Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Gail Karaj
The "hive" where I lived was more than a hundred paces from the residence of Count Atticus, and it was the last house in the row of houses in Pihiva.Although I don't live with Thomas Roche, is my room next to his?In order for Gaiden to continue to take care of the patients in the nursing home, the two rooms must be next to each other... I'll figure it out soon.
Captain Spard and Engineer Sokol live on either side of Count Atticus' mansion.
Mansion? ...Yes, why not call it that, since the house is so tastefully decorated.The rocks on the front of the mansion are magnificently carved through ingenious workmanship.A wide door opens into the void.Sunlight streams in through several windows cut into the rock face, and the window frames are painted with colorful checkered patterns.There are several rooms in the house, a dining room and a living room, all with stained glass windows, very bright and very well ventilated.The oddly shaped furniture comes from all over the world, including France, England, and the United States.Apparently, their owners love a variety of styles.Storage rooms and a kitchen are located in the annexe behind Behev.
In the afternoon, I came out of the house, determined to see Count Atticus, just in time to see him walking across the shore to the "Hive."Maybe he didn't see me, or he avoided me on purpose, anyway, he quickened his pace and I couldn't catch up with him.
"But he has to see me!" I thought to myself.
I hurried to the door of the mansion that had just been closed.
A tall, dark-skinned Malay immediately appeared at the door.He motioned me roughly to go away.
I ignored the order and insisted on going in, repeating the following twice in fluent English:
"Please tell Count Atticus that I want to see him immediately!"
It's like I'm talking to the rocks of Cup Covered Island!The savage, who knew not a word of English, answered me with threatening shouts.
I was then going to break in, shouting so that Count Atticus could hear me.But all indications were that this would only provoke the wrath of the Malays, and he was immensely powerful.
I put off getting an explanation—I'll get it sooner or later.
As I walked east along the row of houses in Behaven, Thomas Roche was always on my mind.I am very surprised that I have not seen him on this first day.Is he sick again? ...
This assumption is almost impossible to hold.According to what Count Atticus had told me before, if Thomas was ill, he would ask Guedon to take care of Thomas Roche.
I had just walked a hundred or so steps before I bumped into Engineer Sokol.
Seeing me, the sarcastic fellow smiled his usual obsequious and pleasant smile, and made no attempt to avoid me.If he knew that I was with him, that I was an engineer,--if he knew--perhaps he would be kinder to me? ...However, I must be careful not to reveal my name and identity to him.
The engineer Sokol stopped in his tracks, with piercing eyes and a sarcastic smile, and greeted me gracefully.
I returned a cold salute—he pretended not to notice my indifference.
"Monsieur Guyton, may St. Jonathan bless you!" he said to me in a clear and resonant voice, "I don't think you will complain that we have afforded you an excellent opportunity to visit this marvelous cave. . . . Ah! it is one of the most beautiful caves... and yet the most obscure of the spheres in which we live! . . . "
When he was talking to an ordinary nurse, he used the scientific term "spheroid" so surprising that I simply replied:
"As long as I can go out freely after visiting this cave, I have nothing to complain about, Mr. Sokol..."
"What! You have already considered leaving us, Monsieur Guyton...to return to that shabby little building in the sanatorium?... You have not explored our magnificent territory deeply, nor have you deeply appreciated the unique beauty, the burden of nature. All its costs..."
"What I have seen is enough for me," I retorted, "and if you spoke to me seriously, I would answer you seriously that I do not wish to see any more."
"Well, Mr. Gaidon, allow me to tell you that you have not yet experienced the benefits of living in this unique place! ...Life is warm and quiet, carefree, stable and safe, and the material conditions are unmatched by other places , the four seasons are like spring, there is no need to be afraid of the storms that ravage the Atlantic Ocean, the winter is warm and the summer is cool!...The changes of the four seasons have almost no effect on the mild and pleasant climate!...Here, we don't need to be afraid and angry at all..."
He cites the names of two figures from the myth, and implies that for him this was as little as possible.obvious.Engineer Sokol is laughing at me.Had Gaton the guardian also heard of the names of Pluto and Neptune? ...
"Sir," I said, "perhaps the climate here suits you, and you should appreciate the advantages of living in the... depths of this cave..."
