last they reached the bow and found the sailo

did we strike?" asked J

y. "How it ever lived in this sea i

all r

men, and put him in one of the spare cabins. With care he may pu

one. Jack suddenly saw his face, pale as death

s, Billy!"

he matter? Do you kno

say so. So do you. I

ossi

ake a look at

ppening," declared Raynor, after taking one

ing in this part of the ocean i

does. I remember hearing now that he had got a job on a Pacif

we saved him, although he has made

Jack and Billy resulted in his joining their enemies in an effort to discredit them. After the stolen code was recovered, Thurman was not, like the rest engaged

tood in the cabin to which Thurman had been taken and r

s, and they told the captain

ble character then?

as influenced by bad companions. But at any rate h

ee, he is open

a faint flush of color. He looked wildly about him. As his gaze rested first on

m I dreaming

had a close call from going into a sleep

aynor! What are

sured him, extending his hand. "Congratulations on your nar

be really bad," sa

tell us how you came to be adrift in such

ing a steaming bowl from the steward, from whom he had orde

wn the grateful food showed that t

lee, that was the schooner I was on board of, sank in the storm some days ago, I e

beginning,"

lar steamers touch there, so I got passage on the Galilee, a little trading schooner for Papeiti. She sprang a leak and sank, and there was only a loaf of bread and a few cans of meat in the boat when I shoved off from the sinking hul

about themselves. Captain Sparhawk promised that as soon as Thurman was stronger he would find a job for him, for th

t combers. There was little sleep for any on board that night and the day broke wildly on a worried, harried-looking crew. Shortly before noon the foresail t

nd,

ypsy. Captain Sparhawk had been unable to get an observation during the days of storm, and

the top of a great wave Jack saw, with a flash of alarm, that they were headed straight for a large island dotted with tropical verd