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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat - or to the North Pole Under the Ice. - -Author: Luis Philip Senarens - -Release Date: January 30, 2017 [EBook #54073] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANK READE JR.'S SUBMARINE BOAT *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -[Illustration: FRANK READE WEEKLY MAGAZINE Containing Stories of -Adventures on Land, Sea & in the Air] - - _Issued Weekly--By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class - Matter at the New York Post Office, 1902, by Frank Tousey._ - - No. 2. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7, 1902. Price 5 Cents. - -[Illustration: FRANK READE, JR.’S SUBMARINE BOAT “THE EXPLORER;” OR, TO -THE NORTH POLE UNDER THE ICE. _By NONAME._] - - A great cry went up from the two lost explorers. “Whurroo!” shouted - Barney, “it’s the Explorer, as sure as I’m a Tipperary man, Misther - Frank.” “The Explorer!” gasped Frank, “but how on earth did it get - here?” - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - FRANK READE - - WEEKLY MAGAZINE. - - CONTAINING STORIES OF ADVENTURES ON LAND, SEA AND IN THE AIR. - - _Issued Weekly--By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class - Matter at New York, N. Y., Post Office. Entered according to Act of - Congress in the year 1902, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, - Washington, D. C., by Frank Tousey, 24 Union Square, New York._ - - _No. 2._ NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7, 1902. _Price 5 Cents._ - - - - - Frank Reade, Jr.’s, Submarine Boat “The Explorer” - OR, - TO THE NORTH POLE UNDER THE ICE. - - - By “NONAME.” - - - - - CHAPTER I. - THE NEW INVENTION. - - -A report had gained extensive circulation that Frank Reade, Jr., of -Readestown, U. S. A., had brought out a new invention. - -This rumor spread far and wide, and created tremendous excitement. - -Everybody to-day is deeply interested in the marvelous mechanical -productions of this young prince of invention. - -The son of Frank Reade, himself a noted inventor, Frank Reade, Jr., came -honestly by his talent. - -Almost a boy in years, the young inventor occupies a place in the annals -of fame much to be envied by any of our progressive American youths. - -Tall, handsome and affable, he was a conspicuous figure anywhere, and -always popular. - -Readestown was a handsome little town, merging into a city, and founded -by the senior Reade. - -Here Frank Reade, Jr., had established his shops and machine works for -the special construction of his inventions. - -But, as the opening lines of our story intimates, Frank Reade, Jr., had -produced a new invention. - -Yielding to inquiry, Frank Reade, Jr., vouchsafed the information that -it was not like any previous inventions. - -The electric air-ship had played its part, but this time Frank had -decided upon a radical departure from his previous effort. - -“And is it true, Mr. Reade,” asked a neighbor and friend, “that you will -take Barney and Pomp with you upon this projected new trip of yours?” - -“It is,” replied Frank, with a smile. “Indeed, I could ill afford to -spare two such faithful fellows.” - -As it happened the parties mentioned stood by and within hearing. - -One was a powerful black, short and sturdy, with a genial countenance. - -The other was a genuine full-bred Celt, with broad mug and shrewd -twinkling blue eyes, and hair as red as the glow of an autumn sunset. - -“Begorra, I knew well Misther Frank wud niver lave me at home!” cried -Barney, with a comical grimace; “there’s the naygur, shure it moight be -him!” - -“Don’ yo’ flattah yo’sef, yo’ big I’ish chump,” returned Pomp, politely. -“I jes’ reckon Marse Frank pay mo’ ‘tention to me dan he eber do fo’ -yo’.” - -“Hurroo! Wud ye hear ther Afrikan talk!” cried Barney, derisively. -“Shure, ye’d think Misther Frank cudn’t invint widout him!” - -“I jes’ reckon dat de man wha’ invented yo’ neber did no mo’ wo’k,” -retorted Pomp. - -“To be shure av that, naygur,” replied Barney, “‘twas so good an’ foine -a job he niver cud betther it.” - -Everybody laughed at this. - -Barney and Pomp were always digging at each other, though really the -warmest of friends. - -“Well, Frank,” continued the neighbor, “when will you reveal to your -friends the nature of your new invention?” - -“Now,” replied Frank, with a smile. - -“Indeed?” - -“I mean it.” - -The neighbor was surprised. - -“What may it be, then? A new kind of flying machine?” - -“No,” replied Frank quietly, “it is far different from that. It is -nothing more than a submarine boat.” - -“You don’t mean it?” - -“Yes.” - -“Where will you go with a submarine boat?” - -“To the North Pole.” - -“Under water?” - -“Exactly. As yet nobody has succeeded in reaching that coveted point. -Now, I propose to attempt it in a novel manner. If I cannot get there -over the ice, I shall go there under it.” - -His listener was astounded. - -“Whew!” he exclaimed, with a deep whistle, “that beats me!” - -“If you will step this way I will be glad to show you the new boat!” - -“Of course I will.” - -The neighbor, whose name was Alexander Harmon, followed Frank through -the big gate. - -Across the broad yard they went to the high arched door of a long brick -building or store house. - -Frank threw open these doors. - -Harmon beheld a wonderful sight. - -There upon stocks was the submarine boat. - -In all his life Harmon had never seen the like. - -He had been a sea captain once himself, and knew the lines of a boat -well. - -But he had never seen anything more beautiful than this. - -“Upon my word, Frank,” he exclaimed, “you have outdone yourself!” - -“I think the Explorer is built on good lines,” said Frank, modestly. - -“You are just right.” - -The Explorer, which was the name given the submarine boat, was a long, -cylindrical craft, with a sheer-pointed bow, carrying a huge steel ram -on the end, shaped like a knife. - -“The hull is of solid steel,” said Frank. “But, though strong and tough, -not too heavy.” - -The submarine vessel tapered off in the stern to the shape of a fish, -while upon the shelving deck or whale-like back were fins or plates of -steel. - -“The fins keep the boat steady under water,” said Frank. - -A platform, with a railing extended along each side of the craft, with a -gang-ladder leading up to the hurricane deck and pilot-house, which was -upon the vessel’s bow. - -Here a search-light was placed. - -“Step into the pilot-house,” said Frank, “and I will endeavor to explain -to you how the boat’s machinery works.” - -Harmon at once complied. - -Frank closed the door behind him. - -They were in a sort of vestibule made of plates of steel, with a curious -shaped pump and lines of hose visible. - -“When the boat is submerged,” said Frank, explanatively, “and we wish to -go out upon deck, we simply step from the pilot-house into the -vestibule, closing the doors. The water is then let in and we open the -door and walk out. When we come in we enter this vestibule, close the -door, and the water is pumped out. Then we can go back into the -pilot-house safely.” - -Harmon looked astonished. - -“Ah, yes!” he cried, “but please explain how you can walk out on the -deck while the boat is under water.” - -Frank smiled. - -“There are diving suits,” he said, pointing to several hanging up. “We -put those on. The knapsack on the back is the storage reservoir for -chemically manufactured air, which keeps us supplied for hours under -water.” - -They passed now into the pilot-house. - -Here were the steering apparatus and the nautical instruments common to -all vessels. - -The trimmings and fitting of the boat were superb. - -From the pilot-house they descended into the cabin. - -This was a long compartment elegantly furnished with the finest of -appointments. - -Staterooms adjoined and electric lights were upon every hand. - -A door led out into a vestibule as from the pilot-house and thence to -the railed platforms. - -Bull’s-eye windows were seven in number on each side of the vessel. - -“But how do you make the vessel sink?” asked Harmon. - -Frank led the way down in the vessel’s hold. - -“Here are the dynamo rooms,” he said. “All the electrical machinery is -here. Just aft there are large chambers which we fill with water when we -wish to sink, and when we wish to rise the water is expelled in a few -seconds by the action of compressed air.” - -A few minor points were explained by Frank, and then the inspection -ended. - -“Wonderful, indeed,” agreed Harmon, as they finally emerged into the -yard once more. “I have never seen or heard of its like. It is all ready -to launch, I suppose?” - -“Perfectly.” - -Just back of the building was a deep basin of water, connected with the -river by a canal. - -Large doors could be thrown open and the Explorer quickly launched upon -the waters of the basin. - -“When will you make your start for the North Pole?” asked Harmon. - -“To-morrow,” replied Frank. “The launch will occur at nine o’clock.” - -“All Readestown will be present.” - -“I shall be pleased.” - -“Ah!” said Harmon, with a sigh, “that recalls to my mind, Frank, that -barely five years ago my brave boy Roger met his fate in that awful icy -waste. May I ask of you a favor?” - -“Certainly.” - -“If you can find his bones there will you bring them home to his -sorrow-stricken father?” - -“Of course I will!” - -“God bless you!” - -Frank knew that Alexander Harmon had set his life upon his handsome son, -Roger. - -He knew well the story of the lad’s fate. - -He had gone to the Arctic on a two years’ whaling cruise with his uncle -Ezra Barton, in the ship Solitaire. - -One day while out in the whale boat with four of the sailors Roger -Harmon had lost the ship. - -A fog shutting down prevented his finding his way back. - -That was the last seen of Roger Harmon and his companions. - -All efforts were of no avail. - -Five years had passed. - -He had not returned, and his father had given him up. - -Frank knew this story well. - -“Let me give you a ray of hope, Mr. Harmon,” he said, with feeling. “I -may be able to find your son alive.” - -But the old man shook his head. - -He did not credit that. - -“Five years have gone!” he said. - -“Ah, but that is nothing,” declared Frank. “In that mighty unexplored -wilderness he might be ten years in getting back to civilization.” - -Far and near had spread the report that the Explorer was to be launched -upon the following day. - -At the appointed hour a great crowd was on hand. - -Frank’s only companions and crew on board the Explorer were Barney and -Pomp. - -He took a fond farewell of his wife, and stepped upon the deck of the -submarine ship. - -Then he gave the sign to the workmen. - - - - - CHAPTER II. - NORTHWARD BOUND. - - -The stays were knocked away, and the submarine boat shot down the ways. - -Into the waters of the basin she plunged and floated. - -A handsome craft she was, revealed to the gaze of the interested -spectators. - -Cannon boomed and the people cheered. - -It was a great day for Readestown. - -Frank waved the United States flag and Barney in the pilot-house set the -course of the Explorer out into the river. - -First, however, the Explorer was allowed to plunge beneath the waters as -an experiment and an exhibition. - -She was a success in every point of view. - -Down the river she glided and soon left Readestown far behind. - -The course to the sea was uneventful, and we will pass over a lapse of -time to find the Explorer forging along at a rapid rate of speed through -the Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. - -Barney managed affairs in the pilot-house. - -Frank looked after the chemical air supply reservoirs and the electrical -apparatus. - -Pomp, of course, was the master of the culinary department. - -But the darky was well qualified in other branches, and was ever ready -to relieve Barney or Frank either. - -The Explorer was a fast sailor, and cut her way through the waves at the -rate of twenty knots an hour. - -Many sailing craft were encountered, and all were seemingly amazed at -sight of the curious boat. - -One day a terrific storm came up. - -The waves ran mountain high, and the wind blew terrifically. - -An ordinary vessel would have had enough to do to live in such a sea. - -The Explorer was a fine sea boat. - -But Frank Reade, Jr., did not like the idea of being tossed about so -violently. - -“Open the air-chamber, Barney!” he cried. “We’ve had enough of this!” - -“All roight, sor!” cried the Celt. - -He proceeded to obey with alacrity. - -The Explorer instantly sank. - -The water was not more than fifty fathoms deep here, but as the -submarine boat touched the bottom not a particle of the rude storm going -on above could be felt. - -The search-light was turned on, and a startling sight was revealed. - -All about was smooth, white sand, and deeply buried in this, not one -hundred feet distant, was the dismantled hull of a vessel. - -“‘Clar to goodness!” cried Pomp. “Does yo’ see dat, Marse Frank?” - -“Ah, there are many such monuments as that in these waters!” said Frank. -“These are the fishing banks, and just such storms as the one going on -above have sent many a craft to the bottom!” - -“Begorra, that don’t luk much loike a fishing vessel, sor!” said Barney. - -Touching a lever, Frank caused the Explorer to glide forward a little -ways. - -The search-light was full upon the wreck, and every detail of the craft -could be plainly followed. - -Frank saw that Barney was right. - -The craft was far from being like that of the fishermen. - -Its queer shaped hull and high decks fore and aft showed it to be of the -Spanish galleon type. - -There was no doubt but that this was an old-time ship which had lain -here perhaps for a century. - -Frank was at once interested. - -“Well, here is a find!” he cried; “for aught we know this may be one of -the treasure ships!” - -“Massy sakes! Jes’ let dis chile git on him armor!” cried Pomp. “I done -fink dat I laik fo’ to visit dat ship!” - -“Begorra, I’ll sthay an’ watch out fer sharks if yez want to go,” said -Barney to Frank. - -The young inventor very quickly made up his mind. - -“Upon my word I’ll do it!” he cried. “Get ready, Pomp. Perhaps we’ll -make a find.” - -The darky was delighted with the prospect. - -He was quickly ready. - -Going into the vestibule both put on their diving suits. - -Then Frank turned a cock and the compartment began to fill up with -water. - -The storage reservoirs on their backs began to work, keeping up a -current of wholesome oxygen. - -Frank opened the door and stepped out upon the platform. - -It required a few moments for them to get used to the tremendous -pressure of the water. - -Then Frank began to descend