September 25, 2025 • 15 mins
An entire subway train filled with unsuspecting passengers vanishes without a trace in the depths of the New York subway! A murder victims body appears to dissolve into the ground right before a witnesss eyes! What dark secrets do the mysterious subterranean ape men hold? Dive into this enthralling tale of wild science fiction and uncover the truth for yourself! - Summary by Ben Tucker
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Chapter nine of The Menace from Below by harl Vincent.
The slibrivox recording is in the public domain. Chapter nine
a Realization of Power. The corridors were long and so
similar in appearance that Tony and Margaret soon lost themselves
and were unable to locate their rooms. They attempted to
(00:23):
retrace their steps and finally encountered an open door that
they took for the entrance to the hospital wards they
had just quitted. But this door led them into a
sort of a library, where the most conspicuous object in
sight was a large wall map, which immediately revealed itself
as a map of the underground reaches of Subterranea. This
map incorporated in an outline of North America, with the
(00:44):
caverns and tunnels of the subsurface realm superimposed in red
ink on the familiar lines indicating coast and state boundaries.
They lost themselves in contemplation of the truly vast extent
of this unsuspected hidden land. See this, said Tony place
his finger on the point marking the location of the
city of Chicago. This is where we now are, according
(01:05):
to what Talbot has told us. Here is the tunnel
through which we came. He traced an almost straight line
leading nearly due east to New York City. The main
cavern is outlined on the map, extended from Chicago on
the north to a point slightly below Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On
the south, its left boundary passed under Paducah, Kentucky, and
(01:25):
the extreme eastern limit was beneath Bristol, Tennessee. From a
point almost below Jackson, Mississippi, there extended a long red
line that ended some fifty miles west of the Arizona,
New Mexico border. There was a second large cavern under
eastern United States, this one being about four hundred and
fifty miles long, one hundred and fifty miles wide, and
(01:46):
lying mostly under the state of Virginia, with its northern
end crossing Maryland and extending into Pennsylvania, and its southern
end just reaching to the northern border of South Carolina.
There were a number of red lines indicating conecting tunnels
between the two caverns, and these were far from straight.
They twisted and wandered about, indicating that they were natural
(02:07):
rather than artificial passages. Three further caverns of slightly smaller
size were mapped in eastern Canada, and these were interconnected
by many passages and smaller caverns of irregular outline. I
see you lost your way, came the ironic voice of
Talbot from the open doorway, startling them into turning abruptly. Yes,
(02:28):
said Tony truthfully, And we happened in here and have
been greatly interested in this map. Rather surprising, isn't it,
asked Talbot, without anger. Indeed it is. Though you had
told us of the size of Subterranean, we did not
fully realize its true immensity. Why this is a small
world in itself, exactly, agreed Talbot. And it's going to
(02:51):
play an important part in the future of the outside world.
Would you two like to visit the quarters of the
natives of Ulaka now and see for yourselves how much
has been done for them since Ainsworth and I took
hold of things. Oh, I think that would be very interesting,
said Margaret, glad to agree to anything that would relieve
the monotony of existence as a prisoner. They were soon
(03:14):
on a broad paved area that fronted the building and
extended to the shore of the tideless lake, which it
faced the cold light of the Five suns illuminated their
surroundings with considerable brilliancy, and with somewhat the same alteration
of the color of their flesh and clothing as would
be experienced in the light of mercury vapor lamps. Their
fivefold shadows as they strode across the pavement were a
(03:36):
source of considerable amusement to Margaret, as was the unfamiliar
color of her ordinarily creamy white skin. I'm glad we
don't look like this always, she volunteered. You will, said Talbot,
whenever you are outside the main building. Our artificial lights
inside are quite similar to the light of the sun,
but all natural lighting in Subterranea is of the same
(03:59):
nature as the five suns. There are practically no red
rays in this light at all. They had reached a
broad roadway that led between an orderly double row of
the curious circular huts of the natives. None of the
natives were in evidence on the street. Were these huts
built by the natives themselves? Asked Tony, in astonishment at
the regularity and smoothness of their size and shape. Yes,
(04:23):
replied Talbot, but only since our arrival here. When we
came they lived in natural caves and passages branching off
from the main caverns. But we taught them to build
these huts, and since they cannot originate an idea, but
only imitate, all of the huts are identical. You might
think it peculiar that it should be necessary to provide
any shelter whatever in Subterranea on account of the one
(04:45):
great roof overhead, But it is very necessary. At the
moment it is calm, But at times this realm is
subject to quite as severe storms as those of the
upper world. Electrical storms are not infrequent, and these are
terrified in the extreme on account of the reverberations from
the walls of the caverns. These are caused by discharges
(05:07):
similar to lightning, that take place between oppositely charged metallic
deposits in the floors and walls. These are usually accompanied
by severe rain storms as well. Since the humid atmosphere
is brought to the saturation point by sudden changes in
temperature and precipitation results. High winds are also produced by
the electrical phenomena and by changes in temperature that cause
(05:31):
the air to flow from one part of the realm
to another. Margaret glanced upward startled at the sound of
a strange whistling overhead. She gasped in astonishment at what
she saw, a huge bat like creature with broad flapping wings,
fully twenty feet from tip to tip, winging its way
out over the still lake. The eerie whistle was produced
(05:52):
by this strange creature, look, she exclaimed. The two men
followed her glance Tony with as much surprise as she herself.
