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ye ever hear of The Lost Land7of of Lyon LyonJ
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It was part t of 0 theeoasf the t ofCornwall of o n11 and andit andit andit
it yttifk F sate to ifceiee 1II Darhapafifteen JMt aP Is Isago ii1t6 h hundred years yearsago yearsago
ago a q u d aew M isoir oniy the he Scffiy S Iakndremain of all allthe allthe allthe
the wandrtre country ciatntr wheregiaift where aJft wizards fairies fairiesknights fairieskniad fairiesknightsnd
knights kniad knightsnd sad era e8 ev + eq dragons draco wereto were to tObanJtwith hrnftt 1 nit with any anytime anyt anytime
time onewalkdont otta walked w out of otdooftif ofdoon doors if if ail 4 the stories be betrue beirMt betrueo
true irMt f that havebeen save been related relatedabout reI8 er o about tth the land l td of Lycn Lycnesse Lyenes Lycnearie
esse f fBvfcjar
Bvfcjar now w when hen it is buta > lt JA feeble tradition the theCornish theOorn theOornishp
Oorn Oornishp Cornish he people ple rn on nthe the shore will tell you 70nthk that bells bellsMay bellsJUI bellsrisap
May JUI te = beard at sit t thnesvfaidtly times fsintly tolling down in In the thedeep thedeep thedeepvirberethe
deepvirberethe deep where ethe the kings city it1ie lies forty iortyf fathoms tho under underwater un underwat er erwa
water wa wat sUfi voices TO voices I singing su siJJI the ancient n8Je CornishOvid Cornish Oprniahpongr J rlllili rlllilieo
eo pongr i iQMUrsty
eoOor Ovid QMUrsty ty swords a qes ae esr armor anoor a and d shears too toosowejaeft tooi toosonaetM
sonaetM sowejaeft i ea have h been drawn dJ fup in i the fishermens fishermensnets fisbermensncts rmens rmensl
nets it l is lS mats a wJrich whichshows itrbicli choirs gwto < jito m plainly a y that thatpeople th thatpiopii t tpeopl
people once onCe livedVwbere livecfw lives inhere the fish i shnow il = sh now now rove and when whenthe whenthe whenthe
the tide is very verv ry very low one can see treetrunH treetrunHdeep treetrunbsdeep treetrunladeepin
deepin deep JJ on the dark darkwater water where tliekine the king hunted deer deerwjtkhi deflwit deerwith
wjtkhi wit hiknights Jm knights hts in the long ago and the fisherfolk fisherfolkWitt fisoorfolkwill fisherfolkwill
will tall you that they hear at times the sound of a ahorn ahorn ahorn
horn beneath the wares as if the hunters were were still stilltracking stilltraeki1 stilttrlUdlYlg
tracking their quarry quarryB quarrys quarryBtit
B s Btit t fPve Ye scientific men have long to suieerdecided suieerdecidedis since 7docided 7docidedtIIiK doci1edtltict
tIIiK is all rubbish and some of them have even eYenbee evenbe
bee be bAl 1 enough to doubt the very existence teJtC of the thelost thelost thelost
lost 1an 1anI lsnI laud laudI
I always believed in it t simply because I eannot eannotconceive oennotro1I oannoteoroaive
conceive ro1I Te how anybody could have 8 invented such s ehtale a atale atale
tale without any foundation andsince and since I came CA to toknow 10Imow toknow
know Davey Brady I am of course perfectly veil veilconvinced nilcmaY eU eUoainvinced
convinced cmaY nced of its truth truthDavey tttttBnaey truthDavey
Davey Brady Brad was a poor boy so poor that ha haactually l laetudJy haaetu
actually aetu ily had BO home and if you can imagine imagine any
form of poverty worse than that let me know what it itis itis itis
is lie Hewa was a city waif hsrho sold papers ran errands errandsand erraDdan1ld errandsand
and blacked Waekedl bis a ked boots to earn enough money daily J to tosecure tobed toseeme
secure a bed in the Newsboys Mfttee on oa winter winternights W winternights Dter DterI
nights I In summer he slept anywhere anywhereways anywh ewa re rex
ways wa x 4vs Dijr was a wonder wcmierJaspite JEn spite ofthat of ofit oft1l
t1l that it he wa xsis hungry at aflthaes f Ioalf halfcladand halfclad halfcladMJ ad ada
and a MJ he was always as merry r7u r7uh as a a gnas gnasas gransas
h as honest as a dog How II hoc he I had learned learnedi MYJ MYJt
i to Tcaa he did not know himself yet he had man managed 1DDto niaiaAgM ¬
aged to find i nd out how to read the papers he sold and andin amin andin
in facthe fact he spent some of the time he should have haveutilise hay hayutiJlaJin haveutilizi3
utilise utiJlaJin 1 irt selling < papers in reading the newsAnd news newsAnd newsAnd4
And this poor little waif was the one who found foundThe foadI foundThe
The I Lost Land of Lyonesse LyonesseWhen LtonesseW LyonesaeWhen
When W he was about ten years 7 old a man whose whosetfhoeajieha whohoeaJaebad
a shoes tfhoeajieha behait shined sbipeclat at the railroad station tossed tweedhim teaedhim tossedhim
him half a dollar and ran for his train without wait waiting witme wan ¬
ing for forhig his change Six months afterward fte rd Davey Daveysaw Daveysaw
saw hun Gild Ujd handed him the money moneygId saying 1iDgglad
Mifh glad to see you again mister Heres Heresyourchange HereYOUIehup Heresyour
yourchange yourchangeHie your yourTlio
Hie astonished iabed man who had never before seen seenan seenan seenan
an honest t bootblack refused to take the t eDl money moneyafter monyafter IIe1 IIe1afttl
after Uavey had explained ex the matter and lie tookle took tookthe tooktaeyto
the taeyto le boyjto yto his office and asked him all sorts of ques queiti qusr questions ¬
tions ti dteT after ter which w he told him that he would take takehim t tm tskehiss
him jfcta hb factory and make a a man 1ft of him as ashonest uhoaest ashonest
honest boys were quite scarce and should be care earefdl carefully carefuJb ¬
fdl fully y cultivated cultivatedThe enltiTatedThe etiltiratedThe
The factory was s an immense workshop where whereeverything whereev
