend more rapidly. This was all his apparatus, Reaching the bottom about five yards deep, he went on his knees and filled his bag with oysters picked up at random. Then he went up, emptied ft, pulled up stone, and began the operation more, which lasted thirty seo- onds, I was beginning to accustom my- welf to the sight of this interesting fishing, when suddenly, as the Indian was on the ground, whim make @ gesture of terror, rise, and make pring to return to the surface, I understood his dread, A gigantic shadow appeared just above the un- fortunato diver, It was a : ark of enormous eige advarcing diagonally, on fire, and his jaws open. and unable to move, The voracious creature shot toward the Indian, who threw hi iself on one aide in order to avoid the shark's fing; Dut not its tall, for it struck his chest, etched him on the ground, ene lasted but a few seconds; ark returned, and, turning cn ack, prepared himself for cutting the Indian in two, when I saw Capt. Nemo rise suddenly, and then, da in hand, walk straight to the m ater, ready to flight face to face with nt Tho very moment the shark going to snap the unhappy fish- n in two, he perceived his new 4, turning over, made straight to ard him, I can still see C ot. Nemo's posl- IN HAND, Nemo h He dived and went @ The Evening World Dally Magazfae: tion, Holding himself well together, ho waited for the shark with admir- able coolness; and, when it rushed n* him, threw himeelt on on) aide with In, wonderful quickner: shock, and burying Into ite side. But it » A terrible combat ensued, The shark had seemed to roar, if I might say ao, Tho blood rushed in torrents from its wound, The sea was dyed red, and through tho opaque quid I could distinguish mothing more, Nothing mors, until the mo- ment when, like lightning, | saw the undaunted Captain hanging on to one of the creature's fing, struggling, os it were, hand to hand with the mon- ster; and dealing successive blows is enemy, yet still unable ‘> give a lve On Tho ahar! strugeles agitated the water with such fury that the rock- ing threatened to upset me. I wanted to go to the captain’s as- sistance, but, nailed to ¢! pot with 0 I saw the hy Th ‘eht, captain feil to the earth, upset by th enormous mass which leant upou him, The shark's jaws opened wide, like a par of factory shears, and it would have been all over with the captain; but, quick as thought, harpoon in hand Ned Land rushel toward the shark and etruck it with its sharp point, The waves were impregnated with mass of blood, They rocked under the shark's movements, which beat them with indescribable fury, Ned Land had not missed his alm, It wi the monster's death rattle. Struck the heart, it struggled in dreadful con. vulsions, the shock of which over- threw Consetl, But Ned Land had disentangled the captain, who, getting up without any wound, went stratght t® the Indian, quickly cut the cord which held him to his stone, took him in his arms and, with a sharp blow of his heel, Mounted to the surface, ‘We all three followed in a fow » onds, saved by a miracle, and reache the fishorman's boat. Capt, Nemo's first care was to re- call the unfortunate man to life again, I did not think he could suce hoped so, for the poor creatur mersion was no' 0 im- long; but the blow from the shark's tail might have been his death blow. Happily, with the captain's and harp friction, I saw con- return by ‘degrees, He eyes, What was his gur- prise, his terror, even, at seeing four great copper heads leaning over him! And, above all, what must he have Sit NED LAND RUSHED TOWARD THE BHARK, | thought when Capt. Nemo, drawing from the pocket of his dress a bag of pearls, placed it in his hand! This munificent charity from the man of the waters to the poor Cingalese was accepted with a tremblin, nd. His wondering eyes showed that he knew not to what superhuman beings be owed both fortune and life. At a ign from the captain we re- gained the bank, and following the road already ed came in about half an h anchor which held the canoe of the utilus to the earth, Once on board, we each, with the help of the suilors, got rid of the heavy copper helmet, pt. Nemo's first word was to the jan, ‘hank you, Master