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Wading around in the water below, the Canadians reported several planks broken and wrenched loose, and that immediate repairs seemed out of the question, "Ze ship ees gone," said Peglace sadly. "We air like zat man, what-you- call-heem, Crusoe Robinson, hey?" And he shook his head. "Well, I hope we don't have to stay as long on this island as Robinson Crusoe remained on that other," remarked Sam.
"A ship!" cried Peglace, who was on watch on deck. "A ship at last, and coming to shore!" He uttered the words in French, and they speedily brought to the deck his companion and his companion's fat wife. "A ship, sure enough," said the other Canadian, while his wife shed tears of joy. Josiah Crabtree had just been interviewing Mrs. Stanhope in the cabin.
"We wish to patch up this boat if we can, and at once," and he called the Canadians to him. As can be imagined, the sailors were dumfounded, especially when told that the Rover boys would not be back, at least for the present. They shook their heads. "Ze ship cannot be patched up," said Peglace. "Ze whole bottom ees ready to fall out."
"Say, why didn't you wake me up?" asked Sam in astonishment. "You didn't stay up all night, did you?" "Not much!" answered Tom, and spoke of the Canadian, whose name was Peglace. "Well, what's to do?" "I must confess I don't know. I suppose the Baxters and Captain Langless are on the search for us." "More than likely." "Then we had better lay low until some vessel comes to rescue us."
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