Then Frank pressed the lever which hermetically sealed doors and windows.
The Dolphin plunged beneath the surface. Down she went until the electric lights showed the gleaming sands of the ocean bed.
Then began the quest for the valley of pearls.
For fully a day the Dolphin cruised about. Then the electric light showed a half mile distant huge pillars of stone, showing the entrance to a submarine valley or sink.
The Dolphin approached this rapidly.
Reaching the huge pillars it passed between them. The valley of pearls was spread to view.
There they lay in heaps upon the bed of the valley. They glistened and shone in the electric light beautifully.
Truly it was a wonderful sight. Words cannot describe the keen joy of Captain Uriah.
He danced and sang and screamed in his delight.
“By the horn spoon!” he cried, “my fondest dreams are realized! Pearls, pearls, beautiful pearls! Truly they are gorgeous beyond all description.”