Eagerly they looked to where a speedy craft was plowing over the waters of the great bay. Frantically they shouted and waved anything they could find until answering signals told them that theirs had been seen.
CHAPTER XXX
THE ACCUSATION—CONCLUSION
“Frank! Andy!” came a hail from the swift motor boat.
“It’s dad!” cried the two brothers together.
“Yes, and Paul Gale is with him!” added the older lad. “They arrived just in time. Now we’ll be all right.”
“And this will wind you up, Mr. Man!” exclaimed Frank, looking at the prisoner.
“We’ll see,” was the sullen answer.
“We might as well put back to shore, and unload our stuff,” proposed Andy.
“No, stay on the raft,” suggested Frank. “It will be easier to get in the motor boat then, as she can’t run in too close to shore.”
It was a good idea, for the speedy craft of Mr. Lacey, as it proved to be, could not have come in very close. But the raft made a good landing float.