Its fragments littered the floor.
All the power of the Pegasus was paralyzed.
She could not move until the wheel was repaired, and as Frank saw that it would occupy considerable time to do the work he foresaw the escape of the trading steamer.
It was then nine o’clock at night.
Tom Reynard came running in.
“Holy smoke! what a daisy accident!” he cried.
“They will escape us now,” said Frank, regretfully.
“Never saw the beat of the way Murdock slips away from us.”
“It can’t be helped. The best thing we can do is to get to work and repair the damage at once. The sooner we fix the wheel the quicker we can pursue the steamer.”
Barney and Pomp were called down.