Of Talbot laughed merrily at their astonishment. That is a pterosaur,
he explained, a species of the flying lizard quite similar
to those of the Mesozoic age. On the surface, there
(06:13):
are many other strange creatures of these same periods still
living their lives in this realm. We have even encountered
plesiosaurs as large as fifty feet in length in the
dense forest between the two great lakes. It is a
wonderful country, and I know you are going to like
it after you've become acclimated. Of course, the home of
(06:34):
the Pithies. Two or three of the pithies had appeared
at some little distance down the street, and these stood
gaping at the humans and open mouthed curiosity. When they approached.
The creatures did not move, but continued to stare at
the intruders from small, beady black eyes. They were quite
similar to the apes that Margaret had seen in the
(06:55):
zoo back home, yet they were infinitely more human and
of quite erect posture. Their bodies were hairy and the
foreheads long and sloping. The jaws were somewhat protuberant, and
the expressions of their faces vacant, yet no wise hostile
in stature. They were about five feet tall, and the
arms were somewhat longer than those of a human, yet
(07:17):
not as long relatively as those of the ape. Their
chests were deep and almost bare of hair, revealing a
skin that appeared under the cold light as a gleaming
blue black. The lives of these pithies, explained Jerry, are
very simple. Their needs are few, and these are supplied
by the females, who leave the city once every sixteen
(07:38):
hours to hunt and to gather fruits and vegetables that
grow in natural profusion along the shore of the lake.
They are extremely fleet afoot and can easily overtake and
capture with their hands the smaller lizardlike creatures that form
their main supply of meat. They also lie quietly on
the shore of the lake or along the bank of
a small stream, and fish their quick hands, darting into
(08:00):
the water with incredible swiftness, and returning with flopping prices
in the form of fish that grow to await as
great as fifteen pounds. The males are drones, and are
somewhat smaller than the females, who are the masters and
rulers of their little families and clans. Was this city
in existence before you came, asked tony, Oh, there was
(08:21):
quite a settlement inhabiting the caves just back of this point.
It was the largest settlement in the realm, and we
naturally located here. Then, when we had taught the pithies
to build their habitations, others came in great numbers and
settled here to be near the strange new beings who
could control life and death, who could make fire and
otherwise perform what were to them supernatural feats. They had
(08:46):
turned a corner and now advanced along a still wider thoroughfare,
where the huts were larger and more ornate. An air
of greater dignity pervaded the street, and they soon observed
several of the grimaldy lounging about in close proximity to
their homes. These were similar to the higher type of
eight men who had assisted in their capture, and while
of no greater size than the pithies, they were still
(09:08):
more erect and had much finer shaped heads and whiter skin.
They were far less hairy, and the sloping forehead and
protruding chin were scarcely in evidence at all. Their eyes, too,
held considerable more of intelligence. After visiting several more streets
of the city, the visitors tired of the adventure and
did not object when Talbot suggested they return to the Castle,
(09:29):
as he called the main large building. He was in
unusually good humor and offered to show them the details
of the psycho transference work in which he and Ainsworth
were engaged. Margaret shuddered, I could not bear to witness
an operation, she objected. But these are entirely painless, Jerry explained.
(09:49):
The whole thing is done bloodlessly in both subjects are
sleeping peacefully during the process. They have no realization of
what is occurring, and are in no pain whatsoever even
after they awaken. I hope, but I can't bear to
think of the poor humans who must give up their
intelligence to these manufactured giants and become morons like the
one we saw in the second ward. She begged. These
(10:12):
people are nothing to you, said Talbot, They are not
even your kind. Few of those who ride the subways
are of the wealthy class, who are your friends and associates.