I almost said the name of the "Cup Covered" island... I stopped just in time.If they find out that I know the name of the island and its location on the west coast of Bermuda, it will be dire consequences!
I continued:
"However, the climate here is not suitable for me. I have the right to change the climate. I think..."
"Power, indeed."
"I mean I have the right to go out and you should help me return to the American continent."
"I have no good reason against you, Monsieur Guedon," said Engineer Sokol, "that your request is in all respects justified. Please note, however, that we live here with precious and absolute Independent, we do not belong to any big country, nor are we controlled by any external forces, we are not immigrants from a certain country in America or Europe...any noble and kind person should pay attention to this...a certain talented person in his memoirs Speaking of these caves of the gods who once read their oracles through the mouth of Tophnes..."
Apparently, Engineer Sokol loves to quote fairy tales!After Pluto and Napdune come Toveni!what!Did he think a nursing home nurse would recognize Tophines? ... Evidently, the taunting man continued to mock me, and it was with all my might that I refrained from returning the same tone.
"Just now," I said stiffly, "I wanted to enter this mansion, which, if I'm not mistaken, is the residence of Count Atticus, but I was stopped..."
"By whom, Mr. Guyton?..."
"by a servant of the count."
"The servant may have been acting on orders."
"But, whether he wants to or not, Earl Atticus should give me a chance to speak..."
"I think it's going to be difficult...even impossible," Engineer Sokol said with a smile.
"why?……"
"Because there is no Count Atticus here."
"You're joking, I thought! . . . I saw him just now . . . "
"It is not Count Atticus that you see, Monsieur Guedon..."
"Then who is it? . . . "
"It's the pirate Gal Karaj."
Throwing the name hard, Engineer Sokol walked away, and it didn't even occur to me to keep him.
Pirate Gal Caraday!
yes! ...the name tells me a lot! ..., I knew the name, and what kind of memories did it arouse! ... The name alone says something inexplicable to me!It told in whose hands I fell! ... Based on what I already know, and what I have learned from Engineer Sokol after arriving on the island of "Cupped", I must tell the past and present of this Gael Karaj.
Eight or nine years ago, pirates acted recklessly in the Western Pacific, and there were countless incidents of murder and wealth, thus desolating the waters of the Western Pacific.At that time, under the leadership of a murderous leader, a group of outlaws from all over the country, deserters from the colonial garrison, convicts who escaped from prison, and sailors who abandoned ship, ran rampant for a while.The core characters in this gang are all scumbags in European and American society. In order to seek gold, they came to various areas of New Wales in southern Australia.Captain Spade and engineer Sokol are one of these gold diggers, and their common taste and personality immediately connect these two down-and-outs closely.
These two were educated and strong-willed men, sure to succeed in any field given their intelligence.But, having neither conscience nor scruple, they were determined to get rich by any means, hoping to gain by speculation and gambling what might have been obtained by hard work, so they threw themselves into incredible adventures, Once rich and then nothing, their behavior is no different from that of homeless people who come to the gold mines to try their luck.
In those days, near the goldfields of southern New Wales, there lived a man who was bold enough to be afraid of nothing,--not even crime,--who had an irresistible influence over these men of violent and malevolent nature.
The man's name was Gail Karage.
What country the pirate was from and what he had done in the past were questions that could not be answered by the investigation.Although he remained at large, his name—or at least the name he claimed to be—had spread throughout the world.People can be said to turn pale when talking about him, as if he is a mythical figure who cannot be seen or grasped.
Now, I'm pretty sure Gail Karaj is Malay, anyway, it doesn't really matter.What is certain is that he was an unscrupulous pirate, responsible for countless murders on the high seas.
He befriended Engineer Sokol and Captain Spud near the goldfields of Australia, and after staying there for a few years he snatched up a ship at the port of Melburn, Victoria.His accomplices consisted of more than thirty scoundrels, and this number was soon tripled.Looting in this part of the Pacific Ocean is very easy and the rewards are quite rich. —It is impossible to count how many robberies at sea have taken place on these islands in the Western Pacific, how many ships have been hijacked, how many crew members have been killed, and, in short, the immigrants are defenseless against them.Despite numerous denunciations of the ship of Gail Karage, commanded by Captain Spard, however, it was not possible to subdue it.He seems to have the gift of magically disappearing in the labyrinthine archipelago, for Gael Karaj knows all the outlets and bays of these archipelagos.