Land,” sald he, “It was in revenge, Captain,” re- plied Ned Land, “1 owed you that,” A ghastly smile passed across the captain's lips, and that was all, “To the Nautilus,” said Whatever he might say, this strange man had not yet succeeded in entirely crushing his heart, When I made this observation to him he answered in @ slightly moved), tone-— “That Indian, str, 1s an inhaditant of an oppressed country; and I am still, and shall be, to my last breath, ‘one of them!" CHAPTER XXVI. The Red Sea. N the course of the 29th of January, the Island of Cey- jon disappeared under the horizon, and the Nautilus, at @ speed of twenty miles @n hour, alld into the labyrinth of canals which eeparate the Maldives from the Laccadiv We bad made 16,220 miles, or 7,500 (French) leagues from our starting- point in the Japanese Seas The next day (80th January), when tho Nautilus went to the sur! of the ocean, there w > land in sight, Its course w in the direo- tion of the Sea man, Arabia and the which serves an outlet Persian Gulf, It was evidently « block without any possible egress. The 8th of February, from the fi dawn of day, Mocha came tn alight, The Nautilus then approached the African #hore, where the depth of the sea was greater, Tho 9th of Febru- the N floated in the Red Sea, which 1s comprised between Souakin on the west coast, and Kroomfidah on the TAKE THE EVENING WORLD WITH YOU ON YOUR VACATION So that you will not miss any of the weekly novels and may continue to ‘enjoy the dally magazine, comic and other special features. Order the Evening World Mailed to Your Summer Address Include them in your summer reading. urday: faly 22: OUOEPOLG LIE IIOLE EOL OILS WLIO IE I PE ORI OE COIR III CNN TIE or nnn. newer First and Greatest Story of a Submarine Boat By JULES VERNE PDBMB ANID AARRINS Bebb AIDA TID bd RWB roe Som, bey coast, with a diamotor of ninety miles, That day at noon, after bearings were taken, Capt. Nemo mounted the platform, where I happened to be, and I was determined not to let him go down again without at least press- ing him regarding hia ulterior pro- jects. As soon as he saw mo he ap- proached, and graciously offered me ve a iar, yell, air, does this Red Sea please you? Have you sufficiently observed the wonders it covers, its fishes, its xoophytes, its parterrea of sponges, and its forests of coral? Did you catch @ giimpse of the towns on its borders “Yos, Capt. Nemo,” I replied; “and the Nautilus is wonderfully fitted for such a study. Your boat is at | @ century before its time, perhaps era. What a misfortune that the secret of such an invention should die with its inventor!" Capt. Nemo did not reply. After @ome minutes’ silence he continued: “You were speaking of the opinions of ancient historians upon the dan- serous navigation of the Red Sea.” “It is true,” sald I; “but were not their foars exaggerated?” “Yes and no, M, Aronnaz,” repiied Capt. Nemo, who seemed to know the Red Sea by heart, “That which is no longer dangerous for a modern veasol, well rigged, strongly bullt and master of ite own course, thanks to obedient steam, offered all sorts of perils to tho ships of the ancients.” “Unfortunately,” bo continued, “T can not take you through the Sues Canal, but you will be able to ace the long jetty of Port Sald after to- morrow, when we ehall be in the Mediterranean.” “The Mediterranean!” I exclaimed, “You, alt; does that astonish you?” “What astonishes me is to think that wo shall be there the day after to-morrow."* “Indeed?” “Yes, Captain, ‘y this time I ought to b customed my= seif to be surprised at no‘hing sine T have been on board your boat “Dut the cause of this surprise? “Well, It # tho fearful speed you will have to put on the Nautilus if the day after to-morrow she ts to be fn the Mediterranean, having mado the round of Afric id doubled the Cape of Good Hope “Who told you that she would make the round of Africa, and double the Capa of Good Hope, str?” “Weill, unless tho Nautilus sails on dry land and passes above the isth- mus"~—= “Or beneath it, M. Aronnax.” ier" although replied Capt. Nemo, r long time ago nature le under thix tonguo of land what man hae this day made on its sur- ace. ‘What! such a passage exists?” Yes; a subterranean passage, which I have named the Arabian Tunnel, It takes us beneath Sues and opens into the Gulf of Pelusium, “But this isthmus ta composed of nothing but quicksands?" “To & certain depth, But at fifty. five yards only, there !