the gang ladder. - -Pomp followed him. - -Soon they reached the bed of the ocean and stood upon the white sands. - -Barney in the pilot-house watched them. - -Frank started for the wreck and Pomp followed behind. - -Both had axes in their belts and long knives. - -These latter were for use in case they were attacked by a shark or any -sea monster of that ilk. - -Frank saw that the hull of the vessel was literally covered with seaweed -and debris. - -However, he was able with the aid of the electric light upon his helmet -to read the name upon the stern: - -“Donna Isabella.” - -“It is a Spanish ship!” thought Frank. “She will be worth exploring.” - -He clambered upon the deck. - -The hatch was open and Frank saw crumbling stairs leading down into the -cabin. - -Pomp followed Frank as he descended into the place. - -Their lamps illuminated the cabin, which was seen to be luxuriously -furnished. - -But this was in the style of a century past. - -The furniture and appointments of the cabin were remarkably well -preserved. - -But there was no sign of human remains to be seen anywhere. - -In the lapse of time, however, since the vessel had been consigned to -this resting place, the remains of the doomed crew could have been -utterly effaced. - -There was no doubt that this was the case. - -Pomp picked up a rust eaten fragment of a sword handle from the cabin -table. - -A few pieces of money also lay thereon. - -They were gold doubloons and perfectly well preserved. - -Passing through the cabin, Frank went into the galley. - -From there he went forward through what was evidently the ship’s -magazine. - -Here he pushed open a door, the locks of which had rusted. - -A square compartment was seen, and a number of steel and brass boxes lay -piled one upon the other. - -This was the treasure chamber of the ship. - -It required but a slight blow with the ax to batter off the lid of the -first box. - -Frank had looked for a heap of gold and silver. - -But the chest was empty. - -Likewise was the next. - -Only one out of the whole contained anything, and this was half full of -gold coins. - -It contained perhaps four or five thousand dollars’ worth of gold coin. -However, this was better than nothing. - -While it could not be said that a great treasure had been found, yet -Frank was well satisfied. - -Nothing more of value was found aboard the ship. - -The young inventor, with Pomp’s aid, carried the chest of gold out of -the hull. - -It was quite a heavy lift, but they succeeded in carrying it to the -platform on the side of the Explorer, when a startling thing happened. - -Suddenly Pomp made a frantic gesture. - -At the same moment Frank saw a dark object coming through the water from -above. - -As it dropped upon the bottom and into the full glare of the -search-light, the young inventor was astounded. - -It was a human being. - -A man in sailor’s garb it was. - -He was gasping and apparently drowning before their eyes. - -“My God!” thought Frank, with horror. “He must be saved!” - -With the young inventor to think was to act. - -He leaped down upon the sands and rushed to the man’s side. - -In a twinkling, with Pomp’s aid, he was carried over the rail and into -the vestibule. - -Frank pulled the compressed air valve and the water was quickly pumped -out of the compartment. - -The man lay limp and helpless in Frank’s arms. - -He was apparently dead. - -But the young inventor knew that prompt action might save him. - -Accordingly, he adopted every known method for bringing the victim to. - -With Pomp’s aid the fellow was worked over until Frank detected a beat -in the heart and brought a sigh from the white lips. - -“Golly, we’se gwine to fetch him out ob it, Marse Frank!” cried Pomp, -excitedly. - -They took occasion now to remove their diving suits. - -Then the half drowned man was put into a warm bunk, and in half an hour -was able to tell his story. - -He opened his eyes and looked about, somewhat dazed at his surroundings. - -“W--where am I?” he muttered, in a bewildered way. - -“You’re all right, my friend,” cried Frank. “You’re on board the -Explorer, a submarine boat.” - -“Thunder!” gasped the astonished sailor. “Did you pull me out of the -water?” - -“Yes.” - -“But I thought I went down.” - -“You did go down. We picked you up from the bottom.” - -The sailor looked astonished. - -He was recovering quickly. In a few moments he was able to rise. - -“You don’t mean to tell me that we’re on the bottom of the ocean this -minute?” - -“That is true.” - -A more astonished person was never seen. He went to one of the -bull’s-eyes and looked out. - -“Well, I’ll take my ‘davy!” he cried. “You weren’t born to be drowned, -Matt Williams, and that’s sure. Who’d ever have dreamed of a thing like -this?” - -Then he saw the inquiring faces of his rescuers, and said: - -“Well, friends, I suppose you would like my story. I will tell it to -you, and you will agree it is a queer one.” - -With this, Matt Williams dropped into a chair. - - - - - CHAPTER III. - THWARTING A GANG OF VILLAINS. - - -Barney and Pomp and Frank Reade, Jr., sat opposite. - -They were much interested. - -They could see now that Williams, though a sailor, was a handsome and -well-bred man. - -He told his story in a succinct and interesting way. - -“I belong in St. Johns,” he said, explanatively. “I live with my uncle, -Peter Davison, a very wealthy man. There are three cousins of -us--myself, Pete Clifford and Jim Mason. - -“Now my uncle don’t like Peter nor Jim very well. But he supports them -on account of the relationship. - -“In some way Pete and Jim learned that Uncle Peter had made a will and -left the most of his property to me. This made my cousins very angry. - -“They became determined that I should not have the money. So they -planned to get me out with them upon my uncle’s yacht, the Desdemona. -Then they set upon me and threw me overboard. This is how I happen to be -here just now!” - -Frank Reade, Jr., listened to this thrilling narrative with the deepest -interest. - -“Then they meant to murder you?” he said. - -“Certainly they did!” - -“That is past belief!” - -“But it is true nevertheless!” - -“Your cousins are scoundrels!” - -“That is what they are!” - -“They will probably tell your uncle that you accidentally fell -overboard.” - -“Just so! But, by hookey, I’m yet alive and I’ll make things hot for -them, or my name ain’t Matt Williams!” - -“Well,” said Frank, heartily, “I hope you will, and I’ll certainly help -you all in my power.” - -“Will you?” cried Williams, eagerly. - -“Yes.” - -“I’ll never forget your kindness.” - -“Oh, that is all right!” - -Williams looked about him and then rubbed his eyes. - -“I feel as if I was in a dream,” he cried. “All this looks very unreal -to me. A submarine boat! It is a wonderful thing, truly.” - -Then he accompanied Frank about the Explorer on a tour of inspection. - -He was highly delighted with what he saw. - -“I’ll tell you what, Mr. Reade,” he cried. “I’ll let uncle’s money go to -the dogs if you will only let me accompany you on your wonderful trip to -the Arctic.” - -Frank laughed pleasantly. - -“That would not be profitable for either of us,” he said. “I advise you -to go right home and face those who have wronged you. Do not spare -them.” - -“But how am I to get home?” - -“I will take you there.” - -“You will?” - -“Yes. We are not far from St. Johns now, are we?” - -“Not so very; perhaps fifty miles.” - -“Well, I will have you there before morning.” - -Frank now joined Barney and Pomp and the treasure rescued from the -Spanish vessel was brought aboard. - -Then Frank touched the spring which connected with the pumps. - -The water began to rush from the air chambers, and the Explorer began to -rise to the surface. - -Once upon the surface Frank consulted the chart and set the course for -St. Johns. - -“I’ll tell you what, Williams,” he said. “We will overtake the yacht and -you can be on hand to meet your cousins when they land.” - -“Good enough!” cried the Newfoundlander, excitedly. - -Away through the water at a tremendously rapid pace flew the Explorer. - -The rate of speed attained was something terrific. - -Williams was delighted. - -He spent the most of his time out upon the deck watching the sea line -ahead. - -Many vessels were met and passed. But the Desdemona was not seen until -the shores of Newfoundland came into view. - -Then Williams suddenly pointed to the north and cried: - -“There she is! I know her rig!” - -Sure enough, in the far distance could be seen the sails of a fine yacht -sailing to the westward. - -It was the Desdemona and she was making a fast course. - -But the Explorer passed her far to the south and she was soon left a -great distance behind. - -Williams was overjoyed. - -“Won’t I turn the tables on the rascals when we reach St. Johns!” he -cried, excitedly. “This is too good for anything.” - -Nearer drew the coast line. - -Now the harbor was entered and the town could be seen. - -At this point Frank went up to Williams and said: - -“Suppose we put you ashore upon that point of land. You can find your -way home all right enough, can’t you?” - -“Certainly!” replied Williams; “but won’t you stop in the town for -awhile?” - -“I think not.” - -“I would like to have you meet my uncle. He would be glad to entertain -my dear friend.” - -“I thank you!” replied Frank, sincerely, “but I have no doubt you will -see wherein it would be inadvisable for me to stop. I have a long voyage -to make; my stores are limited and so is my time.” - -“Enough!” cried Williams; “then I will thank you from the bottom of my -heart.” - -“That is all right!” - -“I only wish there was some other way in which I could express my -gratitude.” - -“That is nothing.” - -The Explorer was run for the point of land. - -Then Frank put overboard a small boat and Barney and Pomp set their -passenger ashore. - -Returning to the Explorer all waved Williams a farewell. - -Then Frank raised the lever and set the Explorer under speed once more. - -What was the result of all this they never knew. - -It was fair to assume, however, that Williams confronted his rascally -cousins in St. Johns, and consigned them to the punishment of the law. - -This little episode had sufficed in a great measure to break the -monotony of the trip. - -Once more the Explorer was northward bound. - -During the voyage Barney and Pomp had been in high feather. - -It was needless to say that their spirits were of the kind that are -seldom depressed. - -One day Barney, feeling particularly mischievous, planned a clever -practical joke upon Pomp. - -The two faithful followers, while mutually the best of friends, were -ever playing jokes upon each other. - -Barney played the violin and Pomp the banjo. - -The Celt had a rich baritone voice and sang with quaint melody many -Irish ballads. - -The darky had a repertoire of plantation acts that were unsurpassed. - -They were far to the northward and the Explorer was keeping a steady -course, when one day Pomp, as he was sitting in the pilot-house, picked -up his banjo and began to vamp upon it: - - “Way down upon de Swanee ribber, - Far, far away----” - -“Howld on wid yer racket!” yelled Barney, putting his head in at the -door. “Pwhat are yez afther givin’ us, anyway?” - -“Jes’ yo’ go on an’ min’ yo’ own bizness, I’ish,” retorted Pomp. - -“Bejabers, I will, av yez will quit throwin’ chestnuts at us.” - -“Huh! don’ yo’ talk!” - -“Begorra, av yez are goin’ to sing give us something new loike this: - - “Och, Pathrick, have yez heard - The tale that’s goin’ round? - The shamrock is forbid by law - To grow on Irish ground. - Shure, ‘tis the most dejected counthry - That I have ever seen, - For they’re hangin’ men and women for - The wearin’ of the green. - Oh, the wearin’ of ther green; - Shure, they’re hangin’----” - -The ballad came to a sudden and untimely end. - -Pomp picked up a waste rag covered with oil. - -It struck Barney flat between the eyes and nearly floored him. The Celt -picked himself up to hear Pomp singing with great eclat: - - “Ches’nuts, ches’nuts, nice an’ hot, - Jumpin’ in de roastin’ pot. - Hit him hard an’----” - -Barney let out a roar that drowned the concluding stanza and tumbled -down into the cabin. - -But he had not left the field yet. - -Not much. - -That genial son of Erin’s Isle was not to be beaten so easily. - -A daring plan had come into his head and he proceeded to execute it. - -He had noticed that Pomp sat in an iron chair in the pilot-house. - -This was with his back to the staircase which led down into the dynamo -room. - -Barney very quietly sneaked down the back stairs and into the dynamo -room. - -He procured a long coil of wire and connected it with one of the huge -batteries. - -Donning insulating gloves he carried the wire stealthily up the stairs -until he crouched behind Pomp. - -The darky was vamping and singing away in boisterous fashion. - -The Celt had the wire ready and quickly gave it a twist around one of -the iron legs of the chair. - -The result was tremendous. - -Pomp let out a yell that could have been heard a mile away. - -He grabbed the chair and that sealed his fate. - -He could not let go. - -Yells burst from his lips and he indulged in the wildest of contortions. - -For a full minute he gave way to these sensations while the current -lasted. - -“Help! help! I’se done killed. Jes’ sabe dis chile! De good Lor’ hab -massy on me!” - -Like a veritable contortionist was the paralyzed darky. - -But his agony could not last forever. - -His mad efforts to release himself caused the chair to break free from -the wire. - -Pomp was upon his feet and recovered himself to hear the mad peals of -laughter from Barney below stairs. - -To the Celt it was the funniest trick he had yet played on the darky. - -“Begorra, I got square wid yez that toime, naygur!” he roared. - -Pomp was angry, but far too crestfallen to recover himself. - -It had simply been a case of turn about for hitting Barney with the -swab. - -“I gits squar wid dat I’ishman if I has to try a yeah!” he muttered. - -But he did not try it then, for he saw Frank Reade, Jr., coming across -the deck. - - - - - CHAPTER IV. - A VISIT TO AN ICEBERG. - - -Frank came to the door of the pilot-house with an eager expression upon -his face. - -“Come out here, Barney and Pomp,” he said. “We are pretty near the -Arctic regions now.” - -“A’right, sah!” cried Pomp, as he tumbled out of the pilot-house. - -Barney followed him. - -There was no doubt but that they were getting into the cold latitudes, -for the air was keen and biting. - -Also to the northward there was visible a fleet of white icebergs. - -It was a beautiful sight. - -The voyagers gazed upon it for a while, when an idea suddenly occurred -to Frank. - -“By Jove!” he