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Under the Ocean to the South Pole

Chapter 9 A PRICE ON THEIR HEADS

Word Count: 1267    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

tement. Washington, with Andy, Tom, Bill a

it?" cr

professor as calmly as he cou

archlight and peered

ything?" asked

nnounced t

ha

r. Henderson. "We

done no damage,"

e. "I guess there isn't much danger in ramming the shore excepting to

that, aside from the jar, which might have starte

em a little while to become accustomed to the darkness, but soon they were able to make out that they had run on the muddy bank of t

rning," said Mr. Henderson. "It doesn't look like a very livel

as quiet as the proverbial graveyard. Not a light showed on shore, and the gl

o I'm going to turn in,"

g instructions that Washington and Bill were to divide the

ed on deck a fe

ing our share of adven

ay so," ans

ost been eat by dat air koslostrous specimen ob a parra

suddenly, pointing to an o

o behold something

the colored man yelled. "It's a ghost! L

hands in supplication. The boys gazed curiously at the whi

on the waves, w

hat it is,"

spoke Jack. "It'

" pleaded Washington. "It'll put de evil

ok queer, but Jack reasoned correctly that the darkness of the nig

try to get i

bundle of rags, floating on top of the water, and, a

ittle dead baby!" cried the colore

er them. Jack secured a boat hook from where it was fastened to the platform. With it he gently poked at the white thing. The objec

to get a good look at the thin

it?" cr

ack with a laugh, as he threw it on th

ghost," cried Washington

ere the first ones awake the next mo

you rescued from dr

Jack. "I wonder if t

d it open. No sooner had he scanned th

startling?"

I guess yes!

g at them, from amid a mass of other new

OR BOY A

ption with pictures, of how it had been blown up in an attempt to assassinate

lars. How the boys had escaped the detective, through the trolley car mishap, was related, and then came the startling announcement that the hote

ere of some importance in

ice on our heads! Well, that detective certa

arleston the day previous. It had probably been thrown o

ofessor Henderson came on deck. He saw something w

sn't like running away when you know you are guilty. You boys had no more to do with the f

seemed that they were still under a cloud, and th

professor needed some small bits of machinery, and had decided to send the boys to the nearest town for them. But t

as soon as all were on board once more. "This time I

ath the waves, and with a hum of the big scre

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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