Up to him swept the huge air navigator, until at last it was hovering three hundred feet aloft, just above his head.
“Hello, there!” came a hail from above.
“Take me aboard!” screamed the Mexican.
“Were you chasing us?”
“Yes—for many miles.”
“What do you want?”
“It is a desperate case. I’ll explain——”
“Come up here and explain yourself.”
“Thank God!” fervently muttered the stranger.
As this exclamation escaped his lips a long, light rope ladder came flying down through the air.