exclaimed. “I’d like nothing better than to visit yonder -berg. It would be well worth the while.” - -“Begorra, I’m wid ye, Misther Frank!” cried Barney. - -“Huh! don’ yo’ flattah yo’self, I’ish. I done reckon Marse Frank take me -along wid him.” - -“We will see about that!” said Frank. “Head for that big berg yonder, -Barney.” - -“All roight, sor.” - -Barney went to the switchboard and set the Explorer’s course for the -distant berg. - -Rapidly the berg drew nearer. - -It was one of enormous size, seeming fully a half mile in length. - -It was broken up into pinnacles and mighty peaks of clear, shining ice. - -Truly in the sunlight it made a beautiful spectacle. - -Frank and Barney went below and donned fur suits. - -Pomp was ready to do the same, as they were now in latitudes -sufficiently cold for that. - -It had been decided that Pomp was to remain aboard the Explorer. - -Frank and Barney were armed with rifles and carried axes in their belts. -They also carried steel-tipped poles for climbing the ice cliffs. - -Thus equipped they left the submarine boat. - -This was done by running the boat close to a shelf of the berg, upon -which the two explorers stepped. - -“We will soon return,” said Frank to Pomp. “Keep a lookout for us.” - -“A’right, sah!” replied the darky. - -Then Frank and Barney struck into a crevice of the cliff, through which -they climbed to heights above. - -This brought them, to their surprise, to the mouth of a wonderful -cavern, which seemed to extend down into the heart of the berg, how far -they knew not. - -“Wonderful!” cried Frank, excitedly. “I have never seen anything more -beautiful, Barney!” - -“Shure, sor, there’s nothin’ short av Oireland loike this!” conceded -Barney. - -“What a tremendous cavern!” - -“Ay, sor!” - -“Upon my word, it looks somewhat as if something or somebody had -inhabited it.” - -Frank made this statement in all seriousness. It certainly did look as -if the cavern had been inhabited by some animal, or even human beings. - -There seemed to be a well beaten path over the icy surface. - -This extended into the cavern an indefinite way. - -Frank was now interested. - -He was determined to follow it. - -Accordingly he thrust some fresh cartridges into the breech of his rifle -and started into the cavern. - -Barney followed him. - -For some way they kept on. The path was plain and well worn. But as yet -nothing had been seen of animal or human being. - -The cavern was now enlarging into mighty arched chambers. - -It was as light as day under those beautiful arches of ice, and truly a -sight beautiful beyond description. - -The ice assumed all sorts of fantastic shapes, and the roof of the -mighty cavern seemed supported by huge pillars. - -“This is like a trip to Fairyland!” cried Frank, rapturously. - -But suddenly Barney clutched him by the arm. - -The Celt’s face showed terror. - -“Shure, sor, whativer is that?” - -Frank felt a thrill of alarm. - -A strange shock rang through the berg. This was followed by a distant -terrible boom like thunder. - -For a moment it seemed as if the berg was coming to pieces. - -There seemed good cause for terror. - -The two explorers were much alarmed. - -But the sound died out, and all was again tranquil. - -“Och, hone, I thought the berg was afther goin’ to smash!” cried Barney. -“Shure, sor, I reckon we’d better get out av here at wanst, sor!” - -“Oh, no, I reckon it’s all safe enough now,” said Frank, lightly. “It -was only the breaking off of some distant part of the berg. Let us go on -once more.” - -With this the young inventor took a step forward. - -But in that instant he felt something giving way beneath his feet, and -heard a warning cry from Barney. - -It was an awful cry of terror, and the young inventor made a desperate -spring forward. - -This was just in time. - -He gained a firm footing and turned about with a thrill of horror to -witness an awful sight. - -A tremendous hole yawned at his feet. - -Down this Barney had plunged with awful certainty of going to his death. - -For a moment Frank Reade, Jr., did not move or speak, so overcome with -horror was he. - -Then he recovered from the lethargic spell upon him. - -“My God!” he cried. “Barney, where are you? I hope you have not gone to -death!” - -But no answer came back. - -All was silent. - -There was a distant rumbling, roaring sound coming to the hearing of -Frank Reade, Jr., from the depths. - -That was all. - -Frank, almost paralyzed with horror, crept to the verge of the abyss. - -Leaning over the edge he peered down into the awful depths. - -But his gaze could not go beyond a distance of twenty feet. - -It seemed like a circular shaft, which extended in a crooked course down -into the heart of the berg. - -The top of this orifice must have been covered with a thin coating of -ice and snow. - -Barney’s weight had been just enough to break this in. - -A thousand terrible reflections coursed through Frank’s mind. - -He knew that Barney had fallen through this terrible shaft. - -But whether he had gone to his death or not, of course he could not say. - -Already in his terrified fancy he saw the Celt in the waters of the -Arctic under the berg. - -This, of course, if the shaft really extended down through the berg. Of -course there was a possibility that it did not. What was to be done? - -It was of no use to go for help, for that was not to be obtained. - -If he returned to the Explorer it would avail nothing, for the boat -could not be left alone to allow of Pomp’s returning to his assistance. - -It was a terrible position. - -Frank made sure of the stability of the orifice, and then lying flat -upon his stomach shouted: - -“Barney! Where are you? If you are alive and can hear me, answer!” - -But no answer came back. - -All was the stillness of the tomb. - -Once Frank fancied that he heard a faint halloo. But he was not sure of -it. - -The young explorer arose to his feet sick and faint. - -A groan escaped his lips. - -“Well,” he muttered, regretfully, “Barney is gone. Poor fellow! He was a -faithful servant and I feel his loss much.” - -He turned away from the pit with a dull feeling about the heart. - -But he would not yet wholly abandon hope. - -He conceived the idea that Barney might have been carried into some -other part of the berg, and would yet turn up all right and safe. - -With this faint hope, Frank went from one passage to another, looking -for a descending one. - -But none seemed to exist. - -In his excitement he did not take the pains to note just where his -footsteps were carrying him. - -From one passage to another he went in a frantic way. - -Suddenly he came to a narrow opening between walls of ice. - -A beaten path seemed to lead through this. But this fact Frank did not -appear to notice. - -He fancied that this passage might lead him into the berg deeper, so he -made an effort and squeezed through. - -The next moment he was sorry that he did so. - -He came into a square chamber about fifteen feet square. - -What looked at first like a heap of white snow lay in his path. - -But on the instant it became animated, and Frank to his horror saw that -it was alive. - -It was really a mammoth specimen of the Polar bear. - -The big brute sprang up with a low growl. - -On the instant Frank saw that he was in for it. - -He had advanced too far into the place, and as he rose to his feet the -bear was between him and the entrance. There was no retreat. - -“By Jupiter!” gasped the young inventor. “I’m in for it!” - -The bear was upon his hind legs and was uttering ferocious growls. - -It was evident that he did not by any means like this intrusion into his -domains. - -Frank was not slow in assuming the aggressive. - -He knew that the advantage would undoubtedly rest with the one who got -at his work first. - -Accordingly he instantly raised his gun and fired point blank at the -bear. - -The bullet struck the brute full upon the skull. - -But unfortunately it struck in such a way that it could not penetrate -the bone. - -The bullet glanced from the bear’s skull, inflicting a wound that only -maddened the brute. - -Before Frank could elevate the piece again the brute was upon him. - -The rifle was dashed from his grasp like a straw, and he was hurled -several feet away. - -He was upon his feet just in time to meet the brute again with his ax in -his hand. - -But the brute’s weight carried him back, though he rained blow after -blow upon bruin’s skull. The situation was a desperate one for Frank -Reade, Jr. - - - - - CHAPTER V. - IN A BAD FIX. - - -Pomp, left alone on board the Explorer, was for a time exceedingly -lonesome and given to ennui. - -The darky would much have preferred to have been with Frank upon the -berg, despite the perils. - -But he was never the one to grumble, however, at his master’s orders. - -Frank’s word was always law with him and in this respect Pomp was an -excellent servant. - -Time passed and he did not hear anything of his companions. - -Not a rifle shot came to his hearing to relieve his suspense. - -“I done fink it am easy fo’ folks to get lost on dat big iceberg,” he -muttered. “P’raps dat am why dey don’ come back no mo’.” - -The darky waxed uneasy. - -Minutes seemed to him increased in length ten times. - -Still he continued in the same state of suspense. - -“It am drefful curus!” he muttered, after awhile. “I don’ seem fo’ to -undahstan’ it at all.” - -Pomp walked the deck and kept a watch of the berg. - -The Explorer lay in a small bay, and was surrounded upon three sides by -high, mighty pinnacles and cliffs of ice. - -Tiring after a while of watching for the non-returning absentees, Pomp -went below. - -He started a fire in his electric range and proceeded to cook some food. - -“I reckon dey’ll be a bit hungry when dey gets back!” he muttered. “I -jes’ fink Marse Frank will want suffin’ to eat!” - -The darky was thus employed when a terrific thing happened. - -Pomp’s first intimation of anything wrong was a tremendous roar like a -burst of thunder. - -This caused the Explorer to nearly stand on end, and Pomp was tumbled -upon his head. - -“Golly fo’ glory!” gasped the astounded darky. “What ebber hab happened -now? Fo’ de Lor’s sakes, dis chile done beliebe de worl’ am gone to -smash!” - -The Explorer was pitching and tumbling about violently, and seemed in -imminent danger of being totally wrecked. - -As soon as he could recover himself, Pomp started for the deck. - -As he emerged from the cabin, an astounding sight met his gaze. - -Pomp stood with mouth agape and eyes distended. - -“Fo’ de good Lor’s sake!” he gasped. “What am all dis?” - -All around him and over him was ice, in a great canopy. Hot a sign of -the sea or sky was to be had. - -The Explorer was in the centre of a vast, high arched ice chamber, -resting upon an inclosed lake, the waters of which were subsiding, after -a spell of fearful commotion. - -The darky was struck dumb. - -He was wholly at a loss to understand the transformation. - -“Golly fo’ glory, jiminy Christmas cracky, golly fo’ gosh!” burst forth -the rattled African. “Am dis chile in a dream, or am I a fo’ suah -loonatick?” - -Pomp could not have sworn to either asseveration at that moment. - -It was some moments before he fully recovered himself. - -Then gradually an explanation of the affair began to creep over him. - -“I jes’ fink I see it all now!” he muttered. “De top of de berg hab jest -broke on an’ keeled right ober and covered dis chile up.” - -Pomp had hit it right. - -This was the correct explanation. - -The berg had toppled over, or, at least, this section of it had, and in -such a manner as to enclose the Explorer in a hollow chamber. - -This was the distant rumble and commotion heard by Barney and Frank as -described in a previous chapter. - -It was certainly a remarkable incident. - -The Explorer was now in a peculiar position. - -Had she been a surface boat it would certainly have looked as though she -was doomed. - -For there was no visible outlet from the place. - -But there was a chance that by going to the bottom she would be able to -find her way out from beneath the berg. - -But an awful chill now struck Pomp as he thought of Frank and Barney. - -“Massy sakes!” muttered the horrified darky. “Wherebber am dem chillun, -I’d jes’ like fo’ to know.” - -There could be no more logical conclusion to the darky than that they -had succumbed to death. - -“Dat am a drefful fing!” he muttered. “What am dis chile to do?” - -It was certainly a serious question. - -But Pomp was a plucky darky, and after the first shock was over he -practically settled down to business. - -He knew that the emergency demanded desperate measures. - -“De fus’ ting fo’ dis chile to do, I reckon,” he muttered, “am to git -out from undah dis yer berg jes’ as quick as ebber I can.” - -Accordingly Pomp went into the pilot-house. - -He had first looked for an outlet through the berg. - -This did not seem to exist. - -Satisfied of this, Pomp turned the air-chamber lever. - -In a moment the boat began to sink very rapidly. - -Down it went until it touched the bottom of the ocean. - -Then Pomp turned on the search-light. - -The electric glare penetrated the black waters in every direction. - -Pomp saw that the Explorer rested upon the bed of the sea. - -Rocks and sand and sea plants were all about. - -But the darky also saw mighty furrows freshly made in the mud and earth -of the bottom. - -About were various silver-like pillars and columns of ice wedged hard in -the earth. - -Like a flash the truth dawned upon the startled darky. - -The iceberg had run aground, and this, no doubt, had caused it to -shatter itself. - -In this case the berg would no doubt remain stationary for a long time. - -It was a thrilling position. - -The darky had a dubious feeling now about his chances of making his way -into the outer sea. - -Unless an opening large enough to admit of the passage of the Explorer -was found this would be an impossibility. - -It was a horrible chance to contemplate. - -But the darky did not give up hope. - -He began at once to cautiously move the submarine boat about. - -In vain he looked for an outlet from beneath the berg. - -None seemed to exist. - -Pomp felt desperate. - -It looked as if the fate of the Explorer and its party was sealed. - -The darky, in his desperation, began to count the chances of making a -run into the walls of ice which blocked his passage. - -It seemed to him the only way to get out of his present predicament. - -The Explorer’s ram was a powerful one, and well calculated to cut its -way through any field of ice. - -The darky, in his desperate state of mind, failed to foresee any -disastrous consequences. - -It only seemed to him as extremely necessary to get out of the ice trap. - -Accordingly