text: C PkDII fc VICTOD ROUSSEAU ^ <OPr w a CMAnciAfi This 1« a weird story of a pseudo-scientific character that concerns the discoveries of an eccentric American naval officer, the faith of a young lieutenant In the soundness of his elder's mind, evidence of the existence of a strange race of undersea beings, amazing adventure dur ing a submarin« voyage, and a strong love Interest. It la one of the put out since the days of Jules Verne. Our readers will And It a most gripping story. tai i-i I THE EDITOR. If lic as an aid the he CHAPTER I. The Mad Saa-Captaln. Donald Paget, emerging hlngton In at having indue, col y with a tall, elderly man U«ot> th« navy I u Wi exub^rttoc III rul Of a su! fr it* a si ree*!' tided -oni of sit % sr :«r was dressed In n quasl time of Ids own do Th« « truui ig. il i t RSI ;IC resembling nothing known to any navy In the IBs Iron-gray beard n to his waist, giving him *eet of a twentieth-century swept do the Noah ; and Just then h» I indeed, for, standing stock-»!!!! at the entri «Hormons fist at one of the porters, wboss black and highly shocked ex pression indicated bis unhappy frame of mind at this breach of decorum. leq v.T) lingo •e of the building, he "book his tfound you, sir l" exclaimed tho lieutenant angrily as he recoiled from hi* Impact upon the sturdy figure on which the collision had made no more Impression than If ha had fallen against the Washington monument. "Why don't you look. •* Then, catching sight of the long toard "Why, Captain Mastern»«» I" he exclaimed. "DflMU U» get !" cried the elderly uiiio. fifiJSplog him by the hand. "Ex cuse my being upset, but these Jacka in ottice win be the death of ths^repub lic one of these days. I have Just bast) trying to see the secretary pa a matter affecting not only America -lu which case his Indifference would not surprise me—but the entire human race. What do you suppose they told me?" "I otn Inclined to think that you got no further than the porter, captain,'' replied the lieutenant. "Right, slrl" exclaimed Mastennan, beginning to grow angry again, if I were not a man ot superhuman patten«*«, combined with inexhaustible tact, singular clarity of mind, and to us cl ty of purpose—In fact, nn obsti nate old mule-- ! should let tho humuu race go hang!" Lieutenant I'sget took the trat« old man by the artu. "I wouldn't do that, captain," he said, »lulling. "Como and tell me alt »tout It, and let us see ■r we cannot devise some means of wiving the race. You see. now that the navy department Is so busy on ac count of the war, perhaps a little leni ency with Its shortcomings might be in order, eh?" "The war? What war?" demanded Mastennan. "Why, our few words with the Ger mans, Mastennan." "What's that? War with the Gér er "And Klf mans ? You don't mean to teil nt« w« arw at war with Germany?" "Dt» you nuutu to say you don't know that America and Germany ara at wart* demanded I*,ig»t tueredu- I lounty. "No, sir!" And, what's to be done, it doesn't interest me. How the deuce stood, I know all the gossip and frivolities of the day when I only returned to the capital yesterday?" "But my dear captain— frivolities!" "Surety you have seen me, I heard people talking stout?" "I tell you, I haven't seen or heard anything! I've got more important things to think stout. Anyhow, it will be to be stopped at once," said Masterman, half turning, "I have to go back and see the secretary immediately." However, he suffered his loss to lead him out of the building and along the street, while the firmly court need that his old friend was mad, held him by the arm tightly and listened to the captor's disconcerted mixtures in the hope of discovering Donald Paget had known Captain Jonathan Mastennan when he was at Annapolis, where the old man, who had once been a quartermaster in the navy, held a sudden position on the infirmary staff. The acquaintance had continued uninterrupted. Masterman had risen to life until he obtained his papers, or the nature of his delusion. The command of a ship fitted out, partly by private subsidy, partly with the aid of a government subsidy, for the purpose of deep-sea exploration, as this and subsequent expeditions he had made a name for himself by the remarkable nature of his discoveries. He had discovered the propulsion of the submarine spur of the continental shelf, extending from the Norwegian coast toward the Farves; to had invented an improved net for scooping up the larger denizens of the ocean depths; and then to had built all the personal appreciation and fame which he had acquired during his various voyages by asserting that his aunt, the wife of the late Captain Maaster, was alive. That was the end of Captain Maasterumn's activities so far as the government was concerned. In a final interview, the secretary of the navy had said to him: "Personally, I believe in you, Maasterumn. But it isn't the discoveries that count, it's getting the scientific world to believe in them. I believe in the sea serpent, myself, because I've seen three of them; but I wouldn't dare to admit it, even in my club smoking more, and we can't get you another subsidy." The secretary's confession duly appeared in a newspaper article, and the cartoonist illustrated it with a drawing showing him as a sea serpent with three heads. In the course of his explanation, Maasterumn consigned the entire staff of the navy department