“How are you going to do it?”
“We’ll have to cut down some small trees for rollers and edge it along that way.”
“But what about Bob?”
“We’ll have to put him on board first.”
[CHAPTER XXIII]
THE PROFESSOR RETURNS
Urged on by the seriousness of their plight, the two boys lost no time in getting to work. With small axes which formed a part of their camp accessories they chopped down several palmetto trees. They were of soft wood and easy to work. Ned and Jerry soon had several rollers made.
These were placed in position to slide the boat on them into the lake, which kept receding.
“How we going to get back into Lake Okeechobee,” asked Ned. “The connecting river must be dried up by this time.”