he selected a wall of ice beyond which he believed lay the -open sea. - -Then drawing the Explorer back full forty feet, Pomp set the ram for the -ice wall. - -The next moment the impact came. - -It was tremendous, considering the distance allowed for momentum. - -For a moment Pomp thought the world was coming to an end. - -The ram drove a great hole into the ice wall, and gave the berg a shock, -which seemed for a moment terrible in its results. - -Tons of ice fell to the bed of the sea, the berg shifted its position -full five feet, tearing up the bed of the ocean. - -It was all over in a moment. - -But Pomp was horrified at the position in which he had been left. - -The Explorer was imbedded beneath a mighty cake of ice, which lay with -crushing weight across the bow. - -Only the wonderful strength of the steel shell had resisted the pressure -and saved the boat from destruction. - -The darky was nearly prostrated with the shock. - -It seemed as if his doom had overtaken him. - -Could he have turned pale, it no doubt would have been a vast relief to -him at that moment. - -But he quickly recovered. - -He was in a bad scrape, and now the idea was to pull out of it. - -“Fo’ de Lor’s sake!” muttered the dazed darky, “I done fink I ought to -know bettah than dat. Ob co’se de ice would fall an’ it am jes’ a libin’ -wondah dat dis chile amn’t buried alibe!” - -Indeed he was not so sure but that he was already. - -Pomp started the electric engines. - -But they would not move the submarine boat a peg. - -There it lay wedged beneath the ice with full twenty fathoms of water -above. - -Again at any moment the berg was apt to shift its position and crush the -boat like an eggshell. - -Pomp saw his deadly peril, and his face wore an expression of fearful -horror and anxiety. - -“Fo’ de Lor’s sake what will become of Marse Frank now?” he wailed. -“I’se done got into a fix I can’t git out ob very well!” - -The darky was frantic. - -In vain he tried to conjure up a plan for extricating the boat. - -And at the last moment, what seemed like a forlorn hope came to him. - -He dashed down into the hold. - -When he came up he carried a couple of jack-screws of very fine steel -and great lifting power. - -“I done fix dat big hunk ob ice now!” he muttered. - -He quickly donned his diving suit. - -Then he took the jack-screws and went into the vestibule. - -It was but a moment’s work to let on the water, and after the chamber -had filled he emerged upon the deck. - -Pomp descended to the bed of the ocean and approached the block of ice. - -But, as he did so, what seemed like a huge mound of earth before him -began to move. - -Up it went, and the water began to move violently. Then Pomp saw the -wide jaws of a monster fish. - -In an instant a thrill of horror came over him. - -It was a huge species of the sperm whale, and a blow from one of its -flukes would kill him instantly. - - - - - CHAPTER VI. - LOST IN AN ICEBERG. - - -But what of Barney? - -Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse? As -fortune would have it, he was spared. - -But it was a close call. - -Barney’s sensations as he found himself falling were not of the -pleasantest. - -He made a valiant effort to save himself, but failed. - -Down he shot. - -How far he fell he had no means of knowing. - -The descent was extremely winding, circuitous and abrupt. - -He was bumped and jolted and nigh rendered unconscious. - -Only the thickness of his fur suit saved him from serious hurts. - -When he came to a stop he was up to the neck in a huge pile of snow. - -About him were mighty walls of ice and a great basin of water, which he -instantly judged to be a part of the sea, but quickly discovered his -mistake. - -He was far below the level of the sea. And the water was dripping from -the berg inclosed in a basin impervious to any connection with the -waters of the ocean. - -Had it been, the entire chamber would have been filled with water. - -And Barney O’Shea would have been a dead Irishman. - -The Celt picked himself up. - -“Bejabers, phwativer has happened to me now?” he cried. “Shure, it’s -nigh kilt I am.” - -He rubbed his bruises ruefully. - -But he could not help congratulating himself upon his escape from what -might have been an awful death. - -“Shure it’s down into the cinter av the berg I’ve fell,” he muttered. -“Phwereiver is Misther Frank, anyway?” - -Then he opened his lungs. - -Yell after yell he sent up. - -But only the dull echoes answered. - -Frank was too far distant for the sound to reach him. - -After a time Barney desisted. - -It was impossible to return the way that he came. - -This he discovered quickly. - -But what was to be done? - -He had no desire or intention of remaining where he was. - -A change of base was at once necessary and desirable. - -“Shure it’s no use I am in sthayin’ around here,” he muttered. “I’ll be -afther crawling out av this place.” - -He began to look around. - -The waters of the basin were at his feet. He made his way around the -basin. - -This brought him to a remarkable spectacle. - -He came in close proximity to a clear and transparent wall of ice. - -Objects beyond it were as plainly visible as could be. - -He experienced a thrill as he saw that this was only a remarkable sort -of window through which he could look out into the waters of the ocean. - -The waters of the sea were clear, and he could see the bottom plainly. - -It was a most wonderful sight. - -Barney saw various sea animals and fishes upon the bed of the sea. - -It was an awful thing to think of. - -Only the clear, transparent wall of the ice separated the chamber of the -berg from the waters of the ocean. - -Barney shivered as he reflected upon the possibility of that wall of ice -breaking through and letting in the waters of the sea. - -It would mean death to him. - -This made the Celt feel a bit uncomfortable, and he began at once to -look about for a way out of the place. - -By the best good fortune he discovered an upward passage and at once -took it. - -It led upward, through various passages, and at times Barney had to cut -niches in the ice to clamber up by. - -But he kept at work. - -He reflected that it was his only chance for life. - -He had not the slightest idea as to where it would bring him or where he -would come out. - -But he kept on just the same. - -Up, up he went. - -Suddenly it began to grow lighter, and Barney felt a breath of air. - -It gave him renewed courage and he went on. - -Soon he caught a gleam of daylight far above. - -He knew then that he was coming to the open air. - -Where he would come out he could not guess. - -But the question found speedy answer. In another moment the blue sky was -above him, and he was drinking in the sea breeze. - -Up he went over a wall of ice, and the horizon burst upon his view. - -But he was amazed at his position. - -He was far up on the top of the mighty berg. - -As far as he could see all was a vast berg-studded sea. - -An immense platform of ice extended far to the northern end of the berg. - -Barney fancied that he might see the submarine boat from this position. - -But though he leaned far over the ice cliffs and closely scrutinized the -line, he could see no sign of the Explorer. - -It was not in sight. - -But Barney reflected that it might be upon the other side of the berg, -and at once started thither. - -But he found that it was quite impossible for him to reach there. - -The berg upon this side was nothing but a mass of pinnacles and -needle-pointed spires, which effectually precluded anything like -progress. - -“Bejabbers, it’s all surrounded I am,” wailed Barney. “Shure, I’ll niver -see Misther Frank and the Explorer again!” - -Despair now seized the Celt. - -But he kept wandering about. - -And as chance had it this brought him to a passage which seemed to lead -down again into the centre of the berg. - -In his bewilderment Barney took it. This proved his salvation. - -It looked more like the passage by which he had entered the berg with -Frank, and he kept on. - -Suddenly he heard strange sounds. - -He came to a halt. - -They were in the far distance. - -Yet the Irishman could distinguish quite plainly. - -They consisted of hoarse growls and snarling cries like an angry beast. - -“Begorra, that’s funny!” muttered Barney. “Phwativer is goin’ on?” - -Then he heard what sounded like a distant human cry of distress. - -That was enough for Barney. - -“Bejabers, I believe that is Misther Frank!” he cried. “Shure I’d never -be stayin’ here at all, at all.” - -Away sped Barney. - -Every moment the sounds became plainer. Then he came upon an astounding -sight. - -In the centre of the cavern chamber was a man wrapped in the embrace of -a huge bear. - -Barney recognized the victim at once. - -It was Frank Reade, Jr. - -“Whurroo! Hold up, Misther Frank!” cried the Celt, excitedly. “Shure, -I’ll be afther savin’ yez!” - -“Help, Barney!” cried Frank, feebly. - -The bear was certainly getting the best of the young inventor. - -There is no doubt but that he would have succumbed if it had not been -for Barney’s arrival. - -The Celt was overjoyed to be able to strike a blow for his master. - -All through his experiences he had kept possession of his rifle. - -He now ran up to the bear and placed the muzzle against his heart. - -Barney pulled the trigger. - -The battle was finished. - -The bear rolled over backward, instantly dead. Frank, overjoyed, -staggered to Barney’s side. - -“Thank God! you were not killed after all, Barney!” - -“Shure, I came near enough to it, sor, but not so near as you.” - -“Let us get away from this accursed place at once. Let us go back to the -Explorer.” - -They started upon the return. - -But somehow none of the passages seemed the same. - -The further they went the more bewildered they became. - -“Shure, sor, it’s lost I am intoirely!” cried Barney. “Arrah, an’ it was -a bad toime that we iver came aboard this accursed berg!” - -“You are right!” cried Frank. “It is a lesson to us. But I never had any -idea before that anybody could ever get so completely lost on an -iceberg.” - -“Shure, sor, it seems to be a very simple matther.” - -“So it does, Barney. But this looks like the right path. Let us take it -and see where it will go to.” - -“All right, sor!” - -Along this new corridor the two lost explorers went. - -But the further they went the more confused they became. - -The reasons for this were obvious. - -They were not aware of the splitting up of the berg, and consequently -did not understand it. - -But this was the real reason. - -The paths by which they had come had been closed by this evolution. - -But they had kept on at random. - -This finally brought them into a mighty cavern chamber wholly arched. - -A narrow shelf existed around, the verge of a huge inland sea, or basin, -rather. - -Frank Reade, Jr. stopped and looked keenly about him. - -Then a chill struck him. - -An inkling of the truth came to him. - -“Heavens!” he gasped. “I think I can understand it now!” - -“Phwat, sor?” - -“The berg has collapsed on the side we entered by, and we are imprisoned -by the change!” - -“Shure, sor, ye don’t mean it?” - -“Yes, I do.” - -Barney was astounded. Then a light broke upon him. - -“Shure, an’ I believe ye’re right.” - -“Of course I am,” said Frank. “My God! it is too awful to think of!” - -“But, sor----” - -“What?” - -The two explorers looked at each other. - -Each read in the face of the other what was in the mind of each. - -“Phwere is the Explorer?” - -A shade of horror came over Frank’s handsome face. - -Ah! that was an awful question. - -Where was the Explorer? - -Was it still safely riding the sea outside, or was it sunk beneath the -tons and thousands of tons of falling ice? - -Frank remembered the shock he had felt while in the berg. - -But even as they stood there in their uncertainty, a strange thing -happened before their eyes. - -There was a mighty commotion of the waters in the basin. - - - - - CHAPTER VII. - THE CAIRN. - - -Pomp’s position was one of awful peril. The huge whale was making for -him like an avalanche. - -It was not likely that the monster was intending to assail him. - -It simply happened that Pomp was in the cetacean’s way. - -The darky dropped the jack-screws, completely overcome with terror. - -“Massy sakes alibe!” he groaned. “Dis chile am lost!” - -Pomp imagined that the whale intended to eat him up. - -But such was not the case. - -Indeed it was doubtful if the monster even saw the darky. - -But this did not lessen the danger, however. - -The whale came straight for Pomp. - -The darky fell flat upon his face in the hopes of dodging the monster. - -In this he was successful. - -The whale passed over him and made straight at the Explorer. - -He struck the submarine boat full force, and the shock was tremendous. - -Pomp had tried to regain his feet, but was knocked down again. - -The whale recoiled from its attack upon the Explorer and started upon a -new course. - -Away he went out of sight in the water. - -Pomp was relieved when he was gone. It was a narrow escape. - -Once more he picked up the jack-screws and started for the ice. - -Reaching it, Pomp very quickly set the screws beneath the block of ice -and began to raise it. - -Slowly the vast body of ice began to rise up. - -Pomp’s plan was a success. - -In a very few moments the submarine boat was sufficiently released. - -Then Pomp went back aboard the Explorer. - -It was the work of but a few moments to back the Explorer out from its -position and free it. - -Then Pomp quickly set the pumps going in the air-chamber, and the -Explorer sprang up to the surface. - -It was at this moment, as we have seen at the close of the preceding -chapter, that the two explorers, Frank and Barney, reached the verge of -the basin. - -The commotion in the waters was nothing more nor less than the Explorer -rising to the surface. - -As the submarine boat sprang above the surface, Frank and Barney were -fairly electrified. - -It was a most unlooked for proceeding. - -They could hardly believe their senses. A great cry went up from the two -lost explorers. - -“Whurroo!” shouted Barney. “It’s the Explorer as shure as I’m a -Tipperary man, Misther Frank.” - -“The Explorer!” gasped Frank; “but how on earth did it come here?” - -This was a conundrum. - -Yet there it was. - -They certainly must believe their own eyesight. - -In the pilot-house Pomp was seen with his diving suit yet on. - -The darky chanced, at that moment also to see his friends. - -The effect upon him was magical. - -A great cry went up from his lips and he came tumbling out upon the -deck. - -“Fo’ de good Lor’, am dat yo’, Marse Frank?” he cried. “Hooray! Dis am -de happiest hour ob mah life!” - -“All roight, naygur!” yelled