“Dora!” he answered.
“Oh, Tom!” came from Nellie. “Please take us off!”
“Sam, you are just in time!” added Grace.
“We’ll get you off—don’t worry!” cried Dick. “Just wait till we can bring the boats alongside and then——”
He was interrupted by a mad yell from one of the men on the steamer.
“Hurry up and leave!” yelled the man in terror. “We can’t get at the boilers no more and I guess she is going to blow up!”
CHAPTER III
COLLEGE BOYS TO THE RESCUE
“Oh, Dick! do you think the steamer will really blow up?” gasped Sam, as the two small boats ranged up beside the larger vessel.
“Perhaps—if they can’t get at the boilers to let off steam,” was Dick’s answer. “But they ought to have safety valves.”
“Maybe the man is so excited he doesn’t know what he is talking about,” put in Tom.