The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic

rom the space within which the magistrate was seated. On the way over Frank had related his conversation over the wire with Captain Hazzard. It appeared that Oyama, the

ad been assigned to investigate was none other than Oyama himself, and as they entered t

eyes encountered an abject, huddled-up figure

hat?" dema

he man who stole the p

os

el

here he

low face and bloodshot eyes and gazed blearily at him. There was no sign of recogni

ttle Jap kn

with a red face and keen eyes was re

replied the

uire, the prison surgeon, and I take a professional interest in his case. The

as self-administer

e for some one that he was imprudent enough to take such heavy doses of the drug that the policeman picked him up

aimed Frank, whose suspicions had rapidly become convictions at the sight of the Jap. "We have no right to examine into

friends

ask you not to mention it, as I do not know but we are breaking

shall not violate you

McGu

ef, elated over his success in stealing them, had indulged himself in his beloved drug before he had even taken the trouble to examine fully into his find

l closely typewritten

agic words,-"-AND CONC

WILL PROCEED ACROSS

NATION HAS ALSO SOME IN

LOST VESS

in the mass of other documents. There was, of course, no question that the papers were the property of Captain Hazzard, and that the Jap had stolen them. The latter was the

apers would be sealed and restored him when he called for them and ma

lways seem to be getting snarled up with those chaps. Yo

t it," was the brief

that submarine of Captain

I think that we are on the verge of adventures and peril

" groan

't w

day my opportunity will come and I shall be a great writer or statesman or something an

I think you are hinting that

ry curious. Oh cracky! If

could get a lea

d that's all there is to it. No, I'll be stuck here in New York while you fellows are shooting Polar

ago you never even dreamed of coming and now you talk as if you'd been e

e Captain--," h

aptain Hazzard about the recovery of his papers. Billy can come along if he wants and we will state his case for him, it will take thr

"oh, Frank, if you do, I'll-I'll make you famous. I'll

ll Captain Hazzard himself decides to tell us about it. We only let what we know of the secret slip out by accident and

't speak any more about it; but," he added to him

him that he might consider himself one of the Southern Cross's ship's company, was a study. It was all he could do to keep from shouting at the top of his voice. The contrast between the dignity he felt he ought to assume before Captain Hazzard and the desire he felt to skip about and exp

Republic which would tow her as far as the Great Barrier. This was to conserve her own coal supply. The other vessel would then discharge her car

nning to draw to a close. The commander of the Southern Cross expected to reach the great southern ice-barrier in about the beginning of February, when the winter, which reaches its climax

ice," shouted the boys as the

f," shouted the usually unemotional F

ly morning which held a promise of snow in its leaden sky. There were few but the stevedores, who always hang about "the Basin," and some idlers, to watch her as she cast off her lines and a tug

ok, reaching out its long, desolate finger as if pointing ships out to the ocean beyond, the three boys stood

his eye kindling as the Southern Cross altered her c

his soft cap, "off at last; we're the t

" was Harry

eady rhythmic glide that spoke well for her seaworthy qualities. Frank, snugly out of the nipping wind in the shelter of the gasolene drums, was silent for several minutes musing over

Billy and beside him, his hea

r with you fellow

side of the bow. Deep laden as she was it broke over her and a wall of green water came tumbling and sweeping along the d

t a few minutes later when another heavy

'd better get up, and t

e alone," gr

die, I think,"

Vermont, who had been at sea for several year

ed, "there's some nice fat baco

had left Billy and Harry tumbled to their

ward toward her mysterious goal she carried with her two o