Barney. “We’re jist as glad to see yez. -But, howiver do yez think we kin come aboard that boat, anyhow?” - -“A’right; jes’ yo’ wait one moment!” cried Pomp. “I’se gwine fo’ to fix -dat a’right very soon!” - -Into the pilot-house he rushed. - -In a few moments he had run the boat up alongside the shelf of ice. - -Barney and Frank easily stepped aboard then. - -That was a joyous meeting to be sure. - -Explanations quickly followed, and then the serious question presented -itself as to how they were to get out into the open sea again. - -This was certainly a question of no mean sort. - -But Frank asked Pomp: - -“Did you try every available point under the water?” - -“No, sah!” replied the darky. “Dar am some direckshuns I didn’t take.” - -“Well, let us try that, then!” said Frank. “It may be a dernier ressort, -but we must do something.” - -“Dat am a fac’, Marse Frank!” - -Down went the submarine boat once more to the bottom of the ocean. - -As luck had it this time, it landed directly in front of a deep -cavernous passage. - -Frank felt confident that this would take them out into the ocean. - -Accordingly he started the Explorer through the passage. - -As they went on, this seemed to widen and deepen. - -Very soon they began to leave the ice walls behind. - -A great hope sprang up in Frank’s breast. - -“Hurrah!” he cried. “I believe we are out of the wilderness!” - -“Dat am joyful!” cried Pomp. - -“Whurroo!” shouted Barney. - -In a few moments more Frank felt assured that they were in the open sea. - -He gave the lever a turn and set the pumps going. - -The Explorer rose to the surface. - -Frank’s joyful hopes were realized. - -They were in the open sea. - -The berg was a hundred yards to the eastward. - -There it was grounded, and there they left it. - -This was all the experience of the sort that Frank Reade, Jr., cared -for. - -“No more visits to icebergs!” he cried. “That is quite enough for me.” - -Straight to the northward now they kept. - -The coast of Greenland lay to the east. Up the straits the Explorer went -until Smith’s Sound was reached. - -This was full of ice. - -But by using the Explorer’s ram, very good progress was made. - -Immense blocks of ice were shattered and fields of ice broken by the -wonderful ram of the Explorer. - -No incident of thrilling sort occurred until one day when they were -besieged by ice off a small island. - -Frank had thought of lowering the Explorer and going under the ice -field, when an incident caused him to change his mind. - -Upon the shores of the island a strange object was seen. - -It was a barrel mounted upon a long pole. - -At once Frank was interested. - -He concluded at once that it must mark a cairn where some former Arctic -travelers had visited. - -The young explorer was at once possessed of a desire to investigate. - -Accordingly he said to Pomp: - -“Come on, Pomp, let us visit the shore. This time you may go with me.” - -Pomp gave a yell of delight and cut a joyous caper. - -“A’right, Marse Frank.” - -Barney did not demur. - -He had had his turn and was quite willing to remain aboard the submarine -boat. - -Frank and Pomp were soon quite ready for the expedition. - -It was easy to reach the shore over the ice cakes. - -After quite a lively climb they finally reached the shore of the island. - -Frank advanced to a pile of rock, above which was the barrel. - -It was truly a cairn. - -Opening the barrel, Frank took out a small tablet of slate, upon which -was cut the following in rude letters: - - “Here lie the bodies of Jim Peters, Andy Hardy, and Mike Walsh, of - the crew of the brig Solitaire. Lost in a fog, six of us are cast - adrift in the Arctic without food, and with a limited supply of - ammunition and weapons. Three of us are left--Sam Hatch, Dick - Davey, and Roger Harmon. - - “We are going from here to a settlement twenty miles east, whence - we hope to reach a Greenland port, and thence home. May God help - us!” - -“Amen!” said Frank, sincerely. - -He knew that one of the survivors was Roger Harmon. - -He experienced a thrill. - -“How overjoyed old Alex Harmon would be if I should find his boy here!” -he exclaimed. “It is not impossible that he may be found in some -Esquimau settlement. I shall try.” - -Frank was desirous of seeing what was beyond the island. - -So he climbed to the cliff above and looked eastward. - -He saw beyond the isle a narrow strait and a long stretch of what looked -like the mainland of a continent. - -“Golly, Marse Frank!” exclaimed Pomp, “dat looks a bit like a big -stretch ob land ober dar.” - -“That is certainly what it is,” agreed Frank. - -“Does yo’ s’pose it am inhabited?” - -“I hardly know,” replied the young inventor. “But what is that over -yonder hill--is it not smoke?” - -The darky looked in the direction indicated. - -Both saw a column of smoke rising into the air. - -At once Frank’s curiosity was aroused. - -“It must be a camp,” he cried. “And yet what human beings could exist -here?” - -He was thinking intently of the Solitaire’s party, and did not think of -such a thing as Esquimaux. - -Frank decided to investigate the distant smoke. - -Accordingly, accompanied by Pomp, he set out for the distant hill. - -Before reaching it, they were obliged to pass through a narrow pass. - -Just as they reached this, an excited cry went up from Pomp. - -“Whatebber was dat, Marse Frank?” - -“What?” - -“Jes’ yo’ listen!” - -From the distance came the faint sound of hallooing. - -Frank said nothing but pressed on. They passed through the defile, and -came out in view of a broad intervale leading down to the sea. - -At a spot halfway down from this, a long column of smoke was ascending -into the air. - -But not a sign of a human being was in sight. - -Frank and Pomp went down to the spot, and found only a pile of -half-burned sticks. - -But these were all the signs of an Esquimau, although none of the latter -were in sight. - -But as they stood, there, from the hill above came a loud halloo. -Looking up, the two explorers were astounded to see fully a dozen dog -teams coming down over the snow wastes. - -Upon each sledge was an Esquimau, and Frank knew enough from former -visits to this region of the colors worn by the tribes that this was a -band of hostiles. - -Instantly he threw back the hammer of his rifle. - - - - - CHAPTER VIII. - A FIGHT WITH THE ESQUIMAUX. - - -The Esquimaux were lashing their dogs to furious speed as they came on -down over the snow waste. - -They had seen the two explorers and were making for them. - -Pomp was alarmed. - -“Golly, Marse Frank!” he cried, “I can’t say dat I jes’ likes de looks -ob dat crowd at all.” - -“No!” replied Frank, with some agitation. “We must be ready for them. -They evidently mean business.” - -“Does yo’ fink dey gib us a fight, sah?” - -“Yes!” - -“A’right! den I reckon we jes’ be ready fo’ dat crowd!” - -“We must!” - -On came the Esquimaux at full speed. - -In a moment they surrounded the two explorers. - -Leaping from their sledges they grasped their spears and started for -their foes. - -But Frank and Pomp threw their rifles to their shoulders. - -“Hold on!” shouted Frank. “Come no further!” - -The Arctic natives halted. - -They stood some fifty paces distant and made menacing gestures at Frank -and Pomp. - -This did not disturb Frank. - -He felt no fear. - -He knew that with his repeater he could thin out the ranks of the foe in -quick time. - -The Esquimaux were not so foolish as not to see this themselves. - -One of them, a thick-set, burly ruffian, now advanced. - -He held up his hands in token of amity, and cried: - -“Inglese man, hallo! No shoot! No kill Eskimo!” - -“I’ll kill you precious quick if you don’t drop those spears!” cried -Frank. - -“Eskimo no hurt Inglese. No be afraid. Be heap friend!” - -The duplicity of the scoundrel was apparent and almost laughable. - -Frank smiled. - -“I think you’re a crack liar!” he retorted. “I don’t believe you.” - -“Honest Eskimo. No hurt!” - -“Keep your distance!” - -Frank clicked the hammer of his rifle ominously. The big villain -understood this and very wisely retreated. - -The Esquimaux now held a council. - -It was quickly apparent that they did not dare to attack two plucky men. - -They leaped into their sledges, and with baffled and derisive yells -drove off madly over the ridge again. - -Frank guessed their purpose. - -This was to go for reinforcements. - -“We must get out of this, Pomp!” he said; “this will never do. If they -come back with a big gang they’ll annihilate us.” - -“A’right, sah.” - -“We will go back to the Explorer.” - -Frank started for the defile. - -But before he reached it he saw that it was filled with Esquimaux. - -Their path to the Explorer was cut off. - -What was to be done? - -It was a desperate situation. - -Quick action was what was needed now. Frank knew this. - -But it would be flatly impossible to go around the island. - -The Esquimaux would easily cut them off, and a fight at close quarters -was to be by all means avoided. - -The Esquimaux now were advancing to the attack. - -Where they had all come from so suddenly was a mystery. - -There seemed fully one hundred of them. They came over the ridges and -through the defiles in a solid body. - -There was no way but to retreat before them. - -This meant to the shores of the island, then out upon the ice pack, and, -perhaps, to the mainland. - -Frank and Pomp fell back before the Esquimaux. - -But they continued to dispute every inch of ground. - -They fired steadily and with telling effect, dropping many of the foe. - -But still the Esquimaux came on. - -They hurled their javelins and arrows, and some of them narrowly missed -the two white men. - -But they managed to successfully dodge them. - -Now the shore was reached. - -Then the two plucky white men were driven out upon the ice. - -Here they were able to make a better fight. - -Behind the ice hummocks and elevations they found shelter and were able -to pour in a destructive fire. - -The battle waxed hot and furious. - -But the numbers of the Esquimaux were so great that it became necessary -to steadily retire. - -There was danger that they would surround them. - -This would bring the fight to close quarters, which would be fatal. - -Thus the battle went on across the ice-field. - -In the light of the Arctic day the two explorers were compelled to -retreat slowly until they finally came to the mainland. - -Here high cliffs were back of them. - -A dense grove of Arctic firs was upon their summit. - -Frank and Pomp here resolved to make a stand. - -The Esquimaux charged up the cliffs, and Frank worked the repeating -rifles while Pomp loaded. - -The pluck of the Esquimaux was most surpassing. - -“Golly, Marse Frank!” cried Pomp, “dey jes’ mean fo’ to hab our scalps, -don’t dey?” - -“You are right!” said Frank. “When our ammunition gives out it will be a -serious question with us.” - -“Dar amn’t twenty rounds more, Marse Frank!” - -The young inventor’s face paled. - -“You don’t mean it?” - -“Dat am right, sah!” - -“Then I am afraid we are lost!” groaned Frank. But suddenly his face -brightened. - -“What is that?” - -Frank pointed up the shore. - -A large body of men, also Esquimaux, were coming on the run. - -“Massy sakes, Marse Frank, dar am mo’ ob dem!” - -“It’s all right!” cried Frank, wildly. “We are saved!” - -Pomp looked astonished. - -“How can yo’ say dat, Marse Frank? Dar’s mo’ ob dem!” - -“Yes, but they are of another tribe and not of the warlike kind. You -will see pretty quick.” - -The distant yells of the newcomers had a startling effect on the -Esquimaux attacking Pomp and Frank. - -They seemed alarmed and began to scramble for the ice floe. - -A more demoralized set was never seen than they. - -The newcomers pursued them even to the island, where a hot battle was -waged. - -But a number of the friendly Esquimaux remained behind and now made -signs to Frank and Pomp. - -One of them, a tall and handsome fellow, who seemed to be the leader, -came forward excitedly. - -“My God!” he cried. “Is it possible that these are fellow countrymen of -mine?” - -“Roger Harmon!” cried Frank, excitedly. “Is not that your name?” - -The Esquimaux leader, so much taller than his companions, gave a mighty -start. - -“That is my name!” he cried; “but how did you know it?” - -“Why, bless you, your father asked me to look for you while upon my -exploring trip hither,” replied Frank. - -“My father?” - -“Yes.” - -“Then he is alive?” - -“Oh, yes, and firm in the hope that you will be restored to him.” - -A wild, joyful cry rang from the castaway’s lips. - -“God be praised!” he cried. “I had never hoped for such joy as this. But -where is your ship?” - -“Over yonder island.” - -“What is your mission here?” - -“To reach the North Pole.” - -Roger Harmon shook his head. - -“Abandon it!” he said; “no good will come of it. I have dwelt here with -the Esquimaux for many years and have not even been able to find my way -home. If any human beings could reach the Pole, they could. But they -never have!” - -“Ah, but I am better fitted to perform that feat,” said Frank, -confidently. - -“Then you mean to persevere?” - -“Yes.” - -“I like your pluck and hope you will succeed.” - -“I shall. Have no fears upon that score.” - -“You have been attacked by these Matrodas? Rascally fellows!” - -“Yes.” - -“I am glad that we happened along in time to aid you.” - -“So am I,” said Frank; “but come, you will go with us to the Explorer.” - -Young Harmon drew a deep breath. - -“I can hardly realize it,” he said. “I had begun to think that the time -would never come when I should leave these awful solitudes!” - -“Well, it has come,” said Frank, lightly, “and your father will be made -the happiest man in the world.” - -“That makes me happy. But I must first take leave of these Esquimaux who -have been so kind to me.” - -Roger went down upon the shore and called the Esquimaux all to him. - -Then in a speech in their tongue, which he had mastered, he expressed to -them his regrets at leaving them. - -They seemed deeply affected. - -But Roger finally succeeded in parting from them, and with Frank and -Pomp started for the Explorer. - -As they passed through the defile upon the island, the last of the -Matrodas were retreating to the farther shore. - -Roger Harmon acted like one in a trance. - -“Indeed!” he said, sincerely, “I can hardly believe my good luck. I had -given up all hope of ever seeing my native land again.” - -Very soon now the open sea came again in view. - -The Explorer could be seen lying in the midst of the pack ice. - -Roger looked astonished. - -“Where is your ship?” he cried. - -“Don’t you see it out there?” said Frank. - -“What, that a ship? It looks more like a large-sized canoe.” - -“It is a new kind of ship,” said Frank