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Chapter III. Submerged

           NocablemessageswerereceivedanylongerfromSouthAmerica.InNorthAmericathesouthernstates,aftersometerribleracialrioting,hadsuccumbedtothepoison.NorthofMarylandtheeffectwasnotyetmarked,andinCanadaitwashardlyperceptible.Belgium,Holland,andDenmarkhadeachinturnbeenaffected.Despairingmessageswereflashingfromeveryquartertothegreatcentresoflearning,tothechemistsandthedoctorsofworld-widerepute,imploringtheiradvice.Theastronomerstooweredelugedwithinquiries.Nothingcouldbedone.Thethingwasuniversalandbeyondourhumanknowledgeorcontrol.Itwasdeath—painlessbutinevitable—deathforyoungandold,forweakandstrong,forrichandpoor,withouthopeorpossibilityofescape.Suchwasthenewswhich,inscattered,distractedmessages,thetelephonehadbroughtus.Thegreatcitiesalreadyknewtheirfateandsofaraswecouldgatherwerepreparingtomeetitwithdignityandresignation.Yetherewereourgolfersandlaborerslikethelambswhogambolundertheshadowoftheknife.Itseemedamazing.Andyethowcouldtheyknow?Ithadallcomeuponusinonegiantstride.Whatwasthereinthemorningpapertoalarmthem?Andnowitwasbutthreeintheafternoon.Evenaswelookedsomerumourseemedtohavespread,forwesawthereapershurryingfromthefields.Someofthegolferswerereturningtotheclub-house.Theywererunningasiftakingrefugefromashower.Theirlittlecaddiestrailedbehindthem.Otherswerecontinuingtheirgame.Thenursehadturnedandwaspushingherperambulatorhurriedlyupthehillagain.

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