3 ev everything an in the way of offlectrical electrical machinery was wasmade wuT1JJ wasra
T1JJ ra made DjBAmo ysiss > lio bwttl batteries < r1e + electric lights tI tIrrtbiJac torpedoes torpedoesmadfines torpedoessmaiebins
madfines everything a rrtbiJac that daa is needed for f r the uee use af afolejrtricfty ofeleptii4tr
olejrtricfty w9 s these and Davey went to work to tolearn toeam tolearn
learn eam all there was as to know lie worked hard and andstudied andtudie andtudiedHarder
studied tudiedHarder harder and na by the time he was fifteen
by L dint of feadu qbookauad gbooks r booka and asking ingq questions QI1 Acre thereuse 1ered Acrewas
was use d no afjra in all the factory actory who was able to teach
him more obody remembered that he had come comethere eometbcrre conicthere
there a ragged guttersnipe pe a few years 1MlSbefore 1MlSbeforeWilen before beforeWhen beforeWhen
When a distinguished rlistingui h visitor such as a foreign foreignminister fore foreminister foreignminister
minister a prince ee or a great capitalist wished to see seethe seethe seethe
the whole great factory Davry was the one who whowas whoVas whowas
was alwaysselected 1 11 fftted to show it all U as he could best bestexplainalt bestP bestex
explainalt ex > iu P u the wonders in i language that tba was simple simplebut simplehut simplebut
but exact t Jir West was 180 so proud of him that he in intendtd4e int inteudedte
tendtd4e t adopt him and make him his heir heirWhenever heirer heirfever
Whenever er there re was a peculiarly dimcult and andileBeate andt1ente andtielicite
ileBeate piece p fte of machinery ma ch nery to be made it was
lpeyIao Darey who had to attend to it he was MIlt to did titangreat tiwgreat
great exhibitions ibi iOM and World Fairs to superintend
Ji Jl the theVwork work to be done and he made many ma friends
ftar f 4t he iras W very t7 good looking besides which and anJthat andthat andthat
that was far more important he was always good goodssttt7ed oodilatared od odnatiired
natiired and kindly so it is not to he woiidorc 1 J PJC1 < at atth atthaw t tthMlltW8twishMto
thMlltW8twishMto thaw th tHV West Wtt tw wished to adopt lam hhntSittiylCr 1 1IMtTt x xly
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V aL1i1 ° F you ou care are fe rro working > Dg too hard a I ttsai i ti > v a i ig N Nto Igo >
g go dMMm 1 wa to my boathouse > and look at i a1 > r binn 701 TOB TOBHffl oe oewith
with find there thereWMt theremat i
mat shall sha UldQ I do dowith with itr it itt asked askedlat askedape
4 ape lat her oat t and try her replied Mr West WestVitavjt Westvitkaria
vitkaria vitkariaAavcy Vitavjt i anile anileWiiDawy
WiiDawy Day reached the boa boathonse boatleuee est lhjldliherd lhjldliherdf tfber tfberwharf Uheroa
a f thr wharf lay a white l launch nch with ri Da D1 D IBra t Brady Eradvlit lv lvlIt <
in lIt gold letters along aiou lo her stem The bW btJ saw at atfuee atIee atnee
fuee nee that hi Wi employer had given him the t e dainty
little craft and he sprang pra into the boat eagerly for ft ftb
Lo b was very fond of ofi1ing ofi1ingHc sailing sailingHe sallin rr rrHe
He threw the wheel over and started her hf > r down downfream downfiream downs
fream s ream and Dd the i he shot away alike like an arrow Over the theE theflining theimining
lining E > bay bq11 ho flew the boat running ing as smoothly smoothlyMid smootJvHd smoothlyrid
Mid Hd as noiselessly D t ly as s a sewing 6 6 < wij ing g machine and when whenii
ii tltought tboubtm thou ht lie had gone far tr Enough < hr turned ha hor horabout b > rs r rJtout
s about out But 1 < at that moment the th engine Dg banged ba d auJ auJlmmlled
hammered h for to an taut iu tend sn + then stopped stoppedXow stoppedow
Xow s0oDC1I11ykoowall ow one may know all j 141out < l out everything else un unthe und unthe
d the heav heavuiis and thv th earth
tis on t but there ar arliiings arlhings aro aroiing
iing liiings about a gasoline eiisint e11 iJ1t hat are jntst t past > tindin tindinoat finding findingout findingout
out outDawy Davey went to work rk ra ytry Tto1 ry Innknti < nliJ < ntiy to discover dicovertiy d Ytr
tiy a h trouble trQub out after ter tinkering with hh pretty nearly nearlyevery DNrlvcvcry rkarivetcry
every part < d r the eiigine en esagine ine he was still as far as a ever everom eWr eWrrom CT r rom
om finding fjndi the deitet and all this thi time the swift swifttitle swifttide steintide
tide was taking tnkiu him nut of the bay bayano and toward the theKa theta thesca
Ka Then Theni r i sudd suddenly my dawned upon him that he heas hljdt h hvas e
dt vas as in danger for f r Jxe had d neither oars oarsto to row with withnor withJOt withii
nor ii r anchor to stop IIp Q with Vi A lain aiu he attacked his hi en engine cnI enine ¬
gine ine I this time me in great twit excitement eJc temeut Xow when ben a aman ftwan aclan
man gets excited e ci1ed over a gasoline engine engine something somethingeUTs somethiDKhrs
m eUTs e hrs tt r into it and it becomes J so o obstinate as 1 to be beinmost bdWI beaino
inmost dWI t madden maddening maddenipgTLd maddeningThad pg pgTJ
TJ TLd d 1 J7flpveyyiftr re tC tsilUpj iiupjy nr still tin and talked eoini eoinito r6n blm blmit > y ytt
tt > Itia tiftc1t tiKcliincry it it is i is jiiijx gui c iikely like that it might have b4 8
< The Great Fish 1Lo1 i in > at t Them tnAidn Again
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relSJt rttiit v v hiec bce eojt < j u l tcw tu U Ju > u as this thiswas SW was < dl dlnew a aIWW anew
new timii iCiiii alit 11 t snyfor srf1 ii < for a cxrtnin cthun ri tia OKI O qnos that thathave th thh thathewj
have h bjaptJiii f are are tamer t nDer and Rd nicer and will often oftenrespamljJfc oftenre3po oftenrespa
