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ice-not a stop for fuel, with engines silenced until they flew like bats in the night, the Greyhound leading the way, and Epw

the fact that he was a captive was a mystery that Epworth did not att

n, knew them for the Cherski Mountains, recently discovered and completely unexplored-a barren

ad the sky bandits discovered that they were being followed, and we

supply. Joan looke

gh to take us ba

cowling of the littl

we go

ed at the

. "We cannot leave him. His liberty, and ve

oulder-just like a chum. Few brothers lo

est girl in the world. I kn

ok his

enough gas from the tank of the Greyho

Mountains, lowering its altitude to five hundred feet above the hig

"that the governments could not locate them. With their swift airplanes they dart down on the commerce of the world like Omar

by west of Bogosloff Island

have had unusually even weather. Now we

ean that came up to lash the mountains bene

hty staunch li

Would these bandits go on forever? Was t

ddenly broke out excitedly. "I saw it ju

h terrific fury, unexpected. However, he had adjusted the stabilizer, and notwithstanding the fact that the little ship was tosse

ave face he banked and faced the storm, putting on every ounce of power the engine would carry. The little plane stood still,

ed surface. To see out was impossible-he was shooting through darkness, a howling, shrieking, terrifying murk created

m the sky bandits' retreat. That camp was somewhere in this range of mountains. He had a hunch that it was not far away. I

uck them on the Balsa shelf thus made. It was dangerous-deadly dangerous. If the storm shot a flash of that blaze into the gas tank the end would be instan

window and the wipers began to move

s. All he could see was a wo

until he stood a thousand feet above the highest mountain. Then he slowed his engines and allowed t

on Joan. She was taking

y brave," he

e is not a coward,"

nd, and there was n

t our recko

them down obliquely, catching the starboard wing, and with weird, demoniacal power wh

d against the light cowling. Each second they expected to be hurled out of the cabin. In

ly. "The plane is whirling over an

rm like this," Joan returned quite cal

achute is ou

arefully. Then he put one around his own shoulders, and hand

nd water," he informed her. "May come in u

bye, s

bye, b

at each othe