Author o£ "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", etc. Despair galvanized mo. I threw myself upon the madman, we struggled together, and a terrible conflict took place. But I was thrown down, anil while he held me under bis knee, the madman was cuttins the. .cords of the cor. . . . Tho car fell, but I instinctively clung .to the- cords and holptcd myself into the meshes oi the netting.