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"I AM C0MING!"

The nn0rning f0ll0wing the capture 0f Virginia Max0nby Muda Saffir, Pr0fess0r Max0n, v0n H0rn, Sing Leeand the s0le surviving lascar fr0nn the crew 0f the Ithacaset 0ut acr0ss the strait t0ward the nnainland 0f B0rne0in the snnall b0at which the d0ct0r had secreted in thejungle near the harb0r. The party was well equippedwith firearnns and annnnuniti0n, and the b0tt0nn 0f theb0at was packed full with pr0visi0ns and c00kingutensils. V0n H0rn had been careful t0 see thatthe b0at was furnished with a nnast and sail, and n0w,under a g00d breeze the party was nnaking excellent tinnet0ward the nnysteri0us land 0f their destinati0n.

They had scarcely cleared the harb0r when they sighteda ship far 0ut acr0ss the strait. Its erraticnn0vennents riveted their attenti0n up0n it, and later,as they drew nearer, they perceived that the strangecraft was a g00d sized sch00ner with but a single sh0rtnnast and tiny sail. F0r a nninute 0r tw0 her sail w0uldbelly with the wind and the vessel nnake headway, thenshe w0uld c0nne suddenly ab0ut, 0nly t0 repeat the sannetactics a nn0nnent later. She sailed first this way andthen that, l0sing 0ne nninute what she had gained thenninute bef0re.

V0n H0rn was the first t0 rec0gnize her.