to That ended the secretary's career, and it would have ended Mustermun's life. If his had not been ended already. After that, the old man became known as a bore who buttonholed public men and tried to induce them to subscribe to the fitting out of a new deep-sea exploration expedition. For years he haunted the lobbies of the Capitol and the lobbies, growing more dogged and obstinate and vituperative as he met with disappointment after disappointment. Then, when his case seemed hopeless, he had succeeded in interesting an American millionaire, with whose aid he had fitted out an expedition to the Shetlands and Faroes, from which he had apparently just returned. He had returned, the sole survivor, in his companion's arm. "Think of that, lad!" she didn't want to eat. They don't eat after they're mature, couldn't. That simplified matters considered. And so I brought her, and again. In the tenant Paget had always known Man to a natural eccentric, but never before had he talked like this about the safety of humanity, and some awful and imminent danger which only he could avert. The lieutenant could see that the old man's cheeks were sunken; his eyes were wild, and under his long coat the faded blue uniform was shrunken and stained with sea water. In one of the ship's boats, which he had rowed for several hundred miles across the stormy waters of the North Atlantic, "But I brought my specimen home with me, lad!" he exclaimed, clutching her safe to my home. Donald—" The old man's voice failed him. He began muttering to himself absently. No doubt his terrible experience had unhinged his brain. Lieutenant Paget felt well disposed toward the whole world just then. He had been summoned home from service with the Atlantic fleet to receive his commission as commander of the fleet. And Miss Ida Keuuedy, the daughter of the American consul general in London, whom he had met there the year before, had written him that she was sailing in company with her aunt by the Beotia for New York. At such a time, when his professional and personal interests were being served so well by fortune, Puget felt that fate had played a wreathed trick upon Mastennan, whose life work had utterly failed of recognition. Due to his defects of temperament, though he was sure that the old sea captain was erased, to admired him as a daring seaman and an original genius of a high order. "My dear lieutenant, I am extremely glad to have met you. Nothing could have been more fortunate," said Mastitia, recovering his equanimity with a suddenness that surprised his companions. "Can you find the time to come into my club and have a little chat with me? If I have, I believe, because of some of the queer characters there, ourselves, I believe that I am the only member who is entirely sane. I joined it for professional reasons - that is to me an organization and a say, we magazine, for the purpose of getting into touch with people who are interested in our projects, company, Paget, for a common-sense like myself, with no nonsense. But it's queer man about him." "A little trying, I can imagine," Mastitia said Paget diplomatically. "Trying, sir? It's a confounded sore to listen to them. For instance, there's Brum, who has just been refused a patent for his eighth perpetual motion machine. And Halfield, our president - he had to resign from three other clubs because he insists that Shakespeare was really James I." "Yes, It's a queer world, lieutenant; and the oddest thing of all Is that when one has something of the utmost Importance to the hiimun race to make public, not a single mun will tuke the least Interest in It. I can't Induce a of by 87 be single member to listen to me. How ever, we live and let live; and, us I said, the organization helps. But can you dine with me?" "I've nothing particular to do this evening—for the first time in years," "Then do come In and have dinner with me," said the old man eugerly. "I won't pretend that I'm not going to try and enlist your aid to suve the human race in spite of those benight ed, besotted, bllud-us-a-tmt blasto derms In the udmtrnlty office, because I am. But I believe that Providence has sent you to me, and if I can't make you believe me, at least I don't want it said that Jouathnn Roderick Mustermatt went down Into his grave without warning the human race of what was coming. "Sir, If the public knew a tithe of whut t know, they would make peace with France—Germany? Thank you) —and arm themselves against the most relentless enemy that ever threatened mankind. Sir, you will yet live to see old Jonuthan Roderick Masterson's statue in gold, standing In front of the capitol." Paget, now quite convinced that his old friend was raving mad, followed him Into a queer little building, appar ently a combination of club nnd hotel. The smoking room, which was situated on the ground floor immediately behind the clerk's desk, was crowded with members, all talking at once at the top of their voices. As the captain pulled to enter his guest's name in the book, Paget looked in through the drifting smoke clouds. A dozen men had the floor, and were gesturing furiously. Captain Masterman, having entered his guest's name, touched him upon the arm. "They're all mad, my lad," said the old man, surveying the assemblage with a look of pity. "No doubt you wonder how I can associate my name with theirs. If it wasn't