Hang it all, can't a fello

unk. He came from an indomitable stock that never readily admits defeat, and on this occasion h

to the navigation-room, staggering slightl

ng in search of you. Show position lights. Will tranship Sir Reginald Fosterdyke and Mr. Bramsdean as soon as

oncurred Kenyo

thousand feet, and the speed was two thousand revolutions, or approximately thirty miles an hour. The "Gol

of about six miles. The light came from the destroyer Zeebrugge, which, pel

ch he had already had opportunities of observing the handling of the huge vessel, but now he found himself confronted with the problem of br

d. "I must admit I feel a bit rotten after that

keeping a sharp eye on his superior officer, ready at the firs

rawn from various ballonets, the motors were constantly being either accelerated or retarded according to the conditions demanded. The white flashing la

at the end of which a small electric bulb glowed to enable the destroyer's crew to locate the line in the dark. Throughout the manoeuvre neither the "

the wake of the destroyer, and the task that confronted Kenyon was to bring her ahead sufficiently for the bows to overlap t

destroyer until a shout from the latter's deck

was now moving merely under the towing action of the Z

nd being held by a couple of bluejackets on the T.B.D. Without loss of tim

thank you!" sho

ce from the Zeebrugge, followed b

ull five hundred feet into the air be

Kenneth in the navigation-room. "All's well that ends

didn't part. Possibly the shackle on the buoy gave.

ed the baronet, sharpl

," replied Kenneth.

Fosterdyke, and re

for some moments, then

lay three red and three white lights to the official observer on Signal Hill. When we see a similar signal mad

the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar, the "Golden Hind" received her o

und the world within the space of twenty days, but a race in which the British competitor had to mak

to keep below the maximum speed, rather than overtax the motors by running "all out." Within a few minutes of receiving her official permit to depart the airship lost sight of

part he had taken in the rescue of Enrico Jaures, and had concealed the fact

t the baronet was standing in a corner of the n

laimed Fosterdyke. "You'v

d Kenyon. "But we've

, w

n to the wire rope, we didn't p

much mistaken our unwanted supernumerary can and must give us certain i

ng. However, as far as he, Kenyon, was concerned, other things o

ordered his involuntary gu

siness," he observed to Bramsdean as the two sat at a

him. No, don't disturb Kenyon

eded to tell the baronet the part Kenneth had played

nclusion of the narrative. "He was as mute as an oyster

door interrupted Br

exclaimed

, followed in single file by one of the crew, Enrico Jau

is narrow escape. He looked, to quote Bramsdean's wo

ld one. Without any preliminaries, without even

l von Sinzig promise yo

ely relapsed into his imperturbably passive attitude.

spik

s and looking straight at the man. "All I can say is that i

nglis," reite

for a full thirty seconds. During that period Enrico attemp

med the baron

es maintain

tely unstrapped his wristlet w

ind either to answer or refuse to answer my question. Might I remind you that we are now eight

ed to his companions after the affair was over; "but, bless me, even I thought he meant to d

in the centre of the cabin floor, he revealed to the gaze of the thoroughly terrified Jaures a rect

re!" announced F

lances had given place to an expression of lofty detachment, as if he were utterly bored by the whole transaction. Bramsd

eclared F

res positi

k Englis,"

even his piercing glance seemed of no avail

ordered Fosterd

ed upon the involuntary guest, a

Bramsdean," he remarked, "but