“Great heavens!” gasped Captain Bell, “the creature means to strike us.”
“Look out fo’ yo’sef!”
Into the vestibule darted Barney and Von Bulow.
Then came the shock.
But the Dart was not demolished. On the contrary the sea serpent seemed for a moment stunned.
Then it was that Barney recovered his senses. He remembered that Frank had been left behind, and with an inward cry darted out of the vestibule.
“Bejabers! it’s not mesilf as will go off and lave Misther Frank in such a heap av trouble,” he muttered. “I’ll niver cum back widout him!”
CHAPTER V.
THE SUNKEN WRECK.
Frank had recovered quickly and emerged from his place of safety just in time to see the sea serpent strike the Dart.
The young inventor had seen and realized the awful risk which this entailed, and muttered: