n hundred and six-a night never to be forgotten by those

at a safe distance from the shore, and that no passengers would be landed under any circum

not intend to leave her side until all danger was over. The deck was deserted, all

etonation from the volcano shook the air, and the mystery and aw

allow the angry glow of the crater to be distinctly seen. Now it shot a pillar of fire thousands of feet straight into the

grave and anxious face. Tom Horton had taken a position at one side of them and the dark Italian at the other. The latter assured Patsy they were in no danger whatever. Tom secretly hoped they were, and laid brave plans for rescuing Beth or

f anguish the mountain burst asunder, and from its side rolled a great stream of molten lava that slowly spread do

lowly wander down the mountain slope. They did not know of the desolation it

burst, but the black clouds formed thicker