What difference does it make? Margaret was about to retort hotly,
and it was Tony's turn to interfere. He nudged her
with his elbow as she refrained from further objection the operation.
(10:36):
They followed their captor into the castle and emerged a
few minutes later from the car of the lift, which
had carried them to a floor of the building, where
the constant were of high speed machines filled the air
with pleasantly throbbing vibrations, and to a spotlessly white laboratory.
They accompanied Talbot, and he pointed out the many generators
of the various energies used in the processes which achieved
(10:58):
the horrible results they are. He witnessed in an adjoining
room there were twenty double operating tables, and all of
these were occupied. Margaret shivered with dread when she observed
that the shroudlike coverings hid two figures on each table,
one a giant and the other the figure of a
man or woman from her own world. There was no
(11:18):
sound save the faint whirr of the machines in the laboratory.
They approached the nearest of the operating tables and saw
that the heads of the two subjects projected from beneath
the covers, and that on each head there was a
metallic caplike contrivance that fitted closely to the entire portion
of the skull in which the brains were enclosed. The
patients lay face down, so that it was not nearly
(11:41):
as terrifying a sight as Margaret had expected, but the
thought of the sinister purpose behind these unholy experiments held
her in a chill of fear and disgust. To the
caplike contrivances, there were connected a number of cables, and
these led to individual switchboards on the adjoining wall. These
switchboards were covered with multitudes of small mechanisms that clicked
(12:03):
and purred, and reminded one of the central board of
an automatic telephone system. The process takes about two hours,
explained Jerry, But in that time we are able to
give our supermen an education that would ordinarily require fifteen
or twenty years to impart. You see, we have been
able to develop the actual brain cells and convolutions of
(12:25):
the Grimaldi, along with the physical size and vigor of
their bodies. Their brains are almost identical in construction with
our own, but they are empty until we provide the
knowledge from an outside source. It was discovered fully ten
years ago that the nerve impulses of the human body
are electrical. This was proved by means of the oscillograph,
(12:46):
but it remained for Ainsworth and I to discover that
all functionings of the cells comprising bones, tissue, nerves, blood,
and brain are likewise electrical or electrochemical in nature. We
learned how these functions can be controlled. We learned how
to alter tissue, to promote the growth of the cells,
to alter their nature completely, and eventually how to transfer
(13:08):
characteristics from one cell to another in a different location.
That is how we are carrying the conscious and subconscious
mental equipment from the human to the synthetic superman. Margaret
seemed about to swoon so white and pallid had her
features become tony bent over her in solicitation, and was
only diverted from his attention by the sudden appearance of Ainsworth,
(13:31):
who seemed to be in a state of great excitement.
The supply plane is here, he jabbered, addressing Talbot as
if he did not observe the presence of the visitors
and Marin as a prisoner a Stoway on the plane
when they left the field on Long Island. He seems
to be a desperate character, but we can use him.
Come without reply, Talbot followed. Margaret and Tony trailed along
(13:53):
and were not requested to do otherwise. They returned to
the paved yard before the castle, and there saw a
large airplane of the cabin and type, incapable of carrying
a considerable load. Surely this large plane did not come
through one of your tunnels, asked Tony. No, indeed, replied Talbot,
It came only from the entrance of the long tunnel
(14:14):
of which I spoke. Our allies on the outside have
plains of conventional design. In these are used in obtaining
material from all over the country above, but the loads
are transferred twice, first to the car that brings them
through the tunnel, then to this plain which completes the journey.
Two men of Husky build were struggling alongside the plain
with a third man, whose clothing was torn to shreds,
(14:37):
and who fought and cursed with the fury of a madman.
What have we here, asked Talbot when they neared the
scene of the struggle. A stowaway, Sir, replied, one of
the men holding the prisoner, who subsided at once on
hearing the new voice. We found him when only a
few miles out of New York on the way back,
and thought we had better bring him along. It might
(14:58):
have seen and heard too much. You did, right, Marin,
approved Talbot. Let's get a look at him. The prisoner
raised his blood streaked face and surely defiance, But when
his eyes rested on Margaret, he cried aloud. Margaret, he
exclaimed Bob. She leaned on Tony's arm and quaked in
terror as she recognized in the battered man her brother,
(15:20):
Bob van Elstein, the man whom Tony had seen on
that seemingly long ago night in Cartersville. End of chapter nine,
Chapter nine of The Menace from Below by harl Vincent.
