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Most of the stuff may be gone by morning. Miss Elting, will you stay with the girls?" asked Harriet. "Then they won't feel afraid. Besides we shall only be in each other's way if more than two of us try to work in that cabin in the dark. The first thing to be done is to try to stop the water from beating in through that wrecked doorway. I have an idea. Jane, see if you can find some rope.
First Billy Brackett threw off his clothing, and plunging into the chill waters, attempted to swim to it. He had not covered half the distance before he was compelled to turn back utterly exhausted. Then Glen Elting and Sumner undertook the task together, but splendid swimmers as they were, they could no more stem that resistless flood than they could have flown to the canoe.
They had the stranger's gun, therefore she was reasonably certain that their enemy could do them no further harm that night. Still, it was thought best to have Mr. Grubb remain on watch for the rest of the night. Harriet offered to do this, but the guide would not listen to such a proposition, nor would Miss Elting.
"I think I begin to understand," thought Harriet Burrell aloud. "What ith it that you underthtand?" demanded Tommy, pricking up her ears. "You know where we are going, don't you?" "I can make a close guess," replied Harriet, nodding brightly. "Oh, tell uth, tell uth," begged Tommy. Harriet shook her head. "I couldn't think of it. Miss Elting wishes it to be a surprise to you."
A few feet from her Miss Elting appeared, threw herself over on her back and lay gasping for breath. "She'th got her!" screamed Tommy. "Harriet ith dead!" Gazing out over the pond she saw Jane swimming swiftly toward shore, dragging the apparently lifeless body of Harriet Burrell. Miss Elting and Hazel were closing up on Jane rapidly.
"Shall we pass near her?" questioned Miss Elting. "We're right on her course," replied the skipper. "We'll turn out soon, for she won't shift her position an inch unless she thinks we're going to run into her. Let your boat off a point to starboard, Miss Burrell." "Aye, aye," answered Harriet promptly, shifting the wheel slightly, eyes fixed on the trembling compass card.
The girls refused to get into it again. "Bring the young ladies aboard and let us give them some dry clothes," called Miss Elting. "They wish to be put ashore here," answered Harriet. "We are very sorry that we have caused you all this trouble. Our boat doesn't seem to steer well. I don't know what the trouble is," continued the guardian. The two girls were very courteous about the matter.
Miss Elting slipped it on for her, and assisted Hazel to her feet. "It is all right," cried the girl. "Isn't that strange?" "Yeth. Thome thingth make thome folkth forget thome other thingth," observed Tommy sagely. "Have you forgotten your troubleth, Harriet?" "I think so, Tommy. I will race you up to the trail."
"Do you recognize it?" asked the guardian. Janus shook his head. "Of course, you will keep it for the present." "Until the owner calls for it, Miss," replied Janus grimly, whereat there was a giggle from Margery. "Tell us how you discovered the man. Let us have the whole story," urged Miss Elting.
With Captain Baker were his friends Dill Dodd and Sam Crocker, and two other lads, whom Captain Baker introduced as Larry Goheen and Billy Gordon. "Where are the rest of the tramps?" asked Miss Elting laughingly, hurrying down to the beach to greet the boys. "In camp about two miles below here." "I believe we have met Mr. Gordon and Mr. Goheen before," said the guardian.
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