e would hear from him; for from this
point there was telegraphic communication with the rest of the world.
There was a little station there, established by some commercial
companies, and their agent was a telegraph-operator.

The passage from New York to Cape Tariff was an uneventful one, and when
Clewe disembarked at the lonely Greenland station he was greeted by a
long message from Mrs. Raleigh, the principal import of which was
that on no account must he allow himself to be persuaded to go on the
submarine voyage of the Dipsey. On his part, Clewe had no desire to make
any change in his plans. During all the long voyage northward his heart
had been at Sardis.

The Dipsey was a comparatively small vessel, but it afforded comfortable
accommodations for a dozen or more people, and there was room for all
the stores which would be needed for a year. She was furnished, besides,
with books and every useful and convenient contrivance which had been
thought desirable for her peculiar expedition.

When everything was ready, Roland Clewe took leave of the officers, the
crew, and the passenger on board the Dipsey, and the last-mentioned, as
she shook hands with him, shed tears.

"It seems to me like a sort of a congregational suicide, Mr. Clewe,"
said she. "And it can't even be said that all the members are doin' it
of their own accord, for I am not. If Sammy did not go, I would not, but
if he does, I do, and there's the end of that; and I suppose it won't
be very much longer before there's the end of all of us. I hope you will
tell Mrs. Raleigh that I sent my best love to her with my last words;
for even if I was to see her again, it would seem to me like beginning
all over again, and this would be the end of this part of my life all
the same. What I hope and pray for is that none of the party may die of
any kind of a disease before the rest all go to their end together; for
remains on board an under-water vessel is somethin' which mighty few
nerves would be able to stand."

When all farewells had been said, Mr. Clewe went on board the Go
Lightly, on the deck of which were her officers and men and the few
inhabitants of the station, and then the plate-glass hatchways of the
Dipsey were tightly closed, and she began to sink, until she entirely
disappeared below the surface of the water, leaving above her a little
floating glass globe, connected with her by an electric wire.

As the Dipsey went under the sea, this little glo