CHAPTER VIII

A Dangerous Descent The upper part of the great airship was well lighted, but this availed Don little as he made his way downward, for the interlacing beams and girders threw such shadows that he soon found himself in semi-darkness. The lad knew that he was taking great risks, but the knowledge that a fellow creature was in peril urged him on. He had to feel his way and get a firm foundation for his feet before he let go with his hands to clutch another support lower down. It would have been comparatively easy had …