will be witness to the wisdom of this course, for as they positively refuse to go to the sun, we have no alternative but to yield. We shall, therefore, provide them sufficient water and general provisions for twelve months, and if we do not pick them up before then, they must look after themselves, or die;” then turning to the mutineers, he continued,—“You have heard your fate! you will now go to your cabins and remain there as prisoners until such time as we find that for which we shall search. We do not fear your arms, as by this time they will be too hot for use, if not actually dangerous to yourselves;” and nodding to Gilbert, he stepped back, and Gilbert switched off the current, when Bosworth Keeth, who had his revolver poised, dropped it with a cry of agony, for some of his skin was still sizzling on it, though the pain had not been felt till the electric current was broken. His companions, also, with cries of pain, hurriedly snatched revolvers from their pockets and threw them down with burning fingers, as they were scorching through their clothing to the skin. In complete silence, cowed but malevolent, they then marched to their respective cabins, instantly to find the metal doors strongly magnetised to the frames and themselves prisoners, each in a chilled-metal, drill-proof cabin, which, however, was warm and luxurious. Had any of the other passengers questioned the powers of the _Regina_, or the determined characters of the three men in charge, the tragedy just enacted must have set all doubts at rest. They one and all approved the punishment following the conviction from the men’s own lips, and the attempt at murder, which the others were evidently prepared to follow up, seeing that all were armed, and they commended the way in which the mutiny had been quelled at its inception, while the few who had wavered now felt devoutly thankful they had decided rightly. The following day nothing occurred, and for two more days there was no sign of anything likely to prove a suitable object on which to deposit the mutineers, but on the fourth day they saw what happened to be a wandering star, or planet, which was ahead, near Venus, and would be between her and the sun, as seen from Earth at that time. This star had a faint phosphorescent glow, showing through the spectrum flutings of a peculiar purple; evidently a star which was cooling though not to extinction and would therefore be easily distinguishable, and far out of their course as this was, they decided to go to it. An examination of a portion of its atmosphere proved it to be capable of supporting Earth-life, whilst the gravitometer showed it to have a surface-gravity only slightly exceeding that of Earth. “We are not likely to find a world more suitable than this,” said Gilbert. “Shall we dump them here?”