re3po respa respamljJfc Mhiess iufthiS but this young one was was simply simplyajfaon simpyqan simplytion
ajfaon qan intractable and stubborn stubbornriivee atubbornp 1 1jrivOsoogm
p jrivOsoogm riivee raies raiesDa began to lift his boat and andDafpr nn nnDrsf4ttt
Dafpr Da 1ie was realty rea yout out of the harbor and ands andt andat
at Drsf4ttt s aajC wjfis srightened frightened for a launch is not the thehast thebet thebest
hast ier sidi lt teigo w = Eo o to sea in In Afar off on the very veryhorizon veryhoriZOlt veryhorizon
horizon eHkW s w two sails but they were too far away awayto awayto awayto
to see Me that ttjllY tiny lowlying boat and he sat dcwn in indespair indespair in indespairsit
despair despairsit 0n and on onho he drifted and again ngain and again againhe againho agaiIheat
he heat attacked the engine until at last night came < and andcevaretltha andC andeo
eo C cevaretltha tared tlit sea with a black mantle mantleTjne mantlethe mantlehe
the he bga l a rude the waves beautifully never ship shipping shippi shipping = ¬
ping pi a dro drop dzelkof of water and Davey at last became less lessconcerned 1 1coacerne lesseoneerne4
concerned about the danger daD er Finally tired out he helay heJ helay
lay J down on the cushioned seat and want to sleep sleepThe sleepTheri sleepThe
The Theri rising sun woke him far from land and andwith nndwith andwith
with nothing not1 n in sight but immense waves thot seem seCmed seemed seemed ¬
ed KkoMetiatsins like mains ns us the boat rose and fell fellAtneon folIAno fellAnoon
Atneon D after he had toiled ceaselessly ce8aele lj at a t the themachinery thema themaeniiaers
machinery ma tihe17 he saw a derelict which is a wreck that thathas thnthas thathas
has drifted dri te8 tip p and down the ocean for days d s and anddap anddaJ siddas
dap das The Thehl1lkof hulkof the vessel was buta but a few feet out outof outof outof
of watfj wa t r and she seamed se ed about to sink at any an mo moment mo1Hnt moment ¬
ment jDavey neyw are saw however from the look of her herthat herthat herthat
that she he must have been in that condition for a afan aR1a aaitd
fan t K R1a n3 as the wind was carrying hint himtAaward himtAawardhi tabard tabardMH teirardbas
bas MH ha ireWvd vd to beard b rd her in the hope of findingseine finding findingsome Endingsome
some f food oe < t in her ca caIt cabin cabinIt cabinIt
It took several hours to reach her but at 1llsthe 1llsthedrifted last he hedrifted liedrifted
drifted alongside and fastening his boat climbed climbedaboard clitriQ clhnbbda d dsWthe
aboard a In the c cabin > m AS he had hoped hopec111o ho found foundlet f ffoed ouidSett
let offwd sWthe foed acid hJl in her water barrel plaiity vl ploittyaj plaiityIyMot 1iy 1iytt
tt ttIt aj >
IyMot It f = 3tet t take him long 1 to get these things inig inighut i in iQ iQIik t + oo oolint
Iik hut darkness dark came again when en hE Iin ftajl ftajlBe hW d dIe
I Be Ie hada bad a notion of remaining oil onilil onililwr fJifr fJifrwreck tirowreak
wr wreck be knew that the government gC ernment sent Teo Teomieenttsrs yev yevD revn revnn
D mieenttsrs ttItn to > fiinl and lid destroy these deyelicta deyclicbut deyclicbutJ hut huthe buthe
he was greatly alarmed ever oYerthe the safety of lib own ownboat OW11boat ownboat
boat as she rose acndfefl gad fen alongside ide and finally da dacidetl decided de decideddo
cidetl cideddo W xbanjfon Ae hulk huBrS hulkShe hulkShe
She S seen aV vanished D a1ledia in the darkness a after hehad hehadleft hphndet hohadoloft
left et t ber 1IJNI and a again he sleptX slept afepttext > x
N text xt f51tythe iy the wind blew strong fzointhh IroBiiifildTSafiiv IroBiiifildTSafiivcarrving tton C CqITY ° wdy wdyer
carrving Wlf hira m nn alongrapidly rapidly and be ° saw s aUsCSlnfier aUsCSlnfierfar er tr trfar
far awftbnt awI1 eouid not attract her attention To Toward Toward 10wa ¬
ward wa sinnet sniiset he MW another much nearer nrer yet t but butshei butshe butshe
she too toO oO passed wJJ without ai hout 9ut seeing him himThus hipTh himThus
Thus Th three days r came clone and went and he was in indespair illdesPII iiir iiiclespoir
despair desPII iri tr fpr or now he felt that he was far out of the thetrack thbtrftck thetrack
track ef e hips attd itdif flif if a storm came he would be lost lostAga lostto Cst Csthia
Aga hiHweikt 10 hk engine and just haan h seattsjt he hehud lJ lJl1U hebud
hud l1U 1 w iio > tEpg else el s to do threw the t wheel over 9JornjBJ6 9JornjBJ6was There Therewas ore orewas
was a loud bang or and off started the engine as as if ifiiotninaTfcad iflOt ifiiutlUnt
iiutlUnt iiotninaTfcad lOt ad fever verhppened happened at alL alLDai alli alll3
i O Dai dell t ll backward in am amazement amazement 8lII8nt for O alter allh all allho aUwas
ho h was fot t well posted regarding the habits of these thasengintaf theseDginiaf thesor
< ngintaf hbe Bt he was ia a difikult d position positi n for he heluid hohad
had 4110 no jiioiayass AIDJRI Qft and as the sun was as overclouded er loudaq be beIou heectdd e ero
ectdd ro Iou N d nut tell t norA no from reU1 sjmth uth th or east f from rein wrest wstStifi wrestStil west westStill
Still i as s alA Aaseugino eugine eugme was wa goinalong going mg he resolved to speed speedalone speedalong
along rfcadily 1y but instead o oi oipushed of going goinghomcwardwdie goinghomcwardwdiepushed hom vard1Ie vard1Iepushed
pushed 4n further into the ocean for another whole wholeday wh wholeday le ledkY
day Be hat taa afraid to go Jo o sleep eep mid tUtdJtlV nnndJi Jeavcliipaiv Jeavcliipaivgine ave l ° ai4 ai4sine i iglne
gine sine Ipli 1 fc but at last he had to do this and the thenext thenext thenext
next dadawned deg daWnaid with a great surpriseVhen surprise surpriseWhen SDrpr >
