36xxxx 117 Daring Escape Attempt

Down in the depths of the Euclidean underwater city, the little band of adventurers whom we have come to know as the Gregory party find themselves faced with a new problem and probably a new danger.

The Euclidean girl submarine commander who helped them to escape from the island has been put out of the Euclidean colony and made a prisoner with the Gregory party. Jerry and Joan believe the girl to be a good friend of theirs, but Captain Bradford isn't so sure.

Some emergency has stopped all activity on Euclidean, and Mrs. Gregory and the captain have gone to find out what they can. Jerry and Joan remain with a girlsubmarine commander in their quarters. You know Joan, there was something mighty funny about the way Tex was acting when he went out of here.

His manners seemed to be very abrupt. Well, it was more than that. Golly, Tex doesn't get excited very often, but he was sure off balance about something this time. Do you think that we said or did anything to offend him?

I believe I know what was troubling the captain. Hmm? What? For some reason, which I cannot understand, he suddenly became suspicious of me. Of you, Elaine? Precisely. Whoa. What did you do? Nothing. I merely ask permission to take part in all of your discussions for plans to escape, and the captain decided to leave the room, taking Mrs. Gregory with him.

Oh, that didn't have anything to do with it? Surely not. I appreciate your confidence in me. But you are mistaken. I have studied too thoroughly the expressions of faces under strain. I know what the captain was thinking.