with a laugh. “It is a submarine -boat, and you will understand it better when you see it.” - - - - - CHAPTER IX. - THE SUNKEN WRECK. - - -Across the pack ice the adventurers traveled, and soon had reached the -Explorer. - -As they climbed on deck Barney appeared. - -“Shure it’s glad I am to see yez back!” cried the Celt. “Pwhat was goin’ -on over there?” - -“Golly! We jes’ had a big fight out dar,” replied Pomp. - -“Yes, and we have gained one of the objects of our expedition,” said -Frank. - -He introduced Barney to Roger. - -Then the young Arctic castaway was shown about the ship, much to his -wonderment and interest. - -“Upon my word!” he cried, “this surpasses any effort of the imagination. -Do you mean to say that this boat can travel under water?” - -“That is just what I mean,” replied Frank. “And we shall very soon take -a trip thither.” - -“Indeed!” - -“You will see that the pack ice bars our progress.” - -“So it does!” - -“Now it is not easy to go through it, so we shall make the best of it -and go under it.” - -Roger scratched his head and looked a bit incredulous. - -But Frank said to Barney: - -“Open the air-chamber.” - -The Celt touched a lever and the boat went down beneath the water. - -Roger saw daylight disappear and heard the hissing and surging of the -water. - -“We are sinking!” he cried, with alarm, forgetting for a moment Frank’s -promise. - -“Of course we are!” cried the young inventor. “Didn’t I tell you we -would?” - -But the spell of gloom was only of brief duration. - -The electric lights in the Explorer’s cabin shone forth and illumined -everything. - -Suddenly there was a slight jar. - -The Explorer had rested upon the bed of the ocean. - -Pomp went to the search-light and turned its rays in all directions. - -The bed of the ocean was shown quite plainly through the bull’s-eye -windows. - -Roger Harmon was dazed. - -He kept rubbing his eyes. - -“I am certainly dreaming!” he cried. “We are not under the Arctic?” - -“Yes, we are,” said Frank. - -“But we will soon stifle here without air!” - -Frank laughed. - -“Didn’t I explain to you how the air is manufactured?” he cried. “There -are chemicals enough aboard to keep us in pure oxygen for a year.” - -“Wonderful!” exclaimed Harmon, which was the most he could say. - -Frank went to the search-light and sent its rays through the water. - -He saw that no ice was in the way nor any obstruction of material sort. - -The Explorer was sent ahead at quite a rapid pace. - -It was certainly a remarkable sensation to travel through the water in -this manner. - -Roger Harmon was in the pilot-house with Frank. - -Many and wonderful were the sights which were revealed to the gaze of -the explorers. - -The ocean caves and their myriads of inhabitants, with the variety of -sea monsters, cetaceans, crabs and octopus, all formed a wonderful -study. - -The Explorer kept on for hours in this way. - -Now the bed of the sea descended into deep valleys, or again rose into -high eminences or ranges of under sea hills. - -It was necessary to keep the search-light constantly at work. - -Frank Reade, Jr., stayed by the wheel, all the while dodging -obstructions, now lifting the boat, now lowering it in conformity with -the undulating bed of the sea. - -After awhile speed was reduced and Barney relieved Frank. - -The young explorer, somewhat fatigued, went into the cabin and sat down. - -Roger Harmon joined him. - -They could look through the bull’s-eye windows upon either side and -watch the mighty panorama. - -This was most interesting to Harmon especially. - -“I don’t understand how you can make a course!” he said. - -“Easy enough!” replied Frank. “I simply go by the chart as given of the -sea’s surface.” - -“Ah! but has any accurate chart been yet made of these waters?” - -“I shall go by the chart of former explorers as far as I can.” - -“And what then?” - -“I shall then feel my way.” - -“But will you not fear getting lost?” - -“I know of no reason why I should,” replied Frank. - -“I have heard that there are certain localities here where the needle of -the compass becomes demagnetized.” - -“I am going to scour the Arctic Ocean and reach the Pole,” cried Frank, -earnestly, “if I have to proceed as Jason did when he invaded the -Labyrinth--mark my course with a thread.” - -“Well, I hope you will succeed,” said Roger, earnestly. - -“I do not fear but that I shall,” said Frank, confidently. “I base my -hopes, however, upon what I consider the almost absolute certainty of -the existence of an open sea around the pole.” - -They were thus conversing when Roger chanced to glance out into the -ocean. - -He beheld a sight which brought the blood to his head in surges. - -“My God!” he cried. “We are going to be annihilated!” - -This brought Frank to his feet almost instantly. - -But when he saw the cause of Roger’s alarm, he cooled down. - -He saw that a monster whale, with mouth agape, was rushing with -whirlwind velocity toward the boat. - -Of course there would be a shock when the collision should come, but -Frank knew that the whale would be the greatest sufferer. - -The next moment it came. - -The whale’s blunt head struck the Explorer’s hull. - -Frank shouted to Barney. - -“Charge the hull!” - -Quick as a flash Barney turned a small lever. - -This sent a current from the dynamos into the hull of the boat. - -Once more the whale came to the attack. But this time when he struck the -hull, it was likely that he very speedily wished that he had not. - -The shock was something awful, and a most demoralized looking whale -turned upon his back and went shooting up through the water. - -“Heavens!” cried Roger. “I thought we were done for that time.” - -But Frank only laughed. - -“Oh, no,” he said. “That whale was a bit funny, but he won’t trouble the -Explorer again.” - -“The electricity must have stunned him.” - -“Oh, yes.” - -“And he has gone to the surface.” - -“Or to the ice floor above.” - -“But how is it that we did not feel the shock?” - -“Because the cabin we are in has its supports perfectly insulated. It is -independent of the steel hull, and only connected with it by rubber -cushions.” - -“Whew!” exclaimed young Harmon. “Who’d ever have thought of that? -Certainly you are the most wonderful inventor yet, Mr. Reade.” - -Roger went to the window and looked out. - -“But I don’t see how you can tell how deep we are,” he said. - -“That is easy,” said Frank. - -“Well, how?” - -The famous young inventor turned to a dial upon the wall. - -“Do you see that hand upon the dial?” he said. “Well, that is connected -simply with an electrical disc upon the top of the hull. The greater the -depth the more pressure, and the dial records the number of fathoms.” - -Roger gazed at the instrument. - -“Well, I never!” he exclaimed; then reading from the face of the dial. -“We are now nineteen fathoms deep.” - -“Yes.” - -“But that is not very deep.” - -“No, but the Arctic is not considered a deep sea, anyway.” - -“True. How deep can you go with this boat, Mr. Reade?” - -“About one hundred and fifty fathoms. The pressure then becomes too -great!” - -“Mercy on us! I should think it would be crushed like an eggshell.” - -“To the contrary, I cannot drive it deeper. The density of the water is -too great, and the boat too buoyant.” - -“Then if there were seven miles of water beneath, we would not know it.” - -“You would not know the exact depth, but you would become assured that -you were far from the bed of the ocean.” - -“All this is very wonderful. But nineteen fathoms is quite enough for -me.” - -At this moment a cry came from Barney in the engine room. - -“Och, Misther Frank, wud yez be afther comin’ up here?” - -Frank sprang up into the place. - -Barney turned the electric light so that it fell upon a wreck lying upon -the bed of the ocean. - -It was the dismantled hull of a large ship. - -Frank saw it and instantly turned the lever, which checked the progress -of the boat. - -He believed that it was worth while to investigate the wreck. - -It undoubtedly would tell the story of some Arctic exploration which -might be of service, and at least interesting to the voyagers. - -Roger Harmon was at once interested when he saw what had occasioned the -stop. - -The Explorer was brought to a halt. - -Drawing as near to the wreck as it was safe, the search-light was turned -upon the old hulk. - -It could be very readily seen that the vessel had been lost by being -nipped in the ice. - -Her sides were crushed in and parts of the cargo were lying about. - -The wreck was deeply covered with silt and sea-weeds and evidently had -been in the water many years. - -“What sort of a craft would you call it, Mr. Reade?” asked Roger. - -“I hardly know,” replied Frank. “I imagine, however, that she is a lost -whaler.” - -“I don’t agree with you,” said Roger. “Her shape, as near as I can see, -is more that of a revenue cutter or government yacht.” - -“We will soon find out,” declared Frank. - -“How?” - -“By going aboard.” - -“Going aboard?” exclaimed Roger, in amazement. - -“That is what I said!” - -“I heard, but you forget that we are under water.” - -“I forget nothing of the kind!” replied Frank. “I am going aboard that -ship, and you may go, too, if you would like.” - - - - - CHAPTER X. - UNDER THE ICE BARRIER. - - -Roger was astounded. - -“Go aboard with you?” he exclaimed. - -“Yes.” - -“You don’t mean it?” - -“Yes, I do.” - -“But perhaps you can explain how I can accomplish that eat?” - -“In a patent diving suit of mine.” - -“Oh!” - -The young man drew a deep breath. - -“How many more wonderful inventions have you got, Mr. Reade?” he asked. -“You are the wonder of the age.” - -“Come with me!” cried Frank, phlegmatically. - -He led Roger into the vestibule. - -Here the diving suits hung. - -“Are you at all used to being under water?” he asked. - -“Well, I am a good swimmer!” replied Roger. - -“Ah! but do you think you could stand the pressure?” - -“I don’t see why.” - -“All right!” - -Frank took down from the hook one of the suits. - -“Put this on,” he said. - -Roger at once obeyed. - -In a few moments they were arrayed in the suits. - -Then Frank shouted to Barney: - -“Keep the search-light well on the hulk.” - -“Ay, ay, sor!” replied the Celt. - -Frank then opened the valve and proceeded to fill the vestibule with -water. - -This accomplished, he opened the outer door and walked out on deck. - -Roger followed him. - -Frank walked along the railed platform and threw over the gang ladder. - -Down this they climbed and started for the hulk. - -Frank reached it first and paused at a breach in the side. - -It seemed large enough for him to pass through. - -The electric light on his helmet illuminated the interior of the vessel. - -Frank saw the main deck strewn with barrels, boxes, and old lumber. - -He at once passed through and was in the vessel. - -Roger followed him slowly. - -As yet there had been nothing discovered which would lead to the -identification of the vessel. - -But as he was crossing the main deck on his way to the cabin Frank came -upon a ghastly sight. - -Flat upon the deck lay the grinning skull and bones of a man. - -Frank stepped over them and reached the cabin door. - -He passed through. - -The cabin showed that it had been luxuriously furnished. - -Upon the walls hung a variety of nautical instruments, and also a -variety of firearms. - -These were nearly consumed with rust. - -There were several paintings, but the canvas had rotted through, and -little crabs played hide and seek in the corners of the frames. - -But upon the cabin table lay a long telescope and a brass-bound chest. - -This Frank knew was such as the log-book of a ship is usually kept in. - -At the table was a chair. - -In the seat of this was a heap of bones. The skull lay face up. - -Evidently a man had sat at the table when the ship went down. - -There was no doubt in Frank’s mind but that this was the ship of some -exploring party. - -He knew that the latitude was such as is rarely attempted by the whaler -or ordinary ship. - -Frank picked up the box and tried the lock. - -Time had rusted it and it yielded. - -Opening it, Frank saw what he had expected. - -This was a log-book. - -Strange to say, the brass box had been water-tight and the log-book was -in a perfect state of preservation. - -Had Frank known this he would not have opened the box to let the water -soak the book. - -But curiosity overcame his scruples and he turned the leaves of the -book. - -The water magnified the letters and he read the writing in a large -coarse hand. - -Thus it read: - - “SATURDAY, December 10, 18––. - - “A bitter day for all. No sign of the ice breaking up, and we are - plainly in for another winter. Oh, the horrors of this awful life - of solitude! - - “Three years cast away in this accursed region! Oh, for a chance - for life! Alas! none of us, the three survivors of the crew of the - Arabella (the ship sent by the American Exploration Company to the - North Pole), may never hope to see home again. - - “It is a week ago to-day since Captain Cliff suicided. Driven to - madness by the horrors of this fate, he took his own life. - - “December 15th.--This has been a week of suffering, of mad freaks, - and of horror. Benton, the mate, went insane, and for an hour we - had all we could do to prevent his cutting his throat. Poor - fellow! The end is near. - - December 20th.