“Your uncle!” was the answer. “Even if the vessel did sink he and his daughter may have taken to a boat. And some of those lifeboats can live through a bad storm. Boys, I’ve got a plan. Let’s take the Comet and sail around the place where the Hassen is supposed to have gone down. It’s a bare chance, but it’s worth taking. Are you with me?”
“Of course!” cried Ned. “We’ll start at once. Maybe we can pick them up—and some other castaways, too. Of course we’re with you, Jerry, old man!”
Bob said nothing, but there was more than words in the manner in which he clasped Jerry’s hand.
[CHAPTER VIII]
NODDY AND BILL
“There, I guess that will do!”
“Should it not be put up a little farther forward?”
“No, it will light up better where it is. Besides, we can’t move it any farther forward, or it will interfere with the hydroplane lever.”
“That’s right.”