Pluck and Luck #139: Jack Wright and His Deep Sea Monitor — page 10: what you’re looking at

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gc heaving waters, and the old sailor and the Dutch boy turned ; But as soon as the , situation. dare upon ‘his mind, he sige bh | ‘ : s, ina eh . | to the floor and rushed up to the pilot-house. _ ees ; A southern bound steamer came bearing down upon them, The Sea Serpent was violently heaving and deine ae a and, overtaking the Sea Serpent, they heard the lookout in| heard the fierce bellowing of wind and waves outside, which the bow cry: at once impressed him with the real situation they were in. “A storm must have arisen, and has broken with intens fury,” he muttered, as scon as he glanced out of the window “Jack! Jack!” shouted Tim, in frenzied accents. eee “What is the matter?” he panted, cain to the sailor's side. f “Ther rudder lines is jammed,” groaned the sailor; in: ter- rified tones, “an’ I can’t work ther boat!” es “Where are we?” ‘pe | * Off Cape Hatteras. és , Pie “A boat athwart our course!” | | “What do you me her out to be?” queried PS, captain, approaching. : “I cannot tell; she looks like a monitor without a smoke- Stack,” “Ah! I see her. What a strange craft! Give her a hail.” if “Boat ahoy!” shouted the man, loudly. “Ahoy!” replied Jack, moving the Sea Serpent aside. “What craft is that?” — “The Sea Serpent, of Wrightstown.” “What! Jack Wright’s submarine wonder?” is eM Ay, ay.” the monitor iowa "Phe rocks on the cape. ae “TI read of her. Are you bound southward?” “tg ~ © “To San Salvador. You have got a fast steamer there.” : aE OY i ; | “She is the fastest that runs to the Gulf, and can beat any- | . es: ia thing afloat,” replied the commander, in proud tones. CHAPTER VIT. ; jae Aron “Anything except my boat,” replied Jack promptly. , | | bina sia oe -. “Do you wish to try conclusions with me?” A BATTLE WITH THE WAVES. ‘ Pe: BAO) “With pleasure, but I warn vou that I can easily defeat ee yOu." Engulfed in a terrific storm, her rudder lines jammed, an : | éPhat remains to be seen,” replied the captain, tartly, as he ie gale driving her upon the uey rocks of Cape Hatte passed the word to the engineer to put on full speed. -. It was no more unusual for south-bound steamers to race | bad position. | ; than it was for the Trans-Atlantic liners, and as most of the For an BTA Jack did: not iknow whee t© do, and zo cat “passengers had come up on deck and wituessed what was trans- 2 - piring, considerable excitement ensued between them over the eats ering in. result, many of them laying wagers on it. Two miles to the north there showed a dashing Aioptrie Yi Jack laughed as he saw the speed of the Steamer gradually | light of the first order, in a tower 190 feet high, on the grea ae _ inereasing until it reached the limit of twenty-eight knots. sand bar. : in ys ae “They are running ahead of us!” re emarked the professor, se ig cape is one of the most dangerous on the North ¢ saro- - glumly. HOT i ect *T see they are, and the crew and passengers look singularly ae ‘ddignted, ” the boy replied. “But I will soon change their te sentiments! ” He glanced up at the patent 1 itt saw that the monitor was going along a trifle slower than fif- teen knots. : * "Turning the lever, he “increased the are of the boat to wi | ‘thirty miles, and burying its prow in the sea while a big wave eS swelled up astern, she shot ahead like an arrow from a bow. Rapidly overhauling the steamer, Jack pulled the lever to ee its furthest extent as soon as he reached her side. i | jag A. shout arose from the passengers on the steamer when they eee saw ‘the boy’s marvelous creation increase her speed again, Ro and the Sea Serpent kept forging on until at last the steamer owas hull. dbwp, asters. ere, Jack xoaueed.-qperd taking a wire accommodation ladder with hooks in the end. a, ib “Wonderful!” ejaculated Hopkins, admiringly. “Such a went up on deck through the after trap. * Wa! ye “racer I never met with before. Jack, you are to be congratu-]- Fastening the hooks of the ladder into wie eae bolts 0 nia mere, he mounted it, and fearlessly descended into the 3 jem Fs 4 ino ships. ‘ Unless prompt measures were taken, there was every like : hood of the monitor being drifted upon the rocks and shoa og resister on. the wail, and when the raging sea would pound her 40. pieces,: 2. tae “Why ‘didn’t you arouse me when the storm broke?” 4 rnanded Jack, angrily. . ay “Lor’ bless yer, lad,” returned the old sailor, “y hated spile yer sleep, jest, fer ther sake o’ a gale o’ wind, as Be CO easy manage this craft wi'out yer. But as soon as. 8 fou ther rudder lines: jammed, I got skeered,; I can tell yer.” .. “Have you examined them inside of the boat?” a “Vah,” said Mita. Si vhas done dot mineselluf, und a, dot dose drubbles vhas all by der oudsite on der boat alretty Jack hastened back to the storeroom and put on a di suit, saw that the knapsack was filled with compressed air, | 3} Beaten aiOne abroadside, the, Sea Serpent was m ce to their care, aed and the professor faenoa in. rs _ The Het s dawalea slowly by, and Just Wetorel the break of The electric lamp. on Jack's helmet gave a powerfn di . and showed him into what a fearful chaos of water He had flung sist down ‘with his clothes on, and started descending. so | He had hardly nae within’ the ‘Hissing bade wher | struck him and slammed him ae ae hold x ‘Serpent w with apratink force, js f : |