When 1 eD he raised himself and looked about bin lit liusaw litDGtl liessw
saw uot4nore not wretJaana inert than a mileaws milojiWy a a gjgsntic ti iceberg icebergand iCQQ ieagbergand g gand
and then he was glad lad that he had h d stoJpcdhi3 stopped his hi s inn innchinpr mn mnchinfrjv I n nchin
chinfrjv chin j ivr ar he might hare run rulIt night i ght into jntoit ntoitihd ntoitihdbeeQ itrafad5 itrafad5bee4LW and andbeenwat
beenwat bee4LW beeQ dked d He started tip upessi pleas ett > adraiit4ward aD andraiftdwardthe adraiit4wardth < id idtM
th tM > i r ioebet ebv ebvwas to t examine e it itDdtheiitw and then thaiit it was na titlie titliewas 1bit 1t
was 35 surprised s1frpnsedfbere sigprisedThere surprisedThere
There fbere m IJ in the ice very near l1 ar the surface was ft ti dark darkobject drkobject e eobject rk
object which be at once took for a whalo wb l frozen frozeninto frozeninto frozeninto
into the fcei 6 f for he had read r ad of such h things hut hutwhin hutr
w whin u he r ss Mled closer lie perceived that it had an aniBpftar anipjDr ana
iBpftar a toe e vastly different d ertJ1t from any whale ho h had hadMfe hadpietred liedo
o Mfe e iean ea pictttred Then he saw aw on the dark indis indistinet hidisti iztdistint
tint ti t1asn f a a large Ja lump > in the centre and fil filledwith filled filledvitb ed edt
with t c cu p iosity oitj ItFr he ran along the great berg until u ti he heGSUJC hDcame hecame
came came to a place where he could land upon the ice ana anaexamine anjexamiiie antexamine
examine into the t mystery mysteryIn
In another r minute minute he had seen that one D end of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the dark object protruded from the ice and that it
had had3eng fen rows of f rivets riv ts on its surface It took him
but an instant tuut to find that it j was made of iron and andthe
the next instant to guess what it was for f r ho hd had hadseen hadiefn hadseen
seen mere than t D one drawing of such objects It was wasa WR1 wa waa 3
a submarine sunarine 11nNri l lHow boat boatHow ooto
How o t had become mnie nJ4 frozen in that immense ice
teiy he11f he Lulea he < fciOaV kJf 1 1 i guess gt < but there it was and ai nlleajbJ aiready a areads
ready leajbJ norc oP rc thaiu tfca lia half f thaw tha leawed u out 1 Lllcierthe i ider Jer the hot hotfeuttner h hfudftneF hotiuiflier
feuttner sun + the he ice was Was melting and pouring down
the crAnnies in i o 1t of qcSh esh water te1ancl te1anclthe and andthe
the submarine wat > oat at Wait Waitwater it ten f fr from the sea seaas seawater seawater
water level J ve t i iDave L LDave
Dave now th that tl1e he w < of f w rto r to drink d nk for foras or or3S
as you Jo may qr knewwliere kn knew iiuwotyai resll l Ho matter iaatterfed matterwhhe matterwlidxe
wliere you JQU may find i iuntil fed to remain r main right there therernft thereuntil thereuntil
until the aystcri my tcrioafi tcrioafiits raft Was ivss s released from fromline fromits fromits
its prison and then tr 9 9certaialj j line llQ iHsaref it itiurefully reful1y ully for thero theroing therqcertaiDl thermcertainly
certainly must be ing nJ n wonderful wo erulhi in a boat boatsubmarine bo boatthat t tili
that ili had d gone S so fa an lt has AS to 1M be entombed In Insohd in insolid
solid ice Once IDJM IDJMwas i submarine boatDavefiolve boatDave bQntav8ftsqUl bdatDaveryas
was ftsqUl cpnite quitesurethat quitesurethatthere aur surer t that at l fiolve e solro4he l ihe e mystery mY ry allthere all allsolid 811tltere
there was was to do d was taflt tafltHe tq t tHe tIle
He got ot back into hfelwn h > wn llfJ fessel easel and for severaldays several severaldays s Teral Teralda1the
da1the days be cruised ed around arou d dIrlaybCside ono arlay lsybesido besido the berg watch watching W8 W8in watphing ¬
ing in the great form b lieeor con ever ev r more distinct until untilone untilone untilone
one one day perhaps beta b catfi t the iron boat gathered gatheredlMtmore gatheridteat < l lIteat
Iteat lMtmore teat more quicklythan quickly than ice there was wasa a loud crack cracking cracki crackmug ¬
ing i mug sound and the thewe ke parted letting the submarine submarineboat submorineboat submarineboat
boat slide down and rest half in and half out of the thewater tbewaifno thewafer
water waterThen waifno waifnolz waferTiren
Then lz n its release came quickly for next day it itwas itwas itwas
was floating lIoat J with its round hump out of water and andDave andDaYe andDave
Dave fastened faatenedltis 16s rope to a ring on its top fopAfter topAterdiBtbiug topAfter
After AterdiBtbiug climbing on board and making fast ho hohauled hehawed hohauled
hauled and pushed at i the top of its hump which whichhad whicnhad whichhad
had a lid like a big pot but it was only when he hethought Ietbought bethought
thought fd screwing it off that it moved He soon soonlutd 80011had soonhad
had it on 0 off then and looked down into the dark d rk in interior interior in interior ¬
terior teriorThen teriorThen
teriorThen
Then by a ladder he descended to find himself himselfsurrounded bimsEtlfsuno himselfsurrounded
surrounded suno by a mass of machinery that was W S elec eleetrici electric electric ¬
tric tric as he instantly saw and within two hours he hehad hehad hehad
had thoroughly thorOQBhlyma mastered tered the details of it all Ho Hosaw TIesaw Itosaw
saw how IOW the boat was moved how it sank or rose be beneath beneath be beneath ¬
neath the water how it was supplied with air air but butthere buttb4te butthere
there were no papers to tell him its history not no nothing a athing athing
thing to explain plain how hoW8uc such a boat could be in such a amysterious amterioua amysterious