The slibrivox recording is in the public domain. Chapter nine
a Realization of Power. The corridors were long and so
similar in appearance that Tony and Margaret soon lost themselves
and were unable to locate their rooms. They attempted to
(00:23):
retrace their steps and finally encountered an open door that
they took for the entrance to the hospital wards they
had just quitted. But this door led them into a
sort of a library, where the most conspicuous object in
sight was a large wall map, which immediately revealed itself
as a map of the underground reaches of Subterranea. This
map incorporated in an outline of North America, with the
(00:44):
caverns and tunnels of the subsurface realm superimposed in red
ink on the familiar lines indicating coast and state boundaries.
They lost themselves in contemplation of the truly vast extent
of this unsuspected hidden land. See this, said Tony place
his finger on the point marking the location of the
city of Chicago. This is where we now are, according
(01:05):
to what Talbot has told us. Here is the tunnel
through which we came. He traced an almost straight line
leading nearly due east to New York City. The main
cavern is outlined on the map, extended from Chicago on
the north to a point slightly below Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On
the south, its left boundary passed under Paducah, Kentucky, and
(01:25):
the extreme eastern limit was beneath Bristol, Tennessee. From a
point almost below Jackson, Mississippi, there extended a long red
line that ended some fifty miles west of the Arizona,
New Mexico border. There was a second large cavern under
eastern United States, this one being about four hundred and
fifty miles long, one hundred and fifty miles wide, and
(01:46):
lying mostly under the state of Virginia, with its northern
end crossing Maryland and extending into Pennsylvania, and its southern
end just reaching to the northern border of South Carolina.
There were a number of red lines indicating conecting tunnels
between the two caverns, and these were far from straight.
They twisted and wandered about, indicating that they were natural
(02:07):
rather than artificial passages. Three further caverns of slightly smaller
size were mapped in eastern Canada, and these were interconnected
by many passages and smaller caverns of irregular outline. I
see you lost your way, came the ironic voice of
Talbot from the open doorway, startling them into turning abruptly. Yes,
(02:28):
said Tony truthfully, And we happened in here and have
been greatly interested in this map. Rather surprising, isn't it,
asked Talbot, without anger. Indeed it is. Though you had
told us of the size of Subterranean, we did not
fully realize its true immensity. Why this is a small
world in itself, exactly, agreed Talbot. And it's going to
(02:51):
play an important part in the future of the outside world.
Would you two like to visit the quarters of the
natives of Ulaka now and see for yourselves how much
has been done for them since Ainsworth and I took
hold of things. Oh, I think that would be very interesting,
said Margaret, glad to agree to anything that would relieve
the monotony of existence as a prisoner. They were soon
(03:14):
on a broad paved area that fronted the building and
extended to the shore of the tideless lake, which it
faced the cold light of the Five suns illuminated their
surroundings with considerable brilliancy, and with somewhat the same alteration
of the color of their flesh and clothing as would
be experienced in the light of mercury vapor lamps. Their
fivefold shadows as they strode across the pavement were a
(03:36):
source of considerable amusement to Margaret, as was the unfamiliar
color of her ordinarily creamy white skin. I'm glad we
don't look like this always, she volunteered. You will, said Talbot,
whenever you are outside the main building. Our artificial lights
inside are quite similar to the light of the sun,
but all natural lighting in Subterranea is of the same
(03:59):
nature as the five suns. There are practically no red
rays in this light at all. They had reached a
broad roadway that led between an orderly double row of
the curious circular huts of the natives. None of the
natives were in evidence on the street. Were these huts
built by the natives themselves? Asked Tony, in astonishment at
the regularity and smoothness of their size and shape. Yes,
(04:23):
replied Talbot, but only since our arrival here. When we
came they lived in natural caves and passages branching off
from the main caverns. But we taught them to build
these huts, and since they cannot originate an idea, but
only imitate, all of the huts are identical. You might
think it peculiar that it should be necessary to provide
any shelter whatever in Subterranea on account of the one
(04:45):
great roof overhead, But it is very necessary. At the
moment it is calm, But at times this realm is
subject to quite as severe storms as those of the
upper world. Electrical storms are not infrequent, and these are
terrified in the extreme on account of the reverberations from
the walls of the caverns. These are caused by discharges
(05:07):
similar to lightning, that take place between oppositely charged metallic
deposits in the floors and walls. These are usually accompanied
by severe rain storms as well. Since the humid atmosphere
is brought to the saturation point by sudden changes in
temperature and precipitation results. High winds are also produced by
the electrical phenomena and by changes in temperature that cause
(05:31):
the air to flow from one part of the realm
to another. Margaret glanced upward startled at the sound of
a strange whistling overhead. She gasped in astonishment at what
she saw, a huge bat like creature with broad flapping wings,
fully twenty feet from tip to tip, winging its way
out over the still lake. The eerie whistle was produced
(05:52):
by this strange creature, look, she exclaimed. The two men
followed her glance Tony with as much surprise as she herself.
