He picked up a bomb brought him by Barney and hurled it fairly into the midst of the murderous horde.
In a flash there was a frightful explosion. Heaps of dead and dying Esquimaux lay upon the ground.
The survivors fled wildly. Frank leaped from the airship’s deck. He rushed into the nearest bough hut.
There was Gaston bound hand and foot.
“Thank God! you have come to save me!” cried the scientist. “You are none too soon!”
“But there is yet danger!” cried Frank. “Follow me quickly!”
To the airship they rushed. The Esquimaux were recovering and seemed ready to fight. But though he could have annihilated the whole gang, Frank did not wait for their attack.
Up into the air sprang the airship.
The course was at once set to the southward and for a week was firmly held. Then evidences of civilization appeared.
Canada was passed over, Lake Erie and then the United States was once more beneath the aerial voyagers.