mysterious predicament predicamentTJiere predicamentThere predicamentMere
There was plenty of conned goods flour vege vegetables vegetables ege egetables ¬
tables and other necessaries on board but no water waterwas waterWU waterwas
was in inthe the water receptacles recep J These T1aesehe he filled at once oncofrom oncefrom oncefrom
from the rivulets on the iceberg for he saw a chance chanceto
to secure sticure far more water1 w teJ than his own boat would wouldear wouldearly
ear early < y and aDdillen then he started stott 1 to tow his prize away
The Thesbmline submarine boat was not much larger than tI an his hisown hi hiOu hisown
Ou own but sbe did pull him back dreadfully and he hefound hefoua1d hefound
found that tha he was w making very slow progress but butafter butaf butafter
after af a time 1De when the wind increased and the thovravas thewa thewanes
wa wanes vravas beoskiemortithrea became em morethreatening 11threaiei ing than they had been beenfoi beenxI beenfoz
foz foi xI days he began to fear f that he would hate be o to togive togi togive
give gi up the the task yet when hen he reflected that the thesubiarjne tbeu theubrsarine
subiarjne u lj boat was far faruforthan safer than his own in mid midoceftu midoe8AB midoeev
oeev oceftu > < n he i at last last wjth with much regret deserted his hislaunch his1111Cb hislatuieh
launch and climbed intO theprize theprizeHe tile prize prizeHe prizeHe
He made the change just in time for a storm soon soonbroke soonbroke soonbroke
broke that compelled e him to close the lid of the thehump titehump thehump
hump and depend entirely upon the submarine submarinewhich submarinewhich submarinewhich
which in V the tremendous waves that beset her herrolled herrolled herrolled
rolled to and fro like a big cucumber cucumberAfter cucumberAfter cucumberAfter
After an hour of this Dave went to work and andsoon andsoon andsoon
soon mastered every detail of the machinery after afterwhich afterwbieb afterwhich
which he sank to a depth whero the waves were no nolonger 110longer nolonger
longer feHtheah fe felt thenv thealit cMjtove4 oepd along serenely with his hiseleotricjights higcleatr hiselectric
eleotricjights cleatr electric e lights illuminating iIluU11D tiJi tile darkness Q rkness ahead like likeS
a greatlyrhale greatlyrhaleTnc great Mule MuleThera whJwas
Tnc Thera e was a cunning clnn cunnis li1itWe Utile electricstove to cook caekon
on a ce c cozy y little couefo C U rid rugs on the th floor iloorlnd and in inilee in inlee3 indeel
ilee lee3 it It was wufar far nutTfeeomfoftable maize eom eomfiortablethan rtable than n his open openboajfj openbol openboasandbsre
bol boasandbsre boajfj and nd I Te therueaasno thera ther w wasno danger6fcolMsion danger of collision ° or orJihipvrreajc orshlWiNt orshi
shi Jihipvrreajc wrekc Th flMre ro wexe HBJ Maps hanging4 hangingon on the walls wallsSuet wallss 811s 811sft
Suet ft a eoygpa eonp s to tos toes toeses s es yl iClOJ d size iOitohott tough to t ho1 on Ihetinr Ihetinry the thetinlwiiital tin tinthe
y wiiital iaal turned to rI2ed the WM W yiflL iss iaHed ca4ledher her h r in u s any di dirocpn ati9C diee
i9C rocpn ee pn n instantly t 1 r rt JA J v
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Ishall hsve = aio I thie is he salt d when > hn hnhad P Pthat
Jii had thor4aCkly eompre ovaeihingand ih found foundthat d dthat
that his knowledge of electricity made him complete completemaster Ompletamftster completemaster
master of this thi unknown craft cra t meres Theres no reason reasonwhy reasonwhy reasonwhy
why I should regret the loss of the launch I can canniafee eanIDftJ canmake
make e some some important discoveries in this craft craftTJien craftThen raitTIltn
Then he ran ahead at full speed to test her pow power1 powcr power ¬
cr er1 and found that the Whale could make without withoutthe withoutthe withoutthe
the least st difficulty or straining a hundred miles an anhour anhour anhour
hour which astonished him very much muc as no such suchspeed 5U11speed surlispeed
speed was ever made by b any boat before but the thespeed thespeed timespeed
speed registers proved pro Ted it beyond a doubt doubtAt doubtAt doubtAt
At this rate he thought tcl 1 I will soon be near nearthe neartbe nearthe
the shores of Europe and will be running into intoSpain intoSpuiut intoSpuin
Spain England or France with witl1a a hard bump bumpGreat bwnpGreat bumpGreat
Great fish swam beside him but none could keep keepup keepup keepup
up with the Whale 1ale as a she darted along while Dave Davestudied Davestudid Davestudied
studied all the > wonders of her construction lie Hef01p1d lIefound liefo
found fo nd that a U litVeI litt l ebell eahell bel rang when she neared near the thesb thesL thesheot
sb sheot SaoJf thplf tI thivttt t tfttm > n which was W very Cl useful as in In the theocdltSi theoc theocilt
ocdltSi oc ocilt DlI5 ste j U W i ji are re giant giautpeaksthat peaks that rise rise from fromsheer frOU1sh fromsheer
sheer sh er deeps d pi Almost lmvst to the surface ur ace or form islands isbndsi isbndsii islrndsk j
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and u4there there was a a device that showed how far below halowthe balmvthe belowthe
the surface tile boat was another ano 1h r told when rthed the ar arv arfts air airairs
airs v s becoming i foul < nil another another showed the pressureof pressureofthe pr pressure suraof suraofthew of ofthe
the thew water rl1 en n Hatay he steel steelides sidesx aides While studying stud iIig those thcfiowonders thmiCwonders thosewonders
wonders he took no thought of time and the hours hpurspassed h hourspassed ur3 ur3like
passed like minutes so he was surprised after what whatappeared wliatapP08re whatappoared