--Another week has dragged by. Yesterday poor - O’Byrne died. His body yet lies on the main deck. I am the only - survivor. Ye gods! This stark solitude will drive me mad yet. I - think I shall try to make a trip across the ice and join a band of - Esquimaux. Once to-day the ship heaved and seemed likely to go - down.” - -The journal ended here. - -Frank did not go back further in the book for more particulars. - -He had already learned the most that it was necessary for him to. - -He knew the name of the ship and the mission of the crew, which was to -find the North Pole. - -It was only one more instance of the folly of fitting out Arctic -expeditions with wooden ships. - -This was only one of the many rotting hulks which lay at the bottom of -the Arctic. - -Frank put his helmet close to Roger’s and shouted: - -“Well, have you seen enough?” - -“Yes,” replied Roger. - -“Sad fate for them.” - -“You are right.” - -“We will look through the ship a little, and then go back to the -Explorer.” - -“All right.” - -Frank led the way up the cabin stairs and onto the upper deck. - -Everything betokened utter desolation and decay. - -There was nothing of value worth carrying away. - -The scene was one most depressing to the mind, and Frank turned from it -with a sense of sickness most intense. - -He clambered down the ship’s side and was once more upon the bed of the -ocean. - -In a few moments, with Roger at his side, he reached the Explorer. - -Entering the vestibule, Frank turned the pump valve and pumped the water -out of the compartment. - -Then he removed his diving suit. - -Roger did likewise. - -The young man was enthusiastic. - -“Wonderful experience!” he cried; “truly I am a fortunate man to have -been given the opportunity.” - -Frank gave Barney directions to go ahead. - -Then he went back to the cabin. - -The Explorer once more went on its submarine course. - -Frank drew out a number of charts and spread them upon the table. - -Roger bent over them with him. - -“Can you tell how far we are from the Pole now, Mr. Reade?” he asked. - -“I think I can,” replied Frank. “We are not more than three hundred -miles, to my reckoning.” - -“Three hundred miles?” - -“Yes.” - -“Ah! then we ought to be near the open sea?” - -“We should be in twelve hours.” - -“How have you laid your course?” - -“Follow this line!” said Frank, “by Baffin Bay, through Smith’s Sound, -and straight up through a deep and wide channel, which has doubtless -been for ages blocked with ice.” - -“And which has been the real barrier to reaching the Pole?” - -“Exactly!” - -“I shall look forward eagerly to the hour when we shall enter the open -sea!” - -“Well, in twelve hours I shall make the attempt to do so.” - -“Good!” - -A short while later all had retired except Barney. - -He was at the wheel. - -In six hours he would be relieved by Pomp. - -And while the voyagers slept the submarine boat was making rapid -progress through the Arctic sea. - -In six hours all were again astir. - -This was as much sleep as they seemed to care for. Their position at the -bottom of the ocean did not seem conducive to sleep. - -As for Roger, he was too excited to rest for long. - -Time passed very rapidly on board the Explorer. - -There was always some new incident occurring of startling interest. - -The twelve hours had passed and Frank began to make observations. - -He threw the glare of the search-light upward. - -The waters were pierced for a long distance, but yet it could not be -seen whether ice was over them or not. - -Finally Frank turned the pump valve and the boat began to slowly rise. - -Up it went. - -In a few moments the water seemed to lighten. - -Then Frank cried: - -“Hurrah! We have come to open water!” - -This announcement that the Explorer had safely made the wonderful -passage under the ice barrier was gratifying enough. - -Cheers were given. - -The next moment like a cork the Explorer popped to the surface. - -The scene spread to view was a wonderful and enchanting one. - -They were upon the bosom of a wide and tranquil sea. - -In the distance far to the eastward there was a faint line of white. - -This was the region of ice. - -The air was less keen, and seemed to be getting milder as they went on. - -Flocks of geese were flying overhead, and the doubt was settled that -they were really in the open Polar Sea. - -From all ages there had come a tradition of the existence of this sea. - -It had been furthermore claimed by reputable men that here was a small -continent where the climate was mild and equable the year round. - -Legends also existed of the presence of a wonderful race in this -out-of-the-way part of the world. - -Whether this was true or not, subsequent adventures in the open Polar -Sea were destined to show. - - - - - CHAPTER XI. - IN THE OPEN POLAR SEA. - - -Frank surveyed the scene about him with interest. - -He paced the deck for some while, and then went below. - -When he came on deck again he had a ship’s glass. - -With this he studied the horizon for some time. - -Roger Harmon finally joined him. - -“Well, Mr. Reade,” he said, “your prophecy has come true!” - -“It seems so!” - -“This is really the open Polar Sea.” - -“Yes.” - -“There is no greater wonder on earth.” - -“Well, that is so.” - -“That there should be such a sea as this in the midst of a vast region -of ice is simply wonderful!” - -“It is, indeed.” - -“How do you explain it?” - -“Well, I think there are volcanic causes to explain it,” said Frank; -“the inner fires of the earth come very near to the surface.” - -“That is certainly an apt explanation. Ah, what is that?” - -Roger pointed to a long, low line upon the horizon. - -Frank picked up his glass. - -He studied the line a moment. - -Then he lowered the glass. - -“It is land!” he said. - -The interest of all was at once aroused. - -That land was in sight there was no doubt. The voyagers felt much as -Columbus must have when he discovered the New World. - -They were the discoverers of a new continent. - -They were the only known white men who had ever sailed these waters. - -When the land was reached they would be the only ones who had ever set -foot upon it. - -What a story to relate when once they should return home! - -The spirits of all were high. - -The Explorer, being now upon the surface, could sail at a tremendous -rate of speed. - -Like a meteor the boat shot through the water. - -Gradually the distant continent began to rise up out of the water. - -It was not long before rocky cliffs could be seen, and above them tall -trees and waving shrubs. - -The Explorer every moment drew nearer, and now the land was in plain -view. - -The air was now so mild that the voyagers felt constrained to remove -many of their fur garments. - -There was not a particle of ice or snow to be seen. - -The waves rolled in breakers upon the white sands of the shore. - -It was a beautiful sight and one which impressed them. - -Of course all were eager to go ashore. - -But Barney and Pomp were instructed to stay aboard the Explorer. - -“We will go ashore first,” said Frank, “then if we can find a good -harbor, we will sink the Explorer and all walk ashore in our diving -suits.” - -This met with great favor and settled the fears of Barney and Pomp. - -The small boat was got out and Frank and Roger entered it. - -They quickly rowed ashore. - -Drawing the boat upon the sands they proceeded to climb the cliffs. - -A wonderful view was to be obtained from them. - -It was a land fertile and diversified by valleys and hills. - -As far as the eye could reach the land extended. - -All was luxuriant foliage and thrifty growth. - -The trees and shrubs were of kinds not common in southern countries. - -Frank gazed upon the scene with wonderment. - -“I am satisfied that this is not an island,” he declared. - -“Never!” agreed Roger. “If it is not a continent, then I’m wrong. See -that mighty river where it empties into the sea.” - -“Is it river or lagoon?” - -“A river.” - -Frank studied it with his glass. - -“That is true,” he cried. “It is a river, as I live!” - -At once an idea seized Frank. - -He started back for the shore. - -“Where are you going?” asked Roger, in surprise. - -“Back to the boat.” - -“What for?” - -“I’ll tell you when we get there.” - -Roger said no more. - -He followed Frank to the shore and got into the boat. - -They rowed back to the Explorer and clambered aboard. - -Barney and Pomp had been anxiously awaiting their return. - -“Fo’ goodness’ sake, Marse Frank,” cried Pomp, “am yo’ back so soon?” - -“Yes,” replied Frank. - -“Bejabers, was it the inemy that druv yez back?” asked Barney. - -“No,” replied Frank. “Hoist the anchor, Barney. We will leave here.” - -The Celt was astounded. - -“Leave is it, sor! Shure, I thought we wud all go ashore?” - -“And so you shall, but not now,” replied Frank. - -Barney and Pomp proceeded to obey orders. - -The anchor was got up and the Explorer put out of the harbor. - -Roger now saw through the purpose of Frank Reade, Jr. - -“You are making for the river,” he said. - -“Yes.” - -“Good enough!” - -Along the coast the Explorer ran. - -Then when the mouth of the river was reached it turned its sharp prow -into it. - -Barney and Pomp now saw the plan. - -They were in ecstasies. - -Soon the boat was gliding along between high wooded banks. - -The river was a broad and powerful stream. - -It moved on with resistless current, and its force assured Frank that -the land was indeed a continent. - -The river was replete with fish, and huge salmon were so thick that it -would have been easy to spear any number of them from the deck. - -On went the Explorer. - -As they left the sea a wonderful stretch of country was unfolded before -them. - -Suddenly, as the boat was gliding around a bend, Barney beheld a -thrilling sight. - -In a distant clump of reeds by the shore stood a wonderful looking -object. - -It was a bird, but such as the likes of which our explorers had never -seen before. - -To all appearances it was an auk, but of a most gigantic size. - -The huge bird seemed to be feeding upon the reeds in the marsh. - -It was fully four feet high, with a body as large as an ostrich. - -“Whurroo! phwat the divil do yez call that anyway?” cried Barney, -wildly. - -All viewed the huge bird in surprise. - -As they drew nearer, the giant auk made off with strides of tremendous -sort. - -Soon it had disappeared in the woods bordering the river. - -But the greatest surprise of all was yet in store. - -Before the reed swamp had been passed, Frank’s attention was claimed by -what looked like a huge pile of some sort of stuff upon the shore. - -But this pile suddenly began to move, and then to his horror Frank -beheld the most hideous reptile he had ever seen. - -It was a cross between an alligator and a frog, with huge, glittering -scales and a terrible pair of jaws. - -It looked like a mammoth specimen of the basilisk. - -As the boat passed, its greenish eyes gleamed balefully and all -shivered. - -But the saurian, for such it was, did not move. - -“Mercy on us!” exclaimed Frank. “What was that?” - -“On me worrud!” cried Barney, excitedly. “I never saw the loikes in me -loife!” - -“Golly! looks like a big ‘gator!” said Pomp. - -“I tell you we are only coming upon a few existing specimens of the -antediluvian animal kingdom,” said Roger Harmon. - -“You are right,” cried Frank. - -“I wouldn’t be surprised if we discovered a specimen of the megatheriun -yet.” - -“Nor I.” - -The boat kept on up the river. - -But no more wonderful animals were seen for the time. - -New sights were in store. - -Suddenly Barney, who was in the bow, raised his head and cried: - -“Did any of yez iver see the loikes av that?” - -“What”? asked Harmon. - -“On me worrud, it’s the biggest man I iver see in me loife!” - -Harmon and the others now saw the cause of Barney’s surprise. - -Upon a point of land jutting into the river stood a man. - -But he was not of the ordinary type. - -He seemed more than seven feet tall, with limbs and body of Herculean -proportion. - -He was dressed in a barbarous and wild fashion. - -The skins of animals covered him in part, and his broad chest and limbs -were fully exposed to the air, the balminess of which, however, -precluded anything like suffering. - -The giant’s beard hung low and in a tangled mass upon his chest. - -His hair was down upon his shoulders from beneath a heavy fur cap. - -Indeed he presented the appearance of a type of prehistoric man. - -In his hand he carried a huge club, and he was regarding the Explorer -with much of surprise. - -Our voyagers gazed upon him with deepest wonderment. - -“Heavens!” gasped Frank Reade, Jr., “what a powerful fellow that is!” - -“He is a shade heavier than an Esquimau,” said Roger. - -“I should say so!” - -“Bejabers, did yez iver see the loikes?” cried Barney, excitedly. -“Shure, if he iver got a hold upon us he’d crush the loife out of us.” - -“Golly, I done fink we bettah stay on board de boat!” cried Pomp. - -“I think we will stay on board until in a safe position,” said Frank. - -The giant now began to make menacing motions toward the boat. He waded -out into the stream even and began to wave the club. - -He called out to the voyagers in a strange, unintelligible tongue. - -It would have been easy enough to have dropped him with a rifle ball. - -But this would have been actual murder, and Frank Reade, Jr., would not -agree to this. - -If the barbarian should assume to do them actual harm, then it would be -full time to stand upon the defensive. - -The actions of the giant were frantic. - -He swam out into the current and tried to catch hold of the boat. - -But he was unable to do this. - -Finally he gave up the attempt and swam ashore. - -His actions now underwent a more aggressive aspect. - - - - - CHAPTER XII. - EXPLORING THE CONTINENT. - - -The giant seemed doubly furious when he reached the shore. - -In his frenzy he picked up huge stones and began to fling them at the -boat. - -Despite the distance, his aim was perfect, and the stones struck the -hull of the boat. - -Of course, they bounded off without doing any harm. - -But it showed the tremendous muscular power of the giant. - -But the submarine boat now went ahead faster. - -The giant could not keep pace with it, despite his immense strides. - -He was soon left behind and out of sight altogether. - -But this incident was of great value to the voyagers. - -It taught them the necessity of using the utmost of caution. - -If they should once get in the grip of a number of these savages, the -result might be serious. - -The country now began to widen into a wonderful panorama. - -The vegetation was something most wonderful to behold. - -Hills and dales were upon every side, and rivers and brooks were rushing -down into the main river. - -The voyagers were charmed with the aspect. - -They lost no opportunity to take it all in. - -“Indeed!” cried Roger. “We are enjoying a privilege such as few people -in this generation will be apt to enjoy.” - -“You are right,” replied Frank. “It is doubtful if anybody else visits -this continent for many years.” - -“We ought then to make all the important observations that we can.” - -“Yes.” - -“And collect as much of the mineralogical wealth of the country as -possible as specimens.” - -“That shall be done.” - -“But in order to do that we shall have to go ashore.” - -“Yes, and we will.” - -“Will it not be risky?” - -“Beyond doubt,” replied Frank. “But I have an idea that we may find a -safe place just beyond here for that! At least we will try!” - -The Explorer kept on for fully twenty miles up the river. - -It was certainly a large stream, being in many places a mile broad. - -Suddenly Roger detected a strange looking object beyond the horizon. - -He borrowed Frank’s glass. - -“I believe it is smoke,” he said. - -“Smoke?” - -“Yes.” - -“That is queer!” said Frank. “It cannot be a camp-fire for it is too far -off.” - -Frank took the glass and proceeded to study the distant smoke. - -A conviction dawned upon him. - -“It is not a camp-fire!” he declared; “that is full fifty miles off and -I believe it to be a volcano.” - -This was the most likely solution of