CHAPTER V

SUSPENSE Eben Browning started violently as Ted Scott made his declaration. Charity lifted her hands in dismay. “The South Pole!” she ejaculated. “Yes,” Ted admitted. “But don’t worry, Mother,” he hastened to add. “I probably shan’t be able to go there. Hollister has thrown a monkey wrench into the machinery.” “But that you even thought of going there!” wailed Charity. “Oh, Ted, it’s the very end of the earth!” “It would be a very dangerous trip, my boy,” put in Eben gravely. “No more so than many others I’ve taken…