[They sat side by side in the shelter of the cockpit.]

['Frisco Kid instantly named it as the "Reindeer".]

["Does she look like this?" he asked, turning it that the other might see.]

[Pete luffed straight into it, and the "Dazzler" mounted the steep slope with a rush.]

[Pete clung on, working inboard every time he emerged, till he dropped into the cockpit.]

PART I

CHAPTER I

BROTHER AND SISTER