"Let me take a look."
The others were willing and made room on the rock for their companion. Paul gazed down to the cove and strained his eyes to their utmost.
"Well?" asked several, impatiently.
"Gone, just as sure as guns!" he ejaculated at last. "Where can she be?"
"There's a sailboat away out on the lake," announced Link. "Can that be the Sprite?"
All turned in the direction indicated. The craft was headed directly away from them, so it was hard to determine just what manner of boat she could be.
"She certainly looks like the Sprite," said Paul, slowly. "I'm going down to the cove to see about this," he continued, leaping off the rock.
"We'll all go," put in Harry. "If the boat is gone how are we to get back home?"
All of the lads looked at each other in consternation. Not one had thought of this before.
"Well, staying here over night will be no novelty to me," said Fred.