Of Talbot laughed merrily at their astonishment. That is a pterosaur,
he explained, a species of the flying lizard quite similar
to those of the Mesozoic age. On the surface, there
(06:13):
are many other strange creatures of these same periods still
living their lives in this realm. We have even encountered
plesiosaurs as large as fifty feet in length in the
dense forest between the two great lakes. It is a
wonderful country, and I know you are going to like
it after you've become acclimated. Of course, the home of
(06:34):
the Pithies. Two or three of the pithies had appeared
at some little distance down the street, and these stood
gaping at the humans and open mouthed curiosity. When they approached.
The creatures did not move, but continued to stare at
the intruders from small, beady black eyes. They were quite
similar to the apes that Margaret had seen in the
(06:55):
zoo back home, yet they were infinitely more human and
of quite erect posture. Their bodies were hairy and the
foreheads long and sloping. The jaws were somewhat protuberant, and
the expressions of their faces vacant, yet no wise hostile
in stature. They were about five feet tall, and the
arms were somewhat longer than those of a human, yet
(07:17):
not as long relatively as those of the ape. Their
chests were deep and almost bare of hair, revealing a
skin that appeared under the cold light as a gleaming
blue black. The lives of these pithies, explained Jerry, are
very simple. Their needs are few, and these are supplied
by the females, who leave the city once every sixteen
(07:38):
hours to hunt and to gather fruits and vegetables that
grow in natural profusion along the shore of the lake.
They are extremely fleet afoot and can easily overtake and
capture with their hands the smaller lizardlike creatures that form
their main supply of meat. They also lie quietly on
the shore of the lake or along the bank of
a small stream, and fish their quick hands, darting into
(08:00):
the water with incredible swiftness, and returning with flopping prices
in the form of fish that grow to await as
great as fifteen pounds. The males are drones, and are
somewhat smaller than the females, who are the masters and
rulers of their little families and clans. Was this city
in existence before you came, asked tony, Oh, there was
(08:21):
quite a settlement inhabiting the caves just back of this point.
It was the largest settlement in the realm, and we
naturally located here. Then, when we had taught the pithies
to build their habitations, others came in great numbers and
settled here to be near the strange new beings who
could control life and death, who could make fire and
otherwise perform what were to them supernatural feats. They had
(08:46):
turned a corner and now advanced along a still wider thoroughfare,
where the huts were larger and more ornate. An air
of greater dignity pervaded the street, and they soon observed
several of the grimaldy lounging about in close proximity to
their homes. These were similar to the higher type of
eight men who had assisted in their capture, and while
of no greater size than the pithies, they were still
(09:08):
more erect and had much finer shaped heads and whiter skin.
They were far less hairy, and the sloping forehead and
protruding chin were scarcely in evidence at all. Their eyes, too,
held considerable more of intelligence. After visiting several more streets
of the city, the visitors tired of the adventure and
did not object when Talbot suggested they return to the Castle,
(09:29):
as he called the main large building. He was in
unusually good humor and offered to show them the details
of the psycho transference work in which he and Ainsworth
were engaged. Margaret shuddered, I could not bear to witness
an operation, she objected. But these are entirely painless, Jerry explained.
(09:49):
The whole thing is done bloodlessly in both subjects are
sleeping peacefully during the process. They have no realization of
what is occurring, and are in no pain whatsoever even
after they awaken. I hope, but I can't bear to
think of the poor humans who must give up their
intelligence to these manufactured giants and become morons like the
one we saw in the second ward. She begged. These
(10:12):
people are nothing to you, said Talbot, They are not
even your kind. Few of those who ride the subways
are of the wealthy class, who are your friends and associates.
