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Updated: June 12, 2025
"I thought I never would see land again," said the nervous man, as he began to dress in his dry clothes after the breakfast. "This has been a terrible experience for me." "I guess it has," admitted Bob. "And for all of us. I wish I knew what has happened to the captain and the others." "Our boat was swamped by a big wave," said Mr. Tarbill, "and suddenly we were all thrown into the water.
Tarbill came up, he caught the iron in the man's coat and hauled him to the side. Then the captain and Tim Flynn hauled him back on board. "Help! I am drowning! Save me!" spluttered the nervous passenger. "I'll go to the bottom of the Pacific!" "No, you won't," answered Captain Spark. "But after this you had better sit still." "Oh, what a trying experience!" wailed the unfortunate one.
Has it sprung a leak?" asked Mr. Tarbill, for he saw that something was troubling the commander. "No, we are safe yet," replied Mr. Spark gravely. "But I think you had better put on life-preservers." "Why?" asked Bob, beginning to feel a nameless fear. "We are approaching a dangerous reef. If this wind holds we can barely wear off enough to pass it.
"Do you mean to tell us anything else is going to happen?" "Something surely is, Mr. Tarbill," said Bob, with an air of great earnestness, moving closer to the man, so as to get away from the driving rain, as Mr. Tarbill stood under shelter. "What is coming? Do tell me. I am so very nervous." "The Jilla-Jilly wind! We'll be in the midst of it soon. You'd better look out!" "The Jilla-Jilly wind?
Tarbill never ceased complaining. As for Bob and the others, they did not mind getting wet through, for the weather was very warm.
"All you have to do is to get between them and the water as they're on the beach sunning themselves and turn them on their backs. They'll stay there until I can come and get them. It's time you learned to catch turtles." "Oh, dear!" sighed Mr. Tarbill. "I wish I was safe home!" But the captain paid no attention to his protest.
"Now you have done it!" cried the captain, standing up and making a vain grab. "Done it? Done what?" asked Mr. Tarbill. "You've knocked overboard the only compass we had! How we're going to find the island now is more than I can tell! This is a serious loss." The captain's announcement struck terror to every heart.
"Perhaps it's a ship with the masts gone," said Mr. Carr. "Or a dead whale," suggested Bob. "It's too big for either a ship or a whale," said the captain. "Let us sail toward it and make an inspection." "Don't don't run into any new danger!" pleaded Mr. Tarbill. "Anything is better than to remain out on this dreary waste of waters," answered Mr. Carr.
As night came on the Eagle was seen to be in a mass of swirling, tumbling waves which seemed anxious to overpower the stanch craft. Mr. Tarbill was in a great fright. He tried to stay in his cabin, but when the ship began to pitch and toss he could not stand it. So donning a life-preserver, he came on deck.
"Well, we're going," announced the commander, preparing to aid in shoving the boat down to the water's edge. "Oh! Don't leave me behind! I'll go! I'll go! But I know I'll be drowned! I'm sure of it!" "You're a cheerful passenger," murmured the captain, as Mr. Tarbill got into the boat. "Let her go, boys!" A few minutes later they were afloat once more, leaving "Bob's Island" behind.
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