appeared like a little space to hear the tail 1 n give givewarning givewarning give givewarning
warning that the boat was nearing shore shoreHe shoreHe shoreRe
He ran r n slower and looked ahead carefully but bl of ofcourse ofeou ofcourse
course eou was not at all alarmed alarmedfor for ho knew thnt the theshore theslJore theshore
shore slanted gradually upward Finally some large largesquare largeequ81erocb largesquare
square equ81erocb square rocks loomed up before him and made L5mgo1 L5m 1iJngj hbngar
gar stai stflllower stflllowerAs in slower slowerAs i iAs
As he neared them mbis his eyes filled with wonderfor wonder wonderfor wondcrr
for r they seemed like great buildings at the seas hot bottom hottom hottoni ¬
tom tomNearer Nearer he came and then to his l s surprise he was wasassured Wnasaured wasassured
assured that t attbey they were buildings mossgrown m05Sgro and andgreen andgreeu andgreen
green but still human constructions down there th re in ina n na
a couple of orhundred hundred feet of water There were great greatpointed greatpointed greatpointed
pointed windows devoid of glass towers round and andsquare nndsq andsquare
square sq re arched ched doorways bastions and turrets to one oneimmense oneimme oneimmense
immense imme structure while smaller and more modest modestbuildings modestbuildiDgs modestbuildhsgschistered
buildings buildhsgschistered clustered around its base baseHe baselli baselie
He made his way carefully among them all until untilhe untilDe untilhe
he had seen every bit of this marvel and his sur surprise 5urpr surprise ¬
prise pr increased in every moment for you see al although 31though although ¬
though Dave had read very much he never heard ofthe of ofthe ffthe
the sunken Land of Lyonesse Lyon sse and this was the city cityofthe cityof cityof
ofthe of the king upon which he ie had i chanced The dark darkwalls darkwlls darkwalls
walls towered up beside him and seemed to reach rea < h to tothe tuthe tothe
the the surface of o the water seaaneinones grew amid amidthe amidthe amidthe
the green gree seaweed over the great stones like ivy ivybut ivyb ivybut
but b t waving waTingrong long arms in the current so s that the thebuilding thebuilding thebuilding
building seemed to move as if bewitched bewitchedFish bewitchedFish bewitchedKish
Fish darted 1lr gleaming hither and thither yet yetstrangely y yetstrangely t tstra
stra strangely enough enougJ they did not invade the open opondoors opondoorsor doors doorsor
or windows and this puzzled Dave Was rU5 there some something some somethine something ¬
thing within ihhin the dark interior that threatened them themiZf 3 3H 1f
f H e ewoe opposite flt ite the luge uge ge door doorcandc and flashed hislightwitbin his hislight hislig1at
lightwitbin light within arid 1 saw a long hall its itsfloor floor strewn strewnwith streWnWith strescnwith
with rushes and IDdits its walls hung with tapestry of ofmany of1JIaDf ofnrui3
many colors s while here and there th 1e chairs and nd tables tablesof tablesflaci tublinof
of flaci ancient ft design d ignwo ware scattered about about Weapons Wbaponstoo Weaponstoo
too he saw saw on the walls and horns of great deer deerhorns deerhorns deerhorns
horns that measured eight ei ht or nine feet in in n width widthfrom widthfrQm widthfrom
from tip po to tip tipHe tipHe
He resolved to invade this castle c tle but ho decided decidedto
to wait until un1iiLdq1ight unt daylight which was vastwo two hours ho rs off as asyet aJyet ast
yet t I b1 1 the meantime he explored the submarine submarinecity submarineeiviashilic submarineoit7
city eiviashilic flashing his light into the thewindows windows of the houses houseshere housesherend houseshere
here herend and there and everywhere seeing se ing ancient ancientrelfes ancientrolltis
relfes rolltisWhen relfesWhen 101
101When
When he returned to the great castlo the faint faintgray faintgraY faintgray
gray graY light t of f the sun was turning its sides to a alighter alighter alighter
lighter gjeen but tiu even after he had waited two twohours twoboulS twohours
hours longer npr there was so little sunlight at that thatdepth thatdepthtlmt thatdepth
depth depthtlmt that lie despaired of its lighting the gloom gloomwithin gloomwitlthl gloomwithiu
within Then he determined to boldly enter tho thodark thedark thodark
dark vault before him hi n in spite of the thing that thatseemed thatscemJttto thatseetedtofrighten
seemed scemJttto seetedtofrighten to frighten the fish He started and then as ashe asbe aghe
he reached r ehed the e door the boa stopped as though held heldby heldby heldby
by a cable cableDate cableDn cableDvsr
Date told see nothing and went forward but butthere but1here butthere
there wunothing was nothing visible holding her back ba k Then Thenlie The Theho Thenhe
lie suddenly l1de ly realized realiaad11Ut that this was wasllot not water before beforehim beforehim beforehim
him But air Opening penmg the tbeporthole porthole he found thatit that thatit thatit
it wasso qS so In some marvelous manner the castle castlewas cftstleWItS eastlowas
was full of air which hie11 kept out the water and fish fishas fishlISwe11 fishaas
as lISwe11 lISwe11H well wellHe
H He climbed out of the porthole and dropped = to tothe tothe tothe
the floor and at the same moment felt feltthe the Whale Whalelurch WholeJoeh Whalelurch
lurch as if struck from the rear Looking Lo king back baokhe baokhefhe he hesaw hoatir
saw fiie head of oJ o an immense fish whiteand whii undgha5t1t undgha5t1twith ghastlyv ghastlyvwith ghastl ghastlwith
with eeSluJpinousand egep ye hnjunous noun and gleaming nosing the stern sternof steinof sternof
of the tbeoat boat Before he could say Jack Robinson the thel thogreat thegreat
great 11th tbvanisbed tbvanisbeditb 8h db