the phenomenon, and was accepted by -all. - -Two miles further on a likely place was found to land. - -Frank’s plan to land safely was a unique one. - -The boat was run up near the shore in sufficiently deep water and sunk. - -After it had gone below the surface nothing could be seen of it, turret -and all being hidden. - -Should any of the savages come along in the meantime, they would never -suspect the existence of it in that place. - -Then it was arranged that all should put on diving suits and walk out of -the water to the shore. - -This was very cleverly done. - -A short while later all stood upon the shore in their diving suits. - -Of course it was folly to think of wearing them upon their travels -about. - -So it was decided to leave them hidden in a clump of bushes near. - -This was done, and the start into the interior made. - -For an hour the explorers tramped on through a panorama of most -wonderful sort. - -All manner of curious wild animals and birds were seen. - -Some were of a species which it was certain were of antediluvian origin. - -No incident of thrilling sort occurred, until suddenly a great cry came -from Roger’s lips. - -He bent down over a heap of quartz and cried: - -“Gold! As I live it is shining gold!” - -In an instant the others were all by his side. - -It was plain to be seen that Roger had made a great find. - -The quartz held great veins of pure gold. There seemed a vast ledge of -it in the vicinity. - -It was a treasure beyond estimate. - -The explorers went wild over it. - -No matter what a man’s circumstances, the discovery of gold is not -without its delirium. - -“It will make our fortunes beyond all doubt!” cried Roger. - -“So it would,” agreed Frank, “but I fear we shall not carry much of it -away.” - -“Why?” - -“Because we have no quartz mill to crush out the gold.” - -This was true. - -Of course the quartz could be removed and ground in some stamp mill at -home. - -But not enough could be loaded aboard the Explorer to make it an object. - -So the dream of wealth was dissipated. - -Some time was spent pleasantly, however, in examining the quartz vein. - -There was certainly a vast treasure there, and had the spot been -accessible to civilization a gold fever would have followed at once. - -But it was not. - -After a while our adventurers turned away to new scenes. - -All were now hugely hungry and it was decided to make a little camp. - -Fagots were procured and a small fire started. - -Then Barney caught some fine fish in a stream near, and Roger shot a -species of caribou. - -The juicy steak and the fish were fried over the coals, and made a good -meal for all. - -A clear, cold spring near furnished water for drinking. - -The spirits of all were high. - -This sort of thing was most enjoyable, as all agreed. - -Pomp sang plantation songs and danced, and Barney gave an Irish jig and -a quantity of jokes. - -Roger also sang a sentimental song in a rich tenor voice. - -They were thus engaged when a thrilling incident occurred. - -Near by was a thick copse. - -This parted suddenly, and the largest bear any had ever seen in their -lives appeared. - -He was a monster and evidently of a very peculiar species. - -His color was a sort of blue-black. In other respects he was akin to the -Rocky Mountain grizzly. - -But his size was something enormous. His jaws seemed huge enough to -enable him to swallow any one in the party. - -In an instant all were upon their feet. - -“Crocky!” exclaimed Roger in amazement. “What do you call it?” - -“A bear!” gasped Frank. “What a monster!” - -“Golly! He am clar fo’ suah aftah dis chile,” cried Pomp. - -“Begorra, av yez don’t look out, naygur, he’ll have yez!” cried Barney. - -But the big beast did not seem to particularize, but had his gaze upon -all of the party. - -He made an advance with a hoarse roar. - -“Scatter!” cried Frank. “Let each give him a shot!” - -This was done. - -The bear, thus baffled, made a dive at Barney. - -“Och, hone, ye’ll never catch me!” cried the Celt. - -Then came the crack of the rifles. - -His bearship was literally riddled with bullets. - -He fell, and a few more shots were given him to end his death agony. - -Then Barney and Pomp took off his skin. - -It was a magnificent piece of fur. - -Frank intended to make it into a handsome rug for the main cabin of the -Explorer. - -It was now decided to return to the submarine boat. - -There was some little risk of falling in with more dangerous enemies, -and after all the objects of the expedition were gained in full. - -Frank had no desire to remain longer in the region. - -He was decided to return home at once. - -The Arctic Sea had been crossed and the continent visited. - -It would be better to return now before the extremely severe Arctic -winter should set in. - -“I am very willing and anxious,” said Roger. - -“Begorra, it’ll seem good to see home onct more, afther all,” said -Barney. - -“I done fink the Darktown people will be jes’ glad fo’ to hear a lecture -from dis chile,” said Pomp. - -“Forward, then!” cried Frank. “Back to the Explorer and then we are -off!” - -All set out rapidly. - -It was not long before they came again in sight of the big river. - -But just as they came in sight of the copse where their armor had been -hidden Pomp gave a cry of terror: - -“Fo’ de Lor’s sake, wud yo’ jes’ look at dat, Marse Frank!” - -It was a thrilling sight. - -The spot where the armor was hidden had been discovered by a dozen of -the giant barbarians. - -They had the pieces of armor in their hands, and were examining them -sharply, and jabbering the while. - - - - - CHAPTER XIII. - THE END. - - -It was a thrilling situation for the explorers. - -For a moment they stood, overcome with horror. - -Of course, it would not be difficult to shoot down the strange men, but -Frank did not wish to do this. - -He was ever humane, and averse to taking human life unless it was -absolutely necessary. - -But how were they to get possession of the armor? - -It was absolutely necessary to do this to get aboard the Explorer once -more. - -“Whew!” exclaimed Roger. “Here’s a pretty how-de-do!” - -“I should say so!” - -“They’ve got the best of us.” - -“It seems so!” - -“What is to be done?” - -This was a question. - -But the barbarians proceeded to solve this for themselves. - -They began to rip one of the suits of armor literally to pieces. - -Frank could not stand this. - -He stepped out into view. - -“Hey there!” he shouted. “What are you doing there?” - -The wild men turned like a flash. - -They saw Frank and a wild yell went up from them. - -They started for him brandishing their clubs. - -“They are coming!” cried Roger. - -“Whurroo! Shure, I’ll drop wan av thim!” cried Barney. - -All threw their rifles to their shoulders, but Frank put up his hand. - -“Hold!” he cried. “Don’t one of you fire until I give the word.” - -Then he threw his own rifle to his shoulder and fired. - -But the bullet was sent into the air. - -The shot had the effect upon the barbarians that Frank had hoped it -would. - -They halted in terror. - -The flash and report was something which they could not understand. - -“Now!” cried Frank. “All fire into the air!” - -The volley was given. - -The deafening report was too much for the barbarians. - -They turned and fled incontinently. - -“Now!” cried Frank. “Quick!” - -All started for the shore. - -Barney quickly had his diving suit on. - -He plunged into the water. - -The barbarians stood at a distance and watched. - -The party fired their rifles repeatedly to increase the fright of the -foe. - -Some time passed. - -Then suddenly there was a commotion of the waters. - -The submarine boat came to the surface like a cork. - -Barney ran it almost up to the shore, and the party clambered aboard. - -A parting volley was fired and a cheer given. - -Then the Explorer sailed away down the Arctic river to the sea. - -Homeward bound! - -These were magic words. - -The boat kept on across the open Polar Sea, and finally reached the ice -barrier. - -To the joy of all, an open passage was found, and it did not become -necessary for the Explorer to go under the ice. - -The voyage homeward proved a propitious one. - -When at length the last iceberg faded from view, and the Atlantic tossed -about them, all were happy. - -Frank Reade, Jr.’s, Arctic voyage had been a glowing success. - -Not one on board but was in the highest of spirits. - -In due course of time Readestown was reached in safety. - -The return of the submarine boat marked an epoch in the town’s history. - -A grand reception was held for the returned explorers. - -But the happiest of all was Alexander Harmon. - -His greeting to his long-lost son was most intense and warm. - -He embraced Frank Reade, Jr., and cried, fervently: - -“Oh, you are my best and dearest friend! You have made an old man -happy.” - -But Frank himself was fully as happy in the realization. - -The Explorer was stored away to be used upon some future occasion. But -Frank Reade, Jr., was not idle. - -He at once began to work upon a new invention, which he was resolved -should eclipse all previous attempts. His success in this may be learned -in a future number of this library. - - - THE END. - - The next number (3) of the “Frank Reade Weekly Magazine” will contain - another thrilling story, entitled “FRANK READE, JR.’S, ELECTRIC VAN; OR, - HUNTING WILD ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLES OF INDIA.” - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - These Books Tell You Everything! - - _A COMPLETE SET IS A REGULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA!_ - -Each book consists of sixty-four pages, printed on good paper, in clear -type and neatly bound in an attractive, illustrated cover. 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Merritt. - - 173 Afloat With Captain Nemo; or, The Mystery of Whirlpool Island. By - Capt. Thos. H. Wilson. - - 174 Two Boys’ Trip to an Unknown Planet. By Richard R. Montgomery. - - 175 The Two Diamonds; or, A Mystery of the South African Mines. By - Howard Austin. - - 176 Joe, the Gymnast; or, Three Years Among the Japs. By Allan Arnold. - - 177 Jack Hawthorne, of No Man’s Land; or, An Uncrowned King. By - “Noname.” - - 178 Gun-Boat Dick; or, Death Before Dishonor. By Jas. C. Merritt. - - 179 A Wizard of Wall Street; or, The Career of Henry Carew, Boy Banker. - By H. K. Shackleford. - - 180 Fifty Riders In Black; or, The Ravens of Raven Forest. By Howard - Austin. - - 181 The Boy Rifle Rangers; or, Kit Carson’s Three Young Scouts. By An - Old Scout. - - 182 Where? or, Washed into an Unknown World. By “Noname.” - - 183 Fred Fearnaught, the Boy Commander; or, The Wolves of the Sea. By - Capt. Thos. H. Wilson. - - 184 From Cowboy to Congressman; or, The Rise of a Young Ranchman. By H. - K. Shackleford. - - 185 Sam Spark, the Brave Young Fireman; or, Always the First on Hand. - By Ex-Fire Chief Warden. - - 186 The Poorest Boy in New York, and How He Became Rich. By N. S. Wood, - the Young American Actor. - - 187 Jack Wright, the Boy Inventor; or, Hunting for a Sunken Treasure. - By “Noname.” - - 188 On Time; or, The Young Engineer Rivals. An Exciting Story of - Railroading in the Northwest. By Jas. C. Merritt. - - 189 Red Jacket; or, The Boys of the Farmhouse Fort. By An Old Scout. - - 190 His First Glass of Wine; or The Temptations of City Life. A True - Temperance Story. By Jno. B. Dowd. - - 191 The Coral City; or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Yacht Vesta. By - Richard R. Montgomery. - - 192 Making a Million; or, A Smart Boy’s Career in Wall Street. By H. K. - Shackleford. - - 193 Jack Wright and His Electric Turtle; or, Chasing the Pirates of the - Spanish Main. By “Noname.” - - 194 Flyer Dave, the Boy Jockey; or, Riding the Winner. By Allyn Draper. - - 195 The Twenty Gray Wolves; or, Fighting A Crafty King. By Howard - Austin. - - 196 The Palace of Gold; or, The Secret of a Lost Race. By Richard R. - Montgomery. - - 197 Jack Wright’s Submarine Catamaran; or, The Phantom Ship of the - Yellow Sea. By “Noname.” - - 198 A Monte Cristo at 18; or, From Slave to Avenger. By Allyn Draper. - - 199 The Floating Gold Mine; or, Adrift in an Unknown Sea. By Capt. - Thos. H. Wilson. - - 200 Moll Pitcher’s Boy; or, As Brave as His Mother. By Gen’l Jas. A. - Gordon. - - 201 “We.” By Richard R. Montgomery. - - 202 Jack Wright and His Ocean Racer; or, Around the World in 20 Days. - By “Noname.” - - 203 The Boy Pioneers; or, Tracking an Indian Treasure. By Allyn Draper. - - 204 Still Alarm Sam, the Daring Boy Fireman; or, Sure to Be On Hand. By - Ex-Fire Chief Warden. - - 205 Lost on the Ocean; or, Ben Bluff’s Last Voyage. By Capt. Thos. H. - Wilson. - - 206 Jack Wright and His Electric Canoe; or, Working in the Revenue - Service. By “Noname.” - - 207 Give Him a Chance; or, How Tom Curtis Won His Way. By Howard - Austin. - - 208 Jack and I; or, The Secrets of King Pharaoh’s Caves. By Richard R. - Montgomery. - - 209 Buried 5,000 Years; or, The Treasure of the Aztecs. By Allyn - Draper. - - 210 Jack Wright’s Air and Water Cutter; or, Wonderful Adventures on the - Wing and Afloat. By “Noname.” - - 211 The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance - Story. By Jno. B. Dowd. - - 212 Slippery Ben; or, The Boy Spy of the Revolution. By Gen’l Jas. A. - Gordon. - - 213 Young Davy Crockett; or, The Hero of Silver Gulch. By An Old Scout. - - 214 Jack Wright and His Magnetic Motor; or, The Golden City of the - Sierras. By “Noname.” - - 215 Little Mac, The Boy Engineer; or, Bound To Do His Best. By Jas. C - Merritt. - - 216 The Boy Money King; or, Working in Wall Street. A Story of a Smart - New York Boy. By H. K. Shackleford. - - 217 “I.” A Story of Strange Adventure. By Richard R. Montgomery. - - 218 Jack Wright, The Boy Inventor, and His Under-Water Ironclad; or, - The Treasure of the Sandy Sea. By “Noname.” - - 219 Gerald O’Grady’s Grit; or, The Branded Irish Lad. By Allyn Draper. - - 220 Through Thick and Thin; or, Our Boys Abroad. By Howard Austin. - - 221 The Demon of the Deep; or, Above and Beneath the Sea. By Capt. - Thos. H. Wilson. - - 222 Jack Wright and His Electric Deers; or, Fighting the Bandits of the - Black Hills. By “Noname.” - - 223 At 12 o’clock; or, The Mystery of the Lighthouse. A Story of the - Revolution. By Gen. Jas. A. Gordon. - - 224 The Rival Boat Clubs; or, The Boss School at Beechwood. By Allyn - Draper. - - 225 The Haunted House On the Hudson; or, the Smugglers of the Sound. By - Jas. C. Merritt. - - 226 Jack Wright and His Prairie Engine, or Among the Bushmen of - Australia. By “Noname.” - - 227 A Million at 20; or, Fighting His Way in Wall Street. By H. K. - Shackleford. - - 228 Hook and Ladder No 2. 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