“My goodness!” exclaimed Von Bulow; “then we are lost!”
“What could have happened?” asked Bell in horror.
Their three helmets were close together at this moment. The only logical conclusion that Frank could arrive at was that the Dart had received some fearful shock and had gone to the surface.
If this was the case it would perhaps shortly return.
But the one horrifying thought which oppressed Frank was that possibly Barney and Pomp would lose their bearings and would not be able to find the three divers.
CHAPTER VI.
IMPRISONED IN A WRECK.
In this case their fate was certainly sealed.
Lost at the bottom of the sea; lost in the great Atlantic Valley. What an awful thing to consider!
Frank knew, however, that they could stay death for a number of days.
There was enough material in the generators to keep them alive that length of time.