the twentieth time. "Are they buying the place, or are t

anchor watch had been set, and having "gone the rounds" in order to satisfy himself that everything was in order Kenneth Keny

e was something insistent about the summons. It was not the discreet apologetic trill that the

replied

ir," announced t

nto his leather, fur-lined coat, and hurried to the navigation-room. As he passed the various motor-rooms he noticed

gently-undulating movement, but the merest glance served to corroborate the look-out man's words. Already the "Golden Hind," having risen to 6000 feet and still climbing, was well

decided, the wire rope had parted half-way between the nose of the fuselage and the buoy. There was danger in the comp

use the winch or you won't get the wire to

rtment, which, besides forming a living-ro

e men to his companion. "Blimey! There ain't 'arf

e men returned to t

can't haul the wire in. It's foul of somet

that mean we've hiked up the blessed mooring

e rays of the 10,000 candle-power lam

e glistening length of tautened cable until parting from th

Kenneth. "Good--at that. B

his heart jump into his throat; but a second glance, as the motionless figure slowly revolved at the

ntinued Kenyon. "Stand by t

or clanked away until the word was passed to "'vast heaving." The luckless individua

means of getting him on board. The only practical way to reach him was by lowering a rope fr

bowlines on the bight" at the extrem

couple of men to attend to each of the ropes. If I make a mess of things and don't get back, keep the sh

im. It was a weird sensation dangling in space with about 8000 feet of empty air between him and land or sea, for by this time the "Golden Hind" was probably over

himself on the same level with the

rico Jaures. The question now was, how w

s legs after the manner

ng west' with a vengeance," he soliloquised

grip the arm of the unconscious man. As he did so Enrico's belt, that had

Kenyon out of the bow-line. As it was, he was hanging with his head lower than his feet, holding on with a grip of i

he shouted

"Can I do it? Can I

ng cold, and, lastly, his own position, as he hung practically head downwards, all told against him. Even in those moments of peril

sir," shouted a voice. "I'll be

Kenyon had only a hazy recollection. He was conscious of some

ity on the part of his muscles to respond to his will. The sudden release of the man he had rescued re

y. The strong spirit r

he fellow?

lied Jackson. "S

g of the telegraph indicator bells and the rhythmic pur

Kenneth's plight, had descended by means of another rope, and had deftly hitched the end round the Scorp's body,

the rescued Jaures. "Fine specimen, ain't he? An' what's he doing with that t