itb l b It5aid said Dave If I had been aboard that thatwould thatwould thatwould
would have given gi Tell me a chill chillHe chillIie 1 1He
He climbed into his porthole Again again and got n nhandlamp 1h ahsndlamp
handlamp h dI mp an electrte ectrl light which can be carried carriedand carr carriedandtbett Cd Cdandth
and andth thett returned to the hall haIloithecn of the thecastle castle tleThor tleThorhe There Therad Therehe
he examined e ettiii Y Yhe ined d everything eveiy thing with immense curiosity O curiosityVfor iosi y for forhe forhe
he now saw that all 11 must be centuries and centuries centuriesold conturies01d centuriesold
old that lay > here But the puzzle was as asgreatag asgreatagcyer asgreat great as asever asever
ever nothing explained e how it had happened ap ned that thatthiscastle t thatthiscaa at atthiscutk
thiscastle thiscaa > tle bhouldjje Should ate here and filled with lthJur lthJurHe air airHe sir sirHe
before him and climbed climbedit
He saw aw a broad stairway
it every eVe every footfall on the stone ringing rin ringing ng out bolllike bolllikeand pelllikc pelllikcand benlikeand
and entered a large room hung with tapestry tapestryFlashing tapestryrlaskingthe tapestrye
Flashing rlaskingthe the th thpillared e light before him upon a great bed bedpHlared padpiUar
pillared d like a temple he was was startled to < see lying Jyingthere lyingtheras jDg jDgthe
there the a eautiful maiden n iden asleep nsl ep breathing brettt mg softjy softjyK soft1r soft softrcSyiT
K r rcSyiT y fthtbeakh rheakli amid 1id all that gloom g190 He stopped Voppedtiedf stoppedi Pl dn
i l J w l 1 LJ t oA te 1nt tBdu nrI ntajlthen > > 1 iT1 iT1then
baJfkid > tiedf it this he had i ithen
then approached her
A Steeping Se lping Princess Prit cess Found Foundin FO ours oursin tLd tLdin
in in a Deserted Castle in inthe inthe in ine
the e Lost Land an of ofShe ofc o oonesse
y
c Lt nesse onesseShe
1 1She
She was was so beautiful that 1a6 h held his breath
fearing thai she would wottLIyaaiah wo vanish like the great fish sh
but no she was real netovc1Nd he a touched her cheek gently to tofind tofind
find that she was warm and alive Then he laughed laughedand lau laughedand < heJ heJand
and said saidHa saidIm saidHa
Ha The Sleeping S Beauty I Just like the fairy fairytale fair fairtalc fairytale
tale I will kiss her as the prince did did and see e if ifshe ifshe ifshe
she will wake up 1 1When IWhen H HWhen
When he kissed her ll r her long lashes trembled trembledthen trcmWedthen trembledthen
then he kissed her again Her eyelids lifted seftly seftlyrevealing Jeftlvrevc s ftiy ftiyrevealing
revealing revc ling lovely blue eyes eYes that looked qat xp f at his iq iqsurprise ill illsurprise insurprise
surprise Then the girl irl sat up and said saidWhere saidWhere saidWhere
Where am amI I l Who are youf youf3Iy you youMy r rMy
My name n me is David Brady but I do doJIO aofe onset raetl
know where you are I hare aft never been IMB 1 sere before beforesaid Woresaid re resaid
said he smiling smilingThe smili smiliThe f fThe
The light dazzles ew she cried If AW Ayou Ars you a aconjuror aconjurod aconjuror
conjuror conjurorThe conjurodThe conjurorThe
The Princess of Lyonesee for it was aha started startedup
up and sprang to the floor then passed her lily whit
hand over her troubled brow browAh browAli f fAb
Ah I now remember all 1 she cried TJ The awful awfulland
deluge the Bight or our peop people the sutki g ot our ourland ourland
c
land 1 All all my dreadful work workWhen I IWhen IWhen
When did it happen asked Dave for forthat he s + uv uvthat inthat
that she was distressed and wished to make he hetalk JMtnlk her hertalk
talk as he knew that eases the female mind had more morethan more morethan or
than anything eke ekeTwas e1eTwas ekeTwas
Twas but butyesternight yesternight bt replied lied the Princess It Itcame I Icame Itcame
came with a vast roaring roaring and crashing and hr horse horsemen It Itmen r rmen
men came haSeni hastening from afar far to warn us I laugh laughed uch uched h hed ¬
ed when they told me inn that the sea was coming eoJJ ag I ttold Itold Itold
told them that tl t Loraine the enchantress would keep
back the sea for I did not believe there was danger dangerI
I wished only to keep them in awe we of me meBut meBut meBut
But it overwhelmed me even when I wag mull smiling DJi1iBg mullmg ¬
ing at my fathers fears The sea rolled in upon us usoverwhelmed U Uoverwhelmed asoverwhelmed
overwhelmed us all the land was underwater under water when whenI
I uttered the magic spell that I tit would send tendme sendme nd ndme
me into a deep sleep and JKl end it all forever r And Andyou Androu Andyou
you tell mestrange me knight that this castle is fathoms fath fathoms iathoms ¬
oms deep under the seat seatYes SOlI seatYet I IYeE
Yes forty fathoms I guess replied Dave But Butall B ut fc fcall
all this happened hundreds and hundreds flf f yearsago years yearsago Jr3ago
ago fpr fp r I have read rea nothing ROth mS Dg in history bout t it itWhat iWha itWhat
What t was the name of this place I IThis IThis IThis
This was beautiful lyonesseP 1 replied tha ill Prin Princess 1ri8cess Princess ¬
cess Loraine The fairest land in aft the world worldRtiinedby I IHuinedby rR
Huinedby R nedby mo the witch 1 AlsH AlsHSo Alai I tSo I ISo
So you thOl1 thought you were a Vwitdsr witch P j said sawD j Dave Davesmiling Davesmiling Ylt Yltsmiling
smiling for like all walleducated persons he ha had haJDO hadno l lno
no belief in witches witchesAh witeh8llAh witchesAim
Ah I am a great enchantress enchntr T 1 she replied fIf fIfwished I II IfI
I wished I could change you sir knight into a aswan uswan aswan
swan or a heron summon cockatrices and arlDu arlDuor baafliaka baafliakaor
