A Siberian Adventure 117 XVII. A Grateful Friend 125 XVIII. In Strange Lands 134 XIX. Strange Companions 143 XX. Rescued 151 XXI. War 161 XXII. Lost in the Air 170 XXIII. The Blazing Beacon 178 XXIV. The Home Stretch 187 XXV. Conclusion 195

“I wish Dave Dashaway would hurry up here,” said Hiram Dobbs, who was for the time being in charge of the biplane, the Comet.

“What’s your great anxiety, Hiram?” questioned Elmer Brackett, reclining comfortably in one of the spacious seats behind the pilot post of the machine.

“Do you know that fellow with the long frock coat over yonder—the one who looks like some cheap sharp lawyer? There,” added Hiram, pointing at a group near a hangar, “he’s talking now with that fat, porpoise-looking man with gold braid on his cap and a badge on his coat.”

“I see them,” nodded young Brackett. “Never saw either before that I can remember. What of them?”

“Just this,” replied the young airman, quite seriously. “That lawyer fellow has been rustling around like a hen on a