Patrania is flooded with rumors that the King has fled, and war with Provokia looms.; Wing escapes from his captors, sets their ship on fire, and escapes underwater, but is late for dinner.; Johnnie saves an orphan boy from a fire set by an arsonist and then asks the fellow to come live with him.; The Brain, a cloaked and hooded criminal mastermind, and boss of Captain Snegg, torpedoes a boat that Sandra of the Secret Service is on returning to the United States. On a small isle, in a bomb-proof shelter, the Brain makes his lair with a factory for making the rifles, machine guns and bombs that he and his gang sell to provoke unrest. Apparently killed when Sandra escapes and orders the marines to torpedo the Brain's islands, which causes explosions that destroy the islands.; Rebecca is put on trial for witchcraft and demands trail by combat.; Barry, Jean, and LeGrand attempt to escape, but only Jean is in the plane when it takes off.; Mark and Monty escape through a window, while Gail is saved from a fate worse than death but is still a captive.; The boys are attacked by a grizzly bear.; D'Artagnan saves M. Boancieux from the Cardinal's men.; Bob is captured by the Asians. The gangsters wait to attack until they know where the gold is. Bob's friends take off in search of him.; Hanko reads a book on whittling and can't stop.; Brad and Kardos discover an underwater city where they can breathe like they were on land.; When Linda's stepmother shows up and tries to take custody, Silas Flint "kidnaps" Linda and they both run away on a long adventure.; Jack and Fagin are trapped by a mine cave-in.; Pep tries to play lacrosse.; Occult discovers that Nita Crane's tomb is emtpy.; Sandy goes seemingly berserk and arrests every connected hoodlum in town, daring the authorities to let them out again.; Woozie meets another prisoner on the island, a girl named Smith.; Trissie brings a large knife to the neighborhood sharpener, thus fomenting all kinds of consternation about the town.