The Wizard of the Sea

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Title: The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean
Author: Roy Rockwood

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THE WIZARD OF THE SEA
or
A Trip Under the Ocean
by
ROY ROCKWOOD
Author of "A Schoolboy's Pluck," Etc.

[Illustration]

A. L. Burt Company, Publishers New York Copyright, 1900 by The
Mershon Company

[Illustration: IN FRONT OF HIM WAS A HUGE OCTOPUS. P. 112.]

CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCING OUR HEROES. 1 II. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
8 III. THE GREAT FIGHT. 14 IV. ON THE ROAD. 20 V. HOKE
UMMER'S TREACHERY. 26 VI. OUT ON THE BAY. 32 VII. A
LIVELY ENCOUNTER. 46 VIII. MONT IS PUNISHED. 51 IX.
DOCTOR HOMER WODDLE. 55 X. THE SUBMARINE TERROR.

61 XI. ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER. 67 XII. INSIDE OF
THE "SEARCHER." 74 XIII. THE OWNER OF THE SUBMARINE
MONSTER. 81 XIV. THE ATTACK. 86 XV. PRISONERS. 91 XVI.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE "SEARCHER." 98 XVII. THE DEVIL
FISH. 106 XVIII. MONT IS LOST. 113 XIX. MONT'S PERIL. 120
XX. THE WRECKS. 128 XXI. ON LAND ONCE MORE. 132 XXII.
FIGHTING THE SAVAGES. 141 XXIII. ELECTRIFYING THE
SAVAGES. 149 XXIV. A PEARL WORTH A FORTUNE. 159 XXV.
THE MAN OF MYSTERY. 169 XXVI. THROUGH THE EARTH.
177 XXVII. THE ESCAPE--CONCLUSION. 183

THE WIZARD OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCING OUR HEROES.
"Hip, hurrah! Hip, hurrah!"
"Well, I declare; Mont Folsom, what is the matter with you?"
"Matter? Nothing is the matter, Tom, only I'm going to a boarding
school--just the best place on the face of the earth, too--Nautical Hall,
on the seacoast."
"Humph! I didn't know as how a boarding school was such a jolly
place," grumbled old Tom Barnstable. "They'll cane ye well if ye git
into mischief, lad."
"Will they, Tom? What for? I never do any wrong," and Mont Folsom
put on a very sober face.
"Jest to hear the lad! Never do no mischief! Ha! ha! Why you're the
wust boy in the town fer mischief, Mont--an' everybody knows it. A
nautical school, did ye say. Maybe they'll take ye out in a ship some
time in that case."

"They do take the pupils out--every summer, so Carl Barnaby was
telling me. He goes there, you know, and so does Link Harmer."
"Then you an' Carl will make a team--an' Heaven help the folks as
comes in your way," added Tom Barnstable decidedly.
"But we are not so bad, I tell you, Tom," said Mont, but with a sly
twinkle in his bright eyes.
"Oh, no, not at all. But jest you tell me who drove the cow into Squire
Borden's dining room and who stuffed the musical instruments of the
brass band with sawdust at the Fourth of July celebration? You never
do anything, you little innocent lamb!"
And with a loud guffaw the old character sauntered down the street
toward his favorite resort, the general store.
Montrose Folsom continued on his way. He was a handsome youth of
fifteen, tall and square-shouldered, with a taking way about him that
had made him a host of friends. He was the only son of Mrs. Alice
Folsom, a rich widow.
A moment after leaving Tom Barnstable, Mont reached the home of his
particular chum, Lincoln Harmer. Throwing open the gate, he espied
Link in the barnyard, and made a rush forward.
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!"
"That settles it, Mont, you're going with me next term!" exclaimed Link,
a bright fellow of our hero's age.
"If I wasn't I'd sing a dirge instead of shouting, Link. Yes, it's all settled,
and I'll be ready to start with you Monday."
"Your mother has written to Captain Hooper?"
"Yes, and got word back in to-day's mail."
"Good!"

"I'm to buy a lot of things down to Carley's store and then go home and
start to pack up. Come on."
Arm in arm, the two chums made their way to the large general store,
where Tom Barnstable was again encountered. Here Mont purchased
some extra underclothing his mother said he needed. While he was