s standing with chalky-white face by his side, Ned curtly ordered him to

rn, and any damage she might have sustained reported to him immediately. Herc, who by thi

he knew that yet more suspense was bound to follow when it came

g

is could not be foretold till an actual trial could be made. For the present, with e

yelid to betray the ordeal through which he was passing, he stood erect on the bridge awaiting th

icament, Ned knew that his brief career as a naval commander was over

lost his head and "piled her up"?[Pg 78] Judging from the conversation he had overheard, Kenworth wa

y. Ned was more inclined to put the entire affair down to stupidity. But he knew that as comman

tal house just abaft of the funnel. The stinging, whip-like crack and the crepitant sputter of the spark as

sound audible outside the ear receivers.[Pg 79] "Who can it be? Trevor, the regular wireless man,

indecision, and then a flam

litting space like a scimitar was no novice. Moreover, he was trying to raise th

f. "I miss my guess if it isn't somebody trying, absolutely without or

eyway to where a short flight of steel steps led to the wireless

g

looked in, he stopped as abruptly as if

aking in the picture that had suddenly

tmosphere was Kenworth. His pale face was alight with poisonous glee, as

d Kenworth by the collar. The astonished and startled mids

the matter?"

He was in no mood to be trifled with. He fancied now that he sa

he had Kenworth by

g

ee, sir-I-th

e, please. What a

I'd practic

ha

his nostrils. He despised a liar more than he held contempt f

n and flaccid, "I'm wireless officer, with Trev

nworth," snapped Ned; "and as for practicing, you assuredly choose an ext

ed[Pg 82] thought that he caught an

ers and without informing anyone, you were in here trying to raise the Manhattan. You

ed from foot to

y--" he

d boile

You will now oblige me by going to your cabin,

hout a word left the wireless room. But as he desce

said I'd fix you and I will, too. If only I could have raised the Manhattan and got that message through wi