Yet there was not power enough to drag the Jove off the mud flat by going ahead.
“Why not reverse the screws?” thought Frank.
It was an inspiration.
He tried the plan.
It was much easier to back the Jove from the muddy elevation than to force her over it, he soon found.
Within a few moments she was dragged free.
A subdued cheer escaped her crew.
Back she went into deep water.
Once afloat Frank changed her course.
She reached the hard shore, left the lagoon, and ran upon the land rapidly.