for our magazine, in which our articles appear, and our excellent organization, I couldn't bring myself to it." "Who edits the magazine?" Inquired Donald. "That was a matter of some difficulty," replied Masterman. "It proved impossible to find a member sufficiently broad-minded to consider the others and allow them space, and nobody would accept my own offer to become the editor, simply out of professional antagonism. Such wanted to utilize the entire available space for his own crazy ideas. So we drew lots for it. Fortunately, I won the editorship last month. Here is a copy," he added, picking up an attractive little publication that lay on the clerk's desk. "But I am not going to talk to you in the amok tug room," continued Mustermatt, "for that atmosphere would prejudice you against believing what I am going to say. And I must convince you, my dear boy, because those lunatics are utterly beyond the bounds of reason, and much is at stake. A cataclysm is impending which will inevitably destroy humanity unless we devote our common energies to the maintenance of our lives, our liberties and our civilization." Captain Mastarman explains to Lieutenant Paget his theory of the existence of a strange race, the existence of whose species, he asserts, menaces the human family. Testing the Eye. Lecturing on the "Effect on the Eye of Varying Degrees of Brightness and Contrast" before the Illuminating Engineering society recently, Dr. James Kerr of the public health department of the London county council, referred to some effects which may be surprising. Having to examine long lists of figures in black type, he tried to facilitate his task by drawing vertical and horizontal lines in red ink, but the different focusing of the black and red strained his eye and gave him a headache, which did not trouble him when all the figures and lines were either black or red. Doctor Kerr questioned whether a target is more distinct when a brilliantly illuminated disk appears on a jet black background than when the surroundings were diffused. U.S. SENDS OUT DRAFT CALL TO 9 All Registrants Required to Fill Out Questionnaire Classifying Order of Call. INVENTORY OF MAN POWER Five Divisions to Be Formed Dependent on Occupation and Claims for Exemption Allowed—Local Boards Will Help Registered Men. n Washington,' Nov. 16.—Uncle Sam has begun the most gigantic Inventory of man power ever attempted. Preparations for the second draft were started when copies of the ques tlonrialre for every one of the nine million men registered for military service were sent to the local exemp tion boards. Tills questionnaire must be filled out by every registered man between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one. It will place In the hands of the gov ernment the life history of every reg istered man and will give a complete census of the men of military age In 87 trades. Industries and professions. The questionnaire will classify all reg istered men for service. Classification of registered men In the order of their liability for military service will be the first accomplish ment of the questionnaire. Men will be classified in five divisions, the first division to be called the first and the fifth division last. The classes and the order In which they will be called are as follows : ' CLASS 1. Single men without dependent rela tives. Married man, with or without chil dren, or father of motherless children, who has habitually failed to support his family. Married man dependent on wife for support. Married man, with or without chil dren, or father of motherless children ; man not usefully engaged, family sup ported by Income Independent of his labor. Unskilled farm laborer. Unskilled Industrial laborer. Registrant by or In respect of whom no deferred classification Is claimed or made. Registrant who falls to submit ques tionnaire and In respect of whom no deferred classification Is claimed or made. All registrants not Included In any other division In this schedule. CLASS 2. Married man with children or father of motherless children where such wife or children or such motherless children are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reason that there are other reasonably certain sources of adequate support (excluding earnings or possible earnings from the labor of the wife) available, and that the removal of the registrant will not deprive such dependent of support. Married man, without children, whose wife, although the registrant is engaged in a useful occupation, is not mainly dependent upon his labor for support, for the reason that the wife is skilled in some special class of work which she is physically able to perform and in which she is employed, or in which there is an immediate opening for her under conditions that will enable her to support herself decently and without suffering or hardship. Necessary skilled farm laborer in necessary agricultural enterprise. Necessary skilled industrial laborer in necessary industrial enterprise. CLASS 3. Man with dependent children (not his own), but toward whom he stands in relation of parent. Man with dependent aged or infirm parents. Man with dependent helpless brothers or sisters. County or municipal officer. Highly trained fireman or policeman, at least three years in service of municipality. Necessary customhouse clerk. Necessary employee of United States