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 "Now," said Turner with decision, as they reached the house. "I'm going to cross Herring in the seaplane, and I want one fellow to help me. Jimmy's the smallest and the speediest and I'm not going to get in any danger—if I can help it."

"Going to let me go?" said Jimmy with ready eagerness. "Me?"

"Why not me, too?" demanded Cat almost angrily.

"No time for arguing," snapped Turner as he hurried about providing himself with some necessary articles, Cat pleading at his heels. "You and Luke stay tight in this house. There may be crooks around. When you see a light in the Cape Peril lighthouse window, then you'll know we're there and all's O. K."

A few minutes later, Turner and Jimmy, equipped for their hazardous expedition, had dashed from the house, leaving Cat disconsolate and Luke only too delighted to be able to return once more in peace to his slumbers.