We must cross the Channel to England again.
But not for long.
One character in our drama of real life has not appeared upon the scene for some time.
We allude to the skipper of the "Albatross," Joe Deering.
Captain Deering had finished his course and returned to his native land.
He was anxious to get home, for he had a purpose in view.
He wished to rout out two men to whom he owed a very deep grudge, which he was fully determined to pay off.
One was Mr. Murray, the treacherous owner of the ill-fated "Albatross," for Captain Deering, it should be borne in mind, was ignorant of the wretched man's well-merited fate.
The other was that traitor friend of his, the accomplice of the elder Murray—jovial Captain Robinson.
Joe Deering was in earnest, and he pursued his inquiries with the utmost diligence.