in transmission of the mails. Necessary artificer or workman in United States armory or arsenal. Necessary employee in service of United States. Necessary assistant, associate or hired manager of necessary agricultural enterprise. Necessary highly specialized technical. cal or mechanical expert of necessary industrial enterprise. Necessary assistant manager of necessary industrial enterprise. CLASS A Man whose wife or children are mainly dependent on his labor for support. Mariner actually employed in service of citizen or merchant in the United States. Necessary sole managing, controlling or directing head of industrial enterprise. Necessary sole managing, controlling or directing head of industrial enterprise. Officers—legislative, executive, judicial—of the United States of the state, territory or District of Columbia. Regular or duly ordained minister of religion. Student who on May 18, 1917, was preparing for ministry in recognized school. Person in military or naval service of United States. Allen enemy. Resident alien (not an enemy) who claims exemption. Person totally and permanently physically or mentally unfit for military service. Person morally unfit to be a soldier of the United States. Licensed pilot actually employed in the pursuit of his vocation. Member of well-organized religious sect or organization, organized and existing on May 18, 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbid its members to participate in war in any foreign country, and whose religious convictions are against war or participation therein. Boards to Aid Registrants. To aid the registrants in filling out these questionnaires and determining their classification, legal advisory boards have been provided for each local exemption district. Disinterested lawyers have been taken into service to aid in the general administration of the law. All exemptions made prior to this time or revoked. Every man not in the military service must fill out a questionnaire, and the merits of his case will be decided upon again. Any person falling to fill out a questionnaire is automatically. placed in Cluss 1 and liable for immediate duty. Following the Classification comes a series of general questions. There then follow eleven other series of questions which fit particular cases ranging from the man who claims physical disability to questions asked of men seeking exemption because they are divinity students. The general questions establish a most intimate knowledge of the personal characteristics of the registrant. He must state every occupation at which he has worked during the past ten years, giving not only the name of the occupation, but the number of hours worked each week and a statement of his education. In these questions the registrant is given the privilege of stating his preference of service, and may state whether he is willing to attend a night school fitting him for service prior to being called into camp. There then follows a list of 87 trades and professions, and the registrant is given space to indicate which he has worked in and for how long a period. Occupational List. The occupational list follows: Accountant; artist, dramatic or otherwise; auto and gas engine man (a) factory, (b) garage, (c) Ignition system, (d) murine engines; auto and motor truck driver, baker, band instrument, barber, blacksmith (a) helper (b) forger; boatman, boilermaker, bookkeeper, butcher, canvas worker, carpenter (a) bridge, (c) cabinetmaker, (c) house, (d) ship; chemical industry worker, clerical worker, concrete worker, contractor, cook, dentist, detective, draftsman (a) architectural (b) mechanical, (c) topographical; druggist, electrician (a) instruments repair, (b) motors and dynamos, (c) outside work, (d) wiring; engineer, graduate, (a) automotive, (b) chemical, (c) civil, (d) electrical, (c) mechanical, (c) mining, (c) sanitary; factory worker, farmer, furrier, fire-fighter, forest ranger, foundry man (a) core maker and molder, (b) furnace man; grocer, guard, gunsmith, harness maker, horseman, horseshoer, laborer, lawyer, lineman, (a) telegraph, (b) telephone; locksmith, longshoreman, lumberman, machinist (a) drill press, (b) general mechanic, (c) grinding machine, (d) lathe, (c) miller and planer, (f) toolmaker; mason, merchant, millwright, miner. (a) digging and loading, (b) drill, (c) explosives, (d) timbering, (e) track laying; moving picture expert, nurse, painter (a) house, (b) sign, (c) scene; pattern maker, physician, plasterer, plumbing trades, policeman, printer; quarryman, railroad man (a) construction, (e) maintenance, (e) maintenance, (e) maintenance, (e) repair; railway motorman, rigger (a) bridge, (b) building, (c) ship; salesman, sawmill man, seafaring man, sheet metal worker (a) copper, (b) iron, (c) tin; shipbuilder, shoemaker, stableman, steam engineer (a) motive, (b) stationary; stenographer, stock keeper, structural iron and steel worker, student, surveyor, tailor, teacher, teamster, telegrapher, telephone operator, telephone repairman, tile man, typewriter, acetylene, etc.; wheelwright, wireless operator. Many Questions Asked. Persons claiming exemption on the ground of being aliens are asked to give the date of their birth, their birthplace, the time of their entrance to this country, the name of the vessel upon which they entered and their companions. They are also asked, "Are you