or fiery dragons waft myself m 1f over the mountains mountainseven Utaina Utainaeven
even to the noon 1 Do you not tremble tremWePShe r rShe 1 1She
She look looked 10Q d at him carefully but he was not trem trembling ttembling tessbling ¬
bling and then he said saidYou saidYou saidYou
You must have taken something to have pre preserved preserved preserved ¬
served you all these centuries but I am not afraiJ afraiJof
of you You are too pretty pret for a real witch Say
honest is this all 11 true trueShe ln lnShe t tShe
She assured him that it was and then he took tookher tookher tookher
her hand and led her below where she could see how howdeserted hoWdeserted howdeserted
deserted the castle was wasAs wag wagAs wasAs
As they walked through the great building theytalked they theytalked theytalked
talked talkedI
1 I suppose this place is is in in England iant i t ft this thisLyonesse thiiLyonessc thisLyonessee i3
Lyonesse asked the boy boyEngland bo3England boyEngland
England I J never heard of that hind she rep repplied re replied re4plied ¬
plied Where is it f fify 1 1fy tMy
ify gracious I cried Dave Da 1 but t you do date Gatefrom tbtafrom datefrom
from a long ng way back Why every little girl girlyears six sixyears ic icye
years ye r5 old 01dknoWl known about England nowadays You Y must mustbe writbe ucrt ucrtbe
be older than the Norsemen NorsemenL i ihave
11 L have have1ieard heard of the dread Norsemen N IJ aba re replied rrplied replied ¬
plied but they have never been in 1 Ionewe J al although a athough 1 1t11o ¬
though t11o gh we we have seen their ships at sea alille like birds of ofillomen orillomenhovering ofillomon
illomen illomenhovering hoyering afar afarI ar
1 I am am afraid when you get up upon on earth again againlhat pin11mt in inthat
that you you will have a slot lot of studying s to do added addedDave cldetlDave addedDave
Dave How old are your yourI you f i iI
I am fourteen she replied but I know all n that thata bata
a princess prin is taught ta taughtembroidering embroidering falconry m7 sew sewing sewing sewing ¬
ing dressing wounds woundatand and besides much of wfsardry wfsardryand rdry rdryand
and astrology astrologyWell astrologyVell astrologyWell
Well thats a start said aai Dave bJK but I wwidat wwidatlike WI1t WI1tlIke t ttike
like to learn all that you will have to toWhen tohen toWhen
When hen they had reached the very Te top of the castlo eaistlatPrincess f fthe j jtlle
the Princess said This fTb is where I practiced P magic magicalone gic gicalone t talone t
alone here with the shades of demons demonsDid demonsDid demonsDid >
Did you ever see any i asked Dave DaveXo DaTNo DaveNo
No she reluctantly admitted Perllqsy Perhaps > my in incantations inTIt in incantations ¬
cantations were wrong But ButWall DU DUV ButWoII
Wall V 011 Ill tell you right now that there are aresuch iM iMsuch o osuch
such things thing3wd and you were 1 wasting time said the theboy dabo theboy
boy bo You had better bett r have learned plain cocking cockingNow cockiDgNow cockingg
Now g ow a as i > thtre U1 hires res > s nobody here we will get in my beat beatand beatand beatand
and go aishoro ashoi shore where you will begin all over again againLet againLetrne againLet
Let Letrne me get my pearls p rJs and diamonds first sail saUthe saiJtIle sailthe
the Princess iffor for it would be a shame to leave cae tbeia tbezabehind tbeiabehind 1 1behind
behind behindShe behindShe behindShe
She went to a great oaken chest and took out outstring outstring outstring
string after string of large 18 8 pearls and diamonds diamondsgems diamondsems
gems a ems that thlt flashed like stars in the electric light and faaddazzled anddazzled anda anddazzled
dazzled dazzled the boy Then they climbed into the Whale Whaleby hakby Whaleby
by a nlitt1 little porthole > and andDaYe Dave started the machineryThe machinery machineryThe maebinerThe
The voyage was wasnot not interrupted until the boat boatcame boatcroneto boatcame
came croneto to the surface in a harbor where it was greet greeted1 greetodn greetedaeithgreat ¬
odn edaeithgreat ed1 with jt great pea astonishment ast nishment by all the sailors of f the theships theships theships
ships anchored an hored horedl there thereThe theseThe
The l he arrival of the Whale was a wonder but when whenthe whenthe whenthe
the story of Loraine was told and when the ant antquarrans atiquarims antiquari
quarrans quari and historians questioned her about that thtlongforgotten tM thatlongforgotten t tongforgotten
longforgotten land and found that that she was telling tellingonly t tellingonly lliag lliagonly
only the truth the wonder was imply worldwide worldwideKings worldwIdeKings worldwideKings
Kings and queens sent for her to hear her tale talend taloand ta16nnd
her marvelous and of them themwere tMJIJwere
and a nd to see gems many
were were awore bought by monarch for indeed they were werevaluable so sovaluable Sovaluable
valuable tljat tl at none n ne but monarchs newspaper proprietors pro proprietors proJrictors ¬
prietors and Standard S DQard Oil magnates could even do domore domore domore
more than admire Due and ask the price of them themo s3 s3o i
o when some years after Loraine raiDe had been bee to toEdhooi ta6Chool tc tcschool
school and learned so many things thl that sometimes sometimesit som hmes hmesc hmesit
it made her herd dizzy re reand she was as married to Dave Brady Bradyand B ady r rand
c and Mr Ir West W ws teas the best man Even now at times timesthey tJm tJmlhey tunesthey
they tak 3FTKlcasional sional trip in the Whale nalep and tto t tc tsuspe
suspe sus p ptallk e to ° 1e c drowned castle to toWALT total
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