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 turning again and again to the stairway, and now he broke off suddenly and went upstairs very quietly, followed by Elspeth and Joan.

As his father and mother bent over him, Garth opened his eyes and looked up at them vaguely, as though he were still dreaming. Then he caught his breath with a little unbelieving gasp. Joan turned away and began diligently untangling the knotted rope which still hung from the eye-bolts. But Garth said, "I want Joan, too." So she came and stood beside Elspeth, and she was very happy.

"No," Elspeth said, in reply to Garth's excited questioning; "you shall hear what happened to us later on. Now you are going to sleep. But we have heard your adventures, beloved."

"Joan saved the transport," he said, "just in time. Oh, think of it!"

"Joan lighted the lamp," said Jim, "and she was very, very brave, going to the Coast Guard Station and all; but it was you who saved the transport."

Garth shook his head, but Elspeth and Joan nodded theirs.

"Yes," Jim said. "What you did was as