They were still a hundred yards from the dock when Tom let up a shout:
“There they are!”
“Where?” asked Dick.
“In the motor boat!”
“Who?” questioned Sam.
“The Sobber crowd—and they have Mrs. Stanhope with them.”
“Stop! stop!” yelled Dick, at the top of his voice. “Stop, I tell you! Mrs. Stanhope!”
“Oh!” came from the lady, as she espied the Rovers. “Save me! Save me! Don’t let them take me further away!”
“Put on all speed!” roared Tad Sobber, to Pally, who was at the engine. “Crowd her to the limit! They are after us!”
“Here we go! Hold fast everybody!” answered Pally, and the next moment the motor boat shot out into the waters of Casco Bay.