class="c008">XVIII.

The Ravine of the White Snakes 203 XIX. The Boys are Trapped 213 XX. The Lone Castaway 226 XXI. Dynamiting to Freedom 237 XXII. In an Aeroplane in an Electric Storm 247 XXIII. Saved by Wireless 257 XXIV. Unloading an Army 267 XXV. Leagued with Insurgents 278 XXVI. The Flower of Flame 290 XXVII. Prisoners of War 303 XXVIII. Facing Death 314 XXIX. Friends in Need 324

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It was a bitter evening in late December. Up and down the East River tugs nosed their way through the winter twilight’s gloom, shouldering aside as