Dreadful pirates rule the seas.British, French, Germans, Russians, Americans, in vain, sent fleets after this phantom ship. Fa was already feeling hopeless.
One day, these crimes are over.Never hear people talk about Gail Karaday anymore.Did he leave the Pacific Ocean for other oceans? ...began looting elsewhere again? . . . and as there was no further robbery for some time, it was supposed that, out of the great fortunes of long robbery, there was still a considerable amount of money left after deducting the fortunes spent and squandered in revelry .Perhaps Gael Karaj and his cohorts had hidden their fortunes somewhere secret and safe known only to them, and were enjoying them now.
Where have these pirates been hiding since disappearing? ... All searches were fruitless.After the worry and danger disappeared, people gradually forgot about the robbery in the Western Pacific.
The above is what happened in the past, and if I can't escape from "Cupped Cup" island, what happened now will never be known.
Yes, when the outlaws left the waters of the western Pacific Ocean, they already had a huge fortune.After they destroyed the pirate ship, they parted ways and made an appointment to meet on the American mainland.
At that time, Sokol, an engineer who was very proficient in business, was a capable mechanic. He was once keen on studying the structure of submarines, and he suggested to Gail Karage to build a submarine so that he could operate under more concealed and more terrible conditions. to resume criminal activity.
Gail Karage believes that the advice of his accomplices is very practical, money is no problem, just start implementing the plan.
The so-called Earl of Atticus ordered the "Aiba" sailing ship at the shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden, and at the same time handed over the design drawings of the submarine to the Krems shipyard in Delphi in the United States to manufacture the ship. The submarine did not arouse any suspicion.And, soon it disappeared with people and boats.
The submarine was built according to the design of the engineer Sokol and under his special supervision. It used many of the well-established sea technologies of the time. The electric current generated by the new battery drove the electric motor fixed on the propeller shaft, giving the engine a powerful force. thrust.
Naturally, no one guessed that Count Atticus was the pirate Gail Carage who used to roam the Pacific Ocean, nor did he guess that the engineer Sokol was his best friend.People only regard him as a foreigner with a noble family background and riches. Over the past year, he has often entered and exited various ports in the United States on the "Aiba" (the "Aiba" was launched before the tugboat.)
Manufacturing work takes at least eighteen months.When it was completed, it aroused the admiration of all those interested in underwater navigation tools.Its shape, internals, ventilation, comfort, stability, speed of entry, agility, ease of range and dive changes, ease of operation, extraordinary speed, battery capacity that gives it mechanical power, all of these are Far surpassed the "Gube", the "Genot", the successor of the "Zedi" and other well-established submarines of that time.
And it will not be long before its performance is judged, for after many successful trials a public trial is to be made four nautical miles from Charleston, innumerable warships, merchant ships, yachts, Americans And foreigners will come to watch.
Needless to say, the "Aiba" was also among the watching ships, and Count Atticus, Engineer Sokol, Captain Spud, and the entire crew were on board, except for the six or seven crew members who were going to operate the submarine. , the submarine will be commanded by a very brave and excellent British mechanic, Jeberson.
This final test involved various maneuvers on the surface, and then the sub had to sink for a few hours before resurfacing when it reached the buoys a few nautical miles away.
When the time came and the hatch was closed, the submarine was first on the surface, wowing the audience with its speed and ability to turn.
Then the Aiba sent a signal, and the submarine slowly sank until it was out of sight of all.
Several boats headed for the designated spot where the submarine resurfaced.
Three hours passed...the submarine did not surface.
Unbeknownst to the people, the machine used to tow the sailboat underwater would only surface a few nautical miles from there, an appointment made in advance by Count Atticus and engineer Sokol.But all but those in the know believed beyond doubt that the submarine had been wrecked by an accident of hull or machinery. The people on the "Aiba" pretended to be panicked, but the sadness of the people on the other ships was real.Various investigations were done, and divers were sent to the waters where the submarine traveled.All these searches were in vain, and it was believed to have been buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Two days later Count Atticus was again at sea, and forty-eight hours later he met the tugboat at the appointed place.
