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service at Attu-Attu had never encountered so unprecedented a case as that laid before him by Boyd Duncan. The latter, with his wife, had been landed there by the Annapolis, which had promptly gone on with its cargo of astronomers to Fiji.

"It was cold-blooded, deliberate attempt to murder," said Consul Lingford. "The law shall take its course. I don't know how precisely to deal with this Captain Dettmar, but if he comes to Attu-Attu, depend upon it he shall be dealt with, he— ah—shall be dealt with. In the meantime, I shall read up the law. And now, won't you and your good lady stop for lunch?"

As Duncan accepted the invitation, Minnie, who had been glancing out of the window at the harbor, suddenly leaned forward and touched her husband's arm. He followed her gaze, and saw the Samoset, flag at half mast, rounding up and dropping anchor scarcely a hundred yards away.

"There 's my boat now," Duncan said to the Consul. "And there 's the launch over the side, and Captain Dettmar dropping into it. If I don't miss my guess, he 's coming to report our deaths to you."

The launch landed on the white beach, and,