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"Gad! If it's only possible to ht he

Half an hour passed, and now at length the diuely through the mist

"Come on, boys; now for it!" shouted Stern "Land her for me and I'll show you wonders you never even dreamed of!"

They drew near the shore Already Stern was for it, when out fro and swift canoe put rapidly, driven by twentyin Stern's boats weakened, then stopped Confused cries arose, altercations and strange shouts; then a hush of expectancy, of fear, seeer, drew the long canoe, a two-pronged, blazing cresset at its bows

Across the waters drifted a word

"Go on, you! Row!" cried Stern "Land the machine, I tell you! Say, father, what's the matter now? What are my men on strike for all of a sudden? Why don't they finish the job?"

The old roup of canoes and the shore the single boat had stopped A ht in it Now came a clear hail, and noo or three sentences, perery, harsh

At sound of them consternation seized certain of the men A nus and spears that always lay in the bottoms of the canoes

"What the devil now?" shouted Stern "You all gone crazy, or what?"

He turned appealingly to the old man

"For Heaven's sake, what's up?" he cried "Tell me, can't you, before the idiots drop ? What--"

"Misfortune, Ovoice "The worst that could befall! In our absence he has come back--he, Kamrou! And under pain of death he bids all e Kamrou the Terrible is here!"