XX IN THE VORTEX 165

XXI WRECKED 172

XXII "MUTINY!" 182

XXIII HELP AT LAST 188

XXIV A SIGNAL OF DISTRESS 200

XXV CLEAR SKIES 206




CHAPTER I

THE GREAT MARINE FILM


"Well, at last a breathing period, Ruth. Oh, I am surely tired!" and the
girl threw herself on the couch, without stopping to remove her light
jacket and hat. Her head sank wearily on a cushion.

"Oh, Alice! Be careful! Look out!" exclaimed the other occupant of the
pleasant little room, a room made habitable by the articles of tasteful
adornment in it, rather than by the location of the apartment, or the
place itself. There was a "homey" air about it.

"I'm too tired to look out, or even look in," was the answer, as the