What difference does it make? Margaret was about to retort hotly,
and it was Tony's turn to interfere. He nudged her
with his elbow as she refrained from further objection the operation.
(10:36):
They followed their captor into the castle and emerged a
few minutes later from the car of the lift, which
had carried them to a floor of the building, where
the constant were of high speed machines filled the air
with pleasantly throbbing vibrations, and to a spotlessly white laboratory.
They accompanied Talbot, and he pointed out the many generators
of the various energies used in the processes which achieved
(10:58):
the horrible results they are. He witnessed in an adjoining
room there were twenty double operating tables, and all of
these were occupied. Margaret shivered with dread when she observed
that the shroudlike coverings hid two figures on each table,
one a giant and the other the figure of a
man or woman from her own world. There was no
(11:18):
sound save the faint whirr of the machines in the laboratory.
They approached the nearest of the operating tables and saw
that the heads of the two subjects projected from beneath
the covers, and that on each head there was a
metallic caplike contrivance that fitted closely to the entire portion
of the skull in which the brains were enclosed. The
patients lay face down, so that it was not nearly
(11:41):
as terrifying a sight as Margaret had expected, but the
thought of the sinister purpose behind these unholy experiments held
her in a chill of fear and disgust. To the
caplike contrivances, there were connected a number of cables, and
these led to individual switchboards on the adjoining wall. These
switchboards were covered with multitudes of small mechanisms that clicked
(12:03):
and purred, and reminded one of the central board of
an automatic telephone system. The process takes about two hours,
explained Jerry, But in that time we are able to
give our supermen an education that would ordinarily require fifteen
or twenty years to impart. You see, we have been
able to develop the actual brain cells and convolutions of
(12:25):
the Grimaldi, along with the physical size and vigor of
their bodies. Their brains are almost identical in construction with
our own, but they are empty until we provide the
knowledge from an outside source. It was discovered fully ten
years ago that the nerve impulses of the human body
are electrical. This was proved by means of the oscillograph,
(12:46):
but it remained for Ainsworth and I to discover that
all functionings of the cells comprising bones, tissue, nerves, blood,
and brain are likewise electrical or electrochemical in nature. We
learned how these functions can be controlled. We learned how
to alter tissue, to promote the growth of the cells,
to alter their nature completely, and eventually how to transfer
(13:08):
characteristics from one cell to another in a different location.
That is how we are carrying the conscious and subconscious
mental equipment from the human to the synthetic superman. Margaret
seemed about to swoon so white and pallid had her
features become tony bent over her in solicitation, and was
only diverted from his attention by the sudden appearance of Ainsworth,
(13:31):
who seemed to be in a state of great excitement.
The supply plane is here, he jabbered, addressing Talbot as
if he did not observe the presence of the visitors
and Marin as a prisoner a Stoway on the plane
when they left the field on Long Island. He seems
to be a desperate character, but we can use him.
Come without reply, Talbot followed. Margaret and Tony trailed along
(13:53):
and were not requested to do otherwise. They returned to
the paved yard before the castle, and there saw a
large airplane of the cabin and type, incapable of carrying
a considerable load. Surely this large plane did not come
through one of your tunnels, asked Tony. No, indeed, replied Talbot,
It came only from the entrance of the long tunnel
(14:14):
of which I spoke. Our allies on the outside have
plains of conventional design. In these are used in obtaining
material from all over the country above, but the loads
are transferred twice, first to the car that brings them
through the tunnel, then to this plain which completes the journey.
Two men of Husky build were struggling alongside the plain
with a third man, whose clothing was torn to shreds,
(14:37):
and who fought and cursed with the fury of a madman.
What have we here, asked Talbot when they neared the
scene of the struggle. A stowaway, Sir, replied, one of
the men holding the prisoner, who subsided at once on
hearing the new voice. We found him when only a
few miles out of New York on the way back,
and thought we had better bring him along. It might
(14:58):
have seen and heard too much. You did, right, Marin,
approved Talbot. Let's get a look at him. The prisoner
raised his blood streaked face and surely defiance, But when
his eyes rested on Margaret, he cried aloud. Margaret, he
exclaimed Bob. She leaned on Tony's arm and quaked in
terror as she recognized in the battered man her brother,
(15:20):
Bob van Elstein, the man whom Tony had seen on
that seemingly long ago night in Cartersville. End of chapter nine,
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