And then the yacht sailed away, leaving those on the island to their fate.
CHAPTER XVI.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
For the moment the boys did not know what to do. Si Peters and his crowd had run off with their row-boat, and how to get to the mainland was a serious question.
To swim the distance would be a dangerous undertaking, and there was no telling how long it would be before another craft should come along to take them off.
But the hermit solved the problem.
“If you want to follow those boys you can take my boat,” he said.