Pluck and Luck #139: Jack Wright and His Deep Sea Monitor — page 15: what you’re looking at

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els : SNES Opn at age A) oa enentey Ngee. Oi ee Bs ee oe Pe TH JACK WRIGHT ‘AND HIS DEEP SEA MONITOR. os on the isle,” he remarked, “It has a wild, gloomy look, quite | whereupon. hey each put on a diving suit and rowed ashore ay forbidding to see.” : again, where the boat was beached. x ta a Just then an arrow shot out of the woods, whistled through Jack carried a watch and a compass, and both were armed. sed |. the air, and the point landed with a thud in the sand beside] The Caribs retreated among the trees, and from there kept a . them.. “Savages! ” exclaimed Jack, glancing at the arrow in sur- oe prise. BY; “Wonsense!” replied the professor. “When the Spaniards settled on San Salvador, centuries ago, after Columbus dis- covered this isle, they drove the aborigines away from the island.” “But some of the Caribbean islands farther southward are yet peopled by the remains of the tribe, and some’ of them may have come here. I don't see any one yet, though.” “They may be the fellows who attacked me, on another isl- and, when I was in this region before,” said the professor, nervously. - “In that case they must be Kellenda Mixitli’s band.” “The Lord help us if they are!” A shower of arrows now assailed our two friends, coming from among the trees and bushes, and they retreated to the boat and pulled away from shore, when a score of Caribs burst from the undergrowth and rushed down to the surf. “Look out!” exclaimed Hopkins, excitedly. “Here they come now.” It was only by the merest chance that they escaped the > shower of arrows and spears that the natives sent flying after them, anu, reaching the monitor, they hastily got on board. Pee “WRlast ther lubbers, did they hurt yer?” ensxiously asked fe Pini. “No. Start the monitor ahead!” cried Jack, entering the turret. | FS “Och, vy don’d yer let us plow dem by bieces?” asked Fritz, pleadingly. “Not until they do something to warrant our taking their lives, * answered Jack, who was averse to killing the savages - for nothing. _, It was very evident that the Caribs had not-molested them for nothing, and Jack deduced from it that they must have ‘been placed there to keep watch for anyone who might ven- ture to search for the sunken treasure. In this they recog- nized Mixitli’s hand. ' The crew of the schooner was still watching them, and Jack _. drove the Sea Serpent around the northern end of the island pis into Exuma Bay, where she was: hauled to for a while, and _ they scanned the shore. ‘ “We must not venture to descend anywhere near where the treasure lies,” said Jack, “for the crew of the schooner will goon find that they are not in the right spot, and, knowing! . that we are here on the same mission as themselves, will watch us. If we find where the treasure lies, and guide them to the spot, very likely they will try to get it, and that will lead to serious trouble between us, sure.” “With such arms as we possess,” the professor replied, “we would have but little trouble in keeping them at a respectful distance.” | a ae Ry tee ; mn 4.” PRO aP -Bigee = ba te ts ie, As > ates ’ The Sea Serpent was’‘started again and made a circuit of the island, and they saw the divers working from the schooner the whole morning, the strange vessel moving about from - place to place every hour. & When the monitor arrived at the northern end of the island again, just before noon, Jack saw that the savages were there yet in large numbers, intently watching the boat. “We have got to go ashore again,” the boy remarked, “and I _ have no doubt that those fellows will attack us. . But if we -- don our metal diving suits they can do us no harm with their ae yf weapons. - ‘ ost — ae « a 5 words reassured him, and he consented to make the venture, The professor had been feeling very timid, but Jack’s]. up a fusillade of arrows and spears, none of which were capa- ble of penetrating their suits, and they went on with their 3 work. eat Thrusting a stick in the ground, Jack kept his glance upon He his watch, and exactly at twelve o’clock he located the direc- =a tion of the shadow by the compass, and began his calculations. Sg The direction indicated was across Ship Channel, northeast of Eleuthera Island, about sixty miles east of the shore. | They were both. so intent upon their examination that they — did not watch the Caribs for a few moments, and the savages came toward them at a rush. a A. warning cry from ‘lim on the monitor apprised them of ~~ ° . * * han $i Agog their danger; but it caine too late, so swiftly ran the islanders, for they reached Jack and the professor before they could nr fairly draw their weapons from their belts. nee Like an avalanche they came upon the divers, and while half of the dusky horde fell upon the professor, disarmed him, __ and carried him away, ithe rest attacked Jack with the most savage fury. : ’ Opposed by a score of the Caribs, the boy began to blaze away at them, but they knocked his electric pistol from his hand, and were fighting to get him in their power when he: my ran for the shore. ee The professor was a prisoner, and had disappeared, while aw Jack, unarmed “a opposed by a score, could do nothing un- z oN aided. le Some of the savages had captured the rowboat, but the boy am hurried out into the breakers, and, pursued by the yelling horde, he plunged into deep water ,and was soon lost to their ce | sight beneath the sea. Bs: Afraid of injuring Jack or Hopkins, Tim and Fritz did ene = fire a shot in their defense. cae CHAPTER XI. A FATAL GUNSHOT, When Jack saw the pet ced floating over his head he one off his weights and the air reservoir on his back lifted him to the surface. ae bs ya Fritz was out on deck, and assisted him on board the sea Serpent. “I have got the location of the sin of oie: ” said the boy, ‘ie breathlessly, as he opened the visor of his helmet, “but they’ ve ie ; captured the professor.” aa “Shiminetty! Dey vhas mebbe killed him alretty vonet! wm ig gasped Fritz. . 2 ie “Don’t you alarm yourself on that point: they can’t do hime ae much harm, unless they manage to get his diving suit Off,” re: ae vlied Jack, grimly. “If they have plenty of tithe, however, © Bie’ they could break through an iron-clad.” os: “Vot yer vhas goin’ ter do aboud it?” “You and Tim must put on your suits, arm yourselves, a come ashore with me. We must rescue poor Hopkins befor those Caribs get a chance to do him any harm.” "ite = “Und leave dot Sea Serhend all alone by itselluf?” oA “We can anchor her near shore.” a a ic “Dot iss so,” said Fritz, hastening inside and apprising the ge old sailor of what Jack proposed doing, and they i got Dares ar .