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"Gee!" cried Pepper, "look at her come. Say, she'd make Fulton with the Clermont think he was traveling backward if he was here. She is sure some boat." "Who owns her?" asked Donald. "She belongs to Mr. Whilden," replied Jack. "He is president of the Dart Motor-cycle Company, you know." "Gee!" cried Pepper, "I wish he was my uncle, or something." "What for, Pepper?" queried Rand.
"Of course there is," replied the physician. "She is coming around all right, thanks to these young men, who rescued her." "And where are they?" asked Mr. Whilden. "I had almost forgotten them in the excitement," turning to the boys, who had come on board to learn as to the fate of the girl. Shaking hands with them again and again, he explained: "She is my daughter.
But, except for the fortunate presence of the boys, it is doubtful if he would have arrived in time to be of any assistance. "Can we help you in any way?" called Mr. Whilden, the owner of the yacht, who was standing at the gangway as it ran down close to the boat. "I was afraid we wouldn't get here in time." "There is an unconscious girl here that would be better on your boat," replied Rand.
"Now," went on Mr. Whilden, "isn't there something I can do for you?" "Nothing, thank you," replied Donald. "Now that Miss Nellie is all right I see that she is herself again we will say good-by and go on." "Good-by, then, and good luck," said Mr. Whilden, "and if I can ever do anything for you, be sure and let me know." "I want to thank you and to know you, too," added Frank.
"Why, Nellie and I," explained Frank, agitatedly he had not yet recovered from the shock of his experience "came down to visit Mabel, and we went out for a cruise on the river." "But how did it happen?" interrupted Mr. Whilden, "I thought you knew how to handle a canoe."
"All right," responded Mr. Whilden, "we'll take her on board. Can you come alongside?" This end was shortly accomplished, then, lifting the girl up in their arms, Donald and Rand passed her to Mr. Whilden and the captain. "Have you a doctor on board?" called Pepper. "She needs attention right away." "Yes," responded a gentleman who was standing by. "I am a physician, I will take care of her."
"I thought I did, too," replied Frank, "but Nellie saw you on the deck and, forgetting where she was, attempted to stand up to wave her handkerchief to you, and, the next thing we knew we were all in the water." "I can't thank you enough," began Mr. Whilden, again turning to the boys. "Not at all," protested Rand, "we are very glad we were in time. Come on, boys, it is time we were getting along."
At this moment there was a scream from a lady on the yacht as she caught sight of the girl. "Why it is Nellie! She is dead!" she cried, and would have fallen to the deck if she had not been caught by Mr. Whilden. "Impossible!" he exclaimed. "How in the world could Nellie get here?" adding a moment later as he looked more closely: "Surely it is she. Is there any hope for her, Doctor?"
"All right," replied the boys as they pulled away from the yacht, "we shall be glad to see you anytime." Giving three blasts of her whistle as a farewell salute the Dart resumed her course up the river, "Who were the boys?" asked Mrs. Whilden a little later. "I want to reward them." "Why I don't know," replied Mr. Whilden. "I clear forgot to get their names, after all."
"I have been looking for you for a couple of weeks," he went on, coming into the room and offering his hand to Rand. "It was a splendid race and pluckily rowed, and you deserved to win." "Thank you," replied Rand. "Did you say you were looking for me?" "For all of you," replied the gentleman. "I see you don't remember me. I am Frank Whilden, whose sister you saved from drowning the other day.
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