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The Madness from the Sea

           Steamhadnotbeensufferedtogodownentirely,despitethedepartureofallhandsfortheshore;anditwastheworkofonlyafewmomentsoffeverishrushingupanddownbetweenwheelandenginestogettheAlertunderway. Slowly,amidstthedistortedhorrorsofthatindescribablescene,shebegantochurnthelethalwaters; whilstonthemasonryofthatcharnelshore thatwasnotofearththetitanThingfromthestarsslaveredandgibberedlikePolyphemecursingthefleeingshipofOdysseus. Then,bolderthanthestoriedCyclops,greatCthulhuslidgreasilyintothewaterandbegantopursuewithvastwave-raisingstrokesofcosmicpotency. Bridenlookedbackandwentmad, laughingshrillyashekeptonlaughingatintervalstilldeathfoundhimonenightinthecabinwhilstJohansenwaswanderingdeliriously. 

           ButJohansenhadnotgivenoutyet. KnowingthattheThingcouldsurelyovertaketheAlertuntilsteamwasfullyup,heresolvedonadesperatechance; and,settingtheengineforfullspeed,ranlightning-likeondeckandreversedthewheel. Therewasamightyeddyingandfoaminginthenoisomebrine, andasthesteammountedhigherandhigherthebraveNorwegiandrovehisvesselheadonagainstthepursuingjellywhichroseabovetheuncleanfrothlikethesternofadaemongalleon. Theawfulsquidheadwithwrithingfeelerscamenearlyuptothebowspritofthesturdyyacht,butJohansendroveonrelentlessly. Therewasaburstingasofanexplodingbladder,aslushynastinessasofaclovensunfish,astenchasofathousandopenedgraves,andasoundthatthechroniclercouldnotputonpaper. Foraninstanttheshipwasbefouledbyanacridandblindinggreencloud,andthentherewasonlyavenomousseethingastern; whereGodinheaven! thescatteredplasticityofthatnamelesssky-spawnwasnebulouslyrecombininginitshatefuloriginalform,whilstitsdistancewidenedeverysecondastheAlertgainedimpetusfromitsmountingsteam. 

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