That's how Gail Carage has a fantastic submarine that serves two purposes: towing sailboats, and raiding ships.Thanks to this dreadful instrument of destruction, unknown to all, Count Atticus resumed his robbery, this time in greater safety and with impunity.
I learned these details from Engineer Sokol, who was very proud of his work—and quite sure that the prisoner of the Isle of the Covered Cup would never reveal this secret to the public.In fact, we see what kind of offensive power Gael Karaj has.Tugboats attack ships at night, and they can't possibly guard against a yacht.Submarines used their bows to damage the bottoms of these ships, and then, sailing ships approached them, and sailors slaughtered their crews and looted their cargo.So, in the maritime news, countless ships can only be grouped under this hopeless column: Ships and men lost.
That year, after a horrific robbery in Charleston Bay, Gail Carage was back exploiting America's Atlantic waters.His wealth has grown at an astonishing rate.Unused goods were sold in distant markets, and the fruits of robbery were turned into gold and silver.But pirates have always lacked a hidden place to store their belongings before dividing the spoils.
A serendipity helped them.While the engineer Sokol and the mechanic Jabson were navigating the ocean floor near Bermuda in a submarine, they discovered this tunnel at the bottom of the island leading to the interior of the Cup Covered Island.Could Gail Caraj have found a better place to evade search? . . . and this little island in Bermuda, once a bandit's den, became inhabited by an even more dreadful set of outlaws.
Having settled upon the hermitage of the Isle of the Covered Cup, Count Atticus and his companions began a new life under the broad dome, as we have seen.The engineer Sokol built a power house without the use of machines which would be suspected to have been made abroad, but only with batteries, which were easy to install, requiring only metal plates and chemicals, when the Alba was moored in America They can be purchased in bulk.
We can easily guess what happened on the nights of the 19th and 20th.The reason why the unstoppable three-masted sailboat disappeared at sunrise was simply because the tugboat approached it, it was attacked by the sailboat, robbed, and sank to the bottom of the sea with all the crew... When it disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean When it was in the abyss, part of its cargo had already been shipped to the "Aiba"! ...
In whose hands did I fall, and how was this encounter to be ended? …Can I escape this prison on the Isle of the Covered Cup and expose this false Count of Atticus and these pirates of Gail Carage of the Seas? ...
How terrifying Gail Karaj was already, wouldn't it be even more terrifying once he mastered the "Rosh Lightning"? ...yes, this time!If he used this new destructive missile, no merchant ship could resist it, no warship could escape total destruction.
These thoughts, suggested by the name of Gail Karage, have haunted and haunted me for a long time.All that I knew about this notorious pirate came back to my memory—his life during his ravages in the Pacific, the raids on his ships by sea powers, the failure of his expeditions, He is to be blamed for the inexplicable disappearance of ships transporting the American continent in 2000. ...He just changed the location of the attack...Thought to have got rid of him, he continued his robbery on the bustling waters of the Atlantic with the help of this tugboat that was believed to have been swallowed by Charleston Bay...
"Now," I thought to myself, "I've learned his real name and his true hiding place, - Gail Karage and the Island of the Covered Cup! But the reason Sokol confided this to me The name must have been allowed... Doesn't this mean telling me to give up the idea of getting free?..."
Engineer Sokol has seen clearly the effect of this name on me.I remember, after he left me, he walked towards Gail Karage's house, perhaps to tell him what had happened.
I walked for a long time on the edge of the lagoon, and then I was about to go back to the hut, when I heard footsteps beside me.
I turn around.
Count Atticus and Captain Spard stood there.He gave me a suspicious look.In a fit of rage I could no longer restrain myself, and the following words came out of my mouth:
"Sir, you have no right to detain me here!... If you rob me out of the sanatorium in order to let me take care of Thomas Roche, I refuse to take care of him, and I ask you to send me back..."
The leader of the pirates did not speak or move.
I am very angry.
"Answer me, Count Atticus,—for I know who you are...Answer me...Gail Carage..."
He replied:
"Count Atticus is Gail Karaj, just as the Guardian Guyton is the engineer Sosimon Hart, and Gail Karaj will never give freedom to the engineer Simon Hart who knows his secret!"
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