"Trunks full of stuff," observed Flapp. "We shan't fall short of clothing."
"I hope there is money in some of them," answered Dan Baxter.
"Hadn't we better be putting off?" asked Flapp, nervously. "Some of them may be coming back, you know."
"Yes, let us put off at once. This mist that is coming up will help us to get away."
Leaving the stateroom they were in, they went out on deck and began to untie the houseboat. While they were doing so they heard the sounds of two horses approaching.
"Somebody is coming," said Flapp, and an instant later Dora and Nellie came into view. Nellie had her skirt badly torn, and it was her intention, if she could locate the houseboat, to don a new skirt before she returned to where Tom and Dick had left them on the highway.
"It's a pity you fell and tore the skirt," Dora was saying. "But I suppose you can be thankful that you did not hurt yourself."
"That is true. But the boys will think I can't ride, and—Oh!"
Nellie came to a sudden stop and pointed to the houseboat.
"Dan Baxter," burst from Dora's lips. "Oh, how did that fellow get here?"