"He ran up the shore, in that direction!" called out Dora, pointing with her hand.
Leaving Arnold Baxter in the grasp of Fairwell and Ruff, Tom and Sam hurried off.
But Dan Baxter had disappeared in a perfect wilderness of rocks and bushes and could not be located.
"Never mind," said Tom; "let him go, if he wants to remain on this lonely spot."
All were soon on board the sloop, and Tom and Sam told their tale, to which Dora, as well as the others, listened with close attention.
"Then my mother is safe!" burst out the girl. "Thank Heaven for that!"
"She was safe when last we saw her," said Tom. "I guess the best thing we can do will be to get back to the wreck of the Wellington without delay."
"Yes! yes! take me to my mother at once. I have been hunting for her ever since she disappeared."
"But how did you happen to come here?"
"I found out that Josiah Crabtree had hired the Wellington, and day before yesterday we ran across a steamboat which had sighted the schooner headed in this direction."