@ a solid layer of rock.” “Did you Giscover this chance?” I asked, more an prised, “Chanoe and reasoning, sir; and by reasoning even more than by chance, Not only does this pass exist, but I have profited by it several time: Without that I should not have ven. tured this day Into the impassable Red Sea, I noticed that in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean there ex- sted a certain number of fishes of pease by more sur- +104 pertectyy thentice we ee tact, | aned A flerenee of oes eumber of # 1 of Hues between the (we wae ved on sought for it my Neutti- I Aigeovered tured inte it, ” , you too will through my Arabian CHAPTER XXVI. The Arabian Tunnel, HAT mame evening the Naa. iue footed on the eurtace of the @™, approaching the Arabian coast, | saw Died- ah, the most important eounting- house of Egypt, Syria, Tur- bey and india, Hoon Diedéam was shut owt from view by the @hadowe of night, and the Neutiiue found her. erif under water slightly phosphores- emt. The neat day, the 10th of February, we sighted several ships running to windward, The Nautilus returned to ite submarine navigation but ot noon, when her bearings were taken, the #ea being deserted, she rose again to her wator-ting, 4 Consett, t Abcompanies by Ned ecated myself on the platform. The coast on the eastern side looked like 4 mane faintly printed upon @ damp fom. We were leaning on the sides of the pinnace, talking of one thing and an- other, when Ned Land, stretohing out his hand toward @ spot on the sea, aid: “Do you see anything there, sir?” “No, Ned,’ replied; “but I have not your eyes, you know.” “Look well,” said Ned, “there, t rboard beam, about the hel jantern! Do you not eee @ mana which geema to move?” “Certainly,’ (or “I #00 something like black body on the top of the And certainly before blac! object was not more than @ mile from us. It looked like @ great sand ban! joslted in the open eea, It was a ntic dugor t this instant Capt. Nemo pearéd on the platform. He eaw the dugong, understood the Canadias titude, bogey jreasing him, eald “If you held @ harpoon just now, Master Land, would it sot burn your hand?” et #0, air.” i i'd “And you woul to back for one day to your trade ot'a fisherman and to add this cetacean to those you bave already try.” eald Ned Land, “Only,” continued the oaptain, “I advise you for your own Bot to miss the creature.” the dugong dangerous to at- * I asked, in spite of the Can- jan’s shrug of the shoulders, os,” replied the captain; “some- times the animal turna upon ite ae- eatlanta and overturns their boat, But for Master Land this danger ts not to be feared. His eye is prompt, his arm sure.’ At this moment seven men of the crew, mute and immovable as ever, mounted the Piatform, One carried ® barpoon and a line similar to those umployed in catching whales. The pin- nace was lifted from bridge, pulled from its eocket and let down into the sea. Six oarsmen took their poate, and the coxawain went to the tiller, Ned, ell and I went to the back of the ¥ coming, anak are not Captaine’ & ced. “No, str, but T wish you sport.” The boat put off, and fitea the oix rowers drew rectly. toward the dugong, which floated about two miles from @ Nautilus, Arrived some cables’ length from the eatacenn, the speed slackened, and the oars dipped garry gd into ‘i quiet JAF Poo! in hand, fore part of the boat. id carefully watched the adversary, Canadian's Ita obio: body terminated in a lengthened tat, and its lateral fins in perfect fingers, Its upper jaw was armed with two Jong and pointed teeth, which formed on each side diversing tuaks. This dugong was of colossal dimensions; it was more th yards long. It did not move, seemed to be ing on the waves, which clroumstance made it easier to capture, The boat approached within six irda of the animal, The oars rested n the rowlocks, I half r. Ned Land, his body thrown a lit back, brandished the harpoon in Lis experi- enced hand, Suddenly a Dissing uotse wis heard, the duxong disappeared, The har- boon, although thrown with great force, had apparently only struck the exclaimed the Cana- have misned it!" “the creature is wounded,—look ‘at the blood; but Zour,,weapon has not stuck in his ody."