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Under the Ocean to the South Pole

Chapter 5 A GRAVE ACCUSATION

Word Count: 1457    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

ng in the direction of the voice, and seeing a

shoot!" the

crazy," said Jack. "Go on, Ma

nd soon the two boys were in the st

urt?" aske

plied Mark. "What

f the hotel was blown up. If you boys wish you can go to a

we will,"

he strange man followed them. The fire was now burning fiercely, and once

hat with the puffing of engines, the whistling of the steamers, the

adually the flames came under the control o

go to the police stat

hilly in the night air with only half of their clothes on. They inquired th

no place to go except to the lock-up. Some swells will be glad to take a place behind the

ats?" repeated Ja

pin' at the hotel with a big crowd of people, an' their apartm

t the station house. There they were received by the sergeant in charge, while the mat

between you," said the sergeant. "We

do us," said Ja

excitement at the entra

ill see them!" a voice exclaimed

tried to hold back a short, stout, excited

laimed the man, point

from the burned hote

ey are the ver

ecognized the man as the one who had cal

cried the little man, pointing his finger at the boys, "and I accuse you of tryin

ed every one that not a word was said. Then th

Royal Highness, Edward VII, Kin

lapel of his coat

claimed the doorman with a twinkle in his eye. "

ty," he added, "and I demand the assistance of the United States authorities in general

o run away. They're to stay here over night, and if you have any charge to

They are anarchists themselves!" exc

aid the sergeant, "until you get a warr

est of the night," insisted the man. "I can't

rned hotel," objected the sergeant. "There will be no room

cried the stranger. "I

Jack, for he remembered the valise contain

ith triumph in his tones. "They are the guilt

not want any one to see them," for Mark remembered Mr. Henderson's strict injunctions to let no one but the mechani

s words and the reluctance Mark and Jack showed to letting the valise be opened. "The boys will be h

response to a nod from the doorman, followed him upstairs to a part of the police s

anarchists?" as

k, and he told as much o

his eye. "It wouldn't do any harm to scare that uppish Englishman

t oblige you," sai

on the doorman. "I hope ye sle

ing accusation against them, the boys' brains were too excited to let them s

ght when Mark was awakene

he asked. "A

Mark, now that his eyes were fully ope

?" asked Jack waki

n a whisper. "I happened to thi

sked Mark in

lads, an' I'd hate to see ye mixed up in a mess with that fellow. So I slips up here early, an' ye can leave by the

running away,

an. "Ye're free to come an' go as far as we're conc

as it was, might make trouble for them, and cause them endless delays

Mark,"

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Under the Ocean to the South Pole
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“Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is mostly well-remembered for the Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1926-1937) and Great Marvel series (1906- 1935). The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of series for children and adults including the Nancy Drew mysteries, the Hardy Boys, and others. The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the creation of Edward Stratemeyer, whose ambition was to be a writer a la Horatio Alger. He succeeded in this ambition (eventually even writing eleven books under the pseudonym "Horatio Alger"), turning out inspirational, up-by-the-bootstraps tales. In Stratemeyer's view, it was not the promise of sex or violence that made such reading attractive to boys; it was the thrill of feeling "grown-up" and the desire for a series of stories, an "I want some more" syndrome. Works written under that name include: Five Thousand Miles Underground; or, The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth (1908), Jack North's Treasure Hunt (1907) and Lost on the Moon; or, In Quest of the Field of Diamonds (1911).”
1 Chapter 1 WILL THE SHIP WORK 2 Chapter 2 A LAND OF ICE3 Chapter 3 RUNNING DOWN A WARSHIP4 Chapter 4 IN THE MIDST OF FIRE5 Chapter 5 A GRAVE ACCUSATION6 Chapter 6 ON A RUNAWAY TROLLEY7 Chapter 7 OFF FOR THE SOUTH POLE8 Chapter 8 ASHORE IN THE DARK9 Chapter 9 A PRICE ON THEIR HEADS10 Chapter 10 ATTACKED BY A MONSTER11 Chapter 11 CAUGHT IN A SEA OF GRASS12 Chapter 12 FIRE ON BOARD13 Chapter 13 THE GHOST OF THE SUBMARINE14 Chapter 14 DIGGING OUT THE SHIP15 Chapter 15 THE STRANGE SHIPWRECK16 Chapter 16 THE GHOST AGAIN17 Chapter 17 ATTACKED BY SAVAGES18 Chapter 18 ON LAND19 Chapter 19 REGAINING THE SHIP20 Chapter 20 ON A VOLCANIC ISLAND21 Chapter 21 CAUGHT IN A WHIRLPOOL22 Chapter 22 UNDER FIRE23 Chapter 23 CAUGHT IN AN ICE FLOE24 Chapter 24 THE SHIP GRAVEYARD25 Chapter 25 CAUGHT BY SEA SUCKERS26 Chapter 26 LAND UNDER ICE27 Chapter 27 ATTACKED BY AN OCTUPUS28 Chapter 28 OUT OF THE ICE29 Chapter 29 THE BOILING WATER30 Chapter 30 CONCLUSION