“Interesting,” remarked Joe. “But what about it?”
The old man replied at once.
“We must cross the river by hanging from the cable with our hands,” he said quietly.
Joe’s heart sank. Secretly he felt that if he were to undertake the dangerous venture he would meet with tragedy.
CHAPTER XXIV
The Big Secret
“CAREFUL, now.”
Dr. Rander was slowly and dangerously hanging from the heavy wire with his hands, working his way steadily across the roaring rapids below. If he were to fall, it would probably seal his doom, even though the youths held one end of a stout rope that was tied securely around his waist.