* re harpoon! my harpoon!” oried Ned Land, The sailors rowed on, and tho cox- svain made fos the floating harre), The harpoon regained, we fellowed in pursult of the animal, The latter came now and then to the surface to breathe, Its wound had not weakened it, for It shot on- ward with great rapidity, The boat, rowed by strong arma, flew on its track, Several times It ap- proached within somo few yards, and he Canadian was ready to atrika, but the dugong made off with a sudden plunge, and {tt was impossible to reach it, Wo pursued it without relaxation for an hour, and T began to think It would prove difficult to capture, when. the animal, possessod with the per- vorae iden of vengeance, turnel apon the pinnace and assailed us in ite 19 turn, This manoeuvre did not escape the Canadtan, “Look out!" he cried, The coxawatn said some words tn his outlandish tongue, doubtless warning the men to keep on their guard, with blows erestures tooth were FURwale, and I lifled the whole out of the ee @ hon dues buck, W other, and t re would have dian, still enraged with the it to the heart form. pane thro Gar. t 4 not one 20 caiie to breathe the fresh w I cow @ by the fog, “. the captetn, " Sues,” it wh wot be long. tee the entrance the gain “No, air; and for that reason IT am seenstomea to sy ato the eteersman’s cage, and myself direct our courys, And now if you will go 4 . Aronnax, the Nautilus ts going the waves, will not return to eurface until we have passed through the Arabian Tunnel.’ s At a quarter past 10 the captain himself took the helm. A large 9. lery, biack and deep, opened ’ us, The Nautilus went boldly into it. A otrange roaring was heard round ite sides. It was the waters of tl» Red Sea, which the incline of the ¢ tunnel precipitated violently towa | the Mediterranean, The Nautilus ‘went with the current, rapid as an arrow, in spite of the efforts of the machinery, which, in order to offer Mote effective resistance, beat the 10 wile of the narrow p ik WA 9 witht reversed screw, On nsoare ik could see nothing but brilliant rays, etraight Haee, Sasrows 6 Ch aitiiens @ great speed, under nt electric light. My heart beat 3 At thirty-five muntiter past 10 Cape. t- Nemo quitted the helm, and, turning to me, said: ‘The Medi terranean In loss than twenty minutes ¢' » Nautilus, carried along by the cur, * had passed tprough ‘1 Isthmus of Gues. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Grecian Archipelago. . next day, the 12th of Feb; ruary, at the dawn of day. the Nautitue rose to the eurface, I hastened onto the platform. Three miles to the south the dim outline of Pe- lustum was to de agen. A torrent bad Joined me. “Now, tf you please,” sald Ned, “tet us talk of our own Uttle affair, but ep that no one heare us.” ' " leave the Nautilus.” I wished in no way MNberty of my companions, but I eet tainly felt no you sorry that cE ee rudence bide us profit Dpportunity to leave the Nautttus” “But the question Ny favorable opportunity prem nts itself, ‘eed. tal me fe ¥ opportunity Pht willbe that whic on & night, will bring the Nadtilus distance from some Europea. nd you will tr by swimming?” “You, if we were near enough io tf the time. “In that caso myself ter of the pinnac how it is worked, We must + side, and the bolts once draem, w shail come to the surface of the wate without even the pilot,» te in th Lows, perceiving our flight.” “Well, Ned, Wat.» for the tunity, but co not forget that a hiteb will ruin us. : Wo were near the island of Care thos when my eyes were suddenly ruck by an unexpected apparition, In the midst of the waters a maw appeared, a diver, carrying at his y, a leathern puree. It was not a abandoned to the waves: It wae imming with a at hand, disappearing occasionally to take breath at the surface, saved at any price! The Captain did not answer me, nd leaned against the panel, The man had approached, and Dis face tH ned against the was looking at us. (To Be Continued) Las lll ——