“I’d like to get into my clothes,” remarked Fenn. “I want to see about sending a message home. We must be out of the dangerous part of the river now.”
“Open the door and we’ll go back to the engine room and see if they aren’t dry,” suggested Frank.
Bart, who was nearest, turned the knob. The door did not open.
“Stuck, I guess,” he said, and gave it a yank. It moved a bit, but only enough to show that it was fastened in some way.
“Locked!” exclaimed Ned. “They’ve locked us in!”
CHAPTER XXVI
PLANNING TO ESCAPE
“Can’t be!” came from Bart. “What in the world would they do that for?”