willing to return to your native country and enter its military service?" Claimants for exemption on grounds of dependency must answer a series of thirty-one questions, supported by affidavits of the dependents. These questions are most intimate, seeking a declaration of the exact amount of money contributed to the support of the dependent each month. Each registrant must also declare the amount of his income for the past twelve months and the amount of his property, real and personal, is taxed. The amount of his income for the past twelve months and the amount of his property, real and personal, is taxed. Encumbrances upon property must be declared, as well as the amount of taxes paid in the past year. "Has your wife ever been employed?" is one question asked. "Is your wife trained or skilled in any calling?" "Do you or your wife live with her parents?" If a registrant of Christmas gifts will be doubly appreciated if they come from BOYD PARK FOUNDED 100 MAKERS OF JEWELRY, SALT LAKE CITY, 166 MAIN STREET, BARGAINS IN USED CARS. —Buicks, Oldsmobiles, New York. Guaranteed first class if wanted by 50 splendid used automobiles-$250 to running condition-easy right parties. Write for detailed list and description, Used Car Dept., Randall-Dodd Auto Co., Salt Lake City. City Now is the time to learn the barber trade. Barbers in great demand. Special rate now open for 30 days. Only short time required. Tools furnished and commission paid while learning. Call or write Moler Baber, School, 13 Commercial St., Salt Lake City, Utah. WANTED AUTHORS AS LONG WALKERS. Dickens, Wadsworth, Southey, Fawcett and Others Were Classed as Pedestrians of Prominence. It is calculated that Wordsworth, in his many years of sauntering, must have traveled a distance of 180,000 miles. What sights he saw during such prolonged and delightful wanderings, only those who have the poet's mind, and even can even guess, observes London Tit-Bits. Charles Dickens was a confirmed tramp, and no doubt acquired his experience of "life on the road" from actual acquaintance with all sorts of vagabonds and odd characters. One of the most remarkable of unprofessional walkers was Professor Wilson, the "Christopher North" of literature. His fine physique and great endurance prompted him to the performance of wonderful feats, which seemed to him entirely a matter of course. He once walked 40 miles in eight hours, and at another time walked a distance of 80 miles in 24 hours. Henry Fawcett, also, was a tireless walker, and one who, when deprived of sight, did not think of relinquishing this among many forms of exercise. His was a familiar figure on the roads about Cambridge, and there is no exaggeration in saying that few men blessed with all his senses could enjoy nature more thoroughly than he. Southey, worn and preyed upon by mental application and the practical anx. Lies of everyday life, found his greatest relief in tramping about the country. John Stuart Mill delighted in pedestrian tours, and Charles Lamb, though he loved town better than country, was one who believed in sweeping cobwebs from the brain by brisk and continuous walking. Looking Ahead. Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi remarked at a dinner, says: "The Philadelphia Telegraph, that some lawyers are compelled to build on the future, and told this story as an example: "Some time ago a handsome young woman entered the office of an attorney in the South. Immediately the legal one rose to greet her. " 'I am very glad to tell you, Miss Jones,' he said in a pleased voice, 'that your breach of promise case has been settled. The defendant has expressed a desire to compromise the case by marrying you.' " 'That is good news. Indeed,' was the smiling response of the fair plaintiff. 'It is much better than taking a chance on losing the verdict. You have managed to case very well. How much do I owe you?' " 'Let me see,' thoughtfully mused the lawyer. 'Shall we say one hundred dollars?' " 'We shall not!' emphatically replied the plaintiff. 'It is entirely too much.' " 'Well, then, I will tell you what I will do, Miss Jones,' returned the lawyer. 'If you will promise to retain me as your counsel when you sue for divorce, I will cut that bill right in half.' Galvin Fame While Dying. Antoine Watteau, one of France's foremost artists, painted his celebrated decorative panels while dying of the white man's scourge. He sprang from humble and poverty-stricken surroundings, and was forced to work on the brink of starvation for the greater part of his thirty-seven years. Just as his fame rose to national proportions his tubercular condition became Worse and he worked desperately during his last few years to complete as much work as possible before he died. A Domestic Tragedy. Janet and grandpa had a disagreement during the morning, and at luncheon she did not take her usual seat beside him. "Grandpa and I are unspeakable," she explained briefly. "We drank from the same canteen," exclaimed the old soldier, ruminating. "But wasn't you afraid of the microbes?" suggested his granddaughter. "Gee! No microbes could live in the stuff we were drinking, child!" How Is This One? A girl applied for a place behind the counter of a department store. "What clerical experience have you?" asked the department manager. "Very little," she said with a blush. "I only joined the church last week." 