"Glad to know it," said Bumpus. "P'raps now our friends'll be looking us up, and come to the rescue."
"You mean Smithy and Bob White, don't you?" asked Step Hen.
"That's who."
And so they continued to discuss matters from every view-point possible, as only wide-awake boys may.
Meanwhile the scout-master, thinking that while the rain held off he might as well step out and take a little look around, proceeded to do so.
Allan Hollister was sitting there, resting, and listening to the arguments of the other boys, when he saw the scout-master beckoning just outside the full glow of light cast by the fire.
"What's up, Thad?" he asked, as he joined the other.
"I think I've made the discovery that we're not alone on the island," came the answer.