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There was no instant's hesitation Casting off his deck lashings, he seized the landing leather and slipped over the ship's side Swinging like a bob upon aand twisting three thousand feet above the surface of Barsoo he had hoped for occurred He was carried within reach of the cordage where the warrior still clung, though with rapidly diled strands Gahan pulled hih to seize another quite near to the fellow Clinging precariously to this new hold the jed slowly drew in the landing leather, dohich he had clarasp the hook at its end This he fastened to a ring in the warrior's harness, just before the e

Temporarily, at least, he had saved the life of his subject, and now he turned his attention toward insuring his own safety Inextricably entangled in thehooks such as he had attached to the warrior's harness, and with one of these he sought to secure himself until the storm should abate sufficiently to permit him to cli near hiht in a renewed burst of the store whipped and snapped to the lunging of the great craft and one of the heavy h the air, struck the Jed of Gathol fair between the eyes

Moers slipped froh the thin air of dying Mars toward the ground three thousand feet beneath, while upon the deck of the rolling Vanator his faithful warriors clung to their lashings all unconscious of the fate of their beloved leader; nor was it until more than an hour later, after the storm had materially subsided, that they realized he was lost, or knew the self-sacrificing heroism of the act that had sealed his doom The Vanator now rested upon an even keel as she was carried along by a strong, though steady, wind The warriors had cast off their deck lashings and the officers were taking account of losses and da their attention to thearms hoisted him to the deck and then it was that the crew of the Vanator learned of the heroism of their jed and his end How far they had traveled since his loss they could only vaguely guess, nor could they return in search of him in the disabled condition of the ship It was a saddened coh the air tohatever destination Fate was to choose for them