CHAPTER XVII
A Dangerous Dive
Biff and Li were up with the first rays of daylight. After a hurried breakfast, they prepared to go ashore.
“Do you think it’s safe to leave the boat unguarded, Biff?” Li wanted to know.
“No, I don’t. I know darn well that Perez Soto would like nothing better than to find the Easy Action with no one aboard and scuttle her.”
“What do we do then?”
“We take that chance,” Biff said grimly. “We’ve got to. Finding our fathers is more important than all the yawls and all the cesium in the world.”
Li smiled in agreement. “We’re going to be awfully wet when we get ashore.”
The dinghy was still secreted behind beach brush. The yawl had no other.
“Couldn’t you kind of kick your way ashore, swimming on your back, Li?” Biff asked.
“Sure, Biff. Why?”