"Yes, he's left behind there on the dock," said Frank. "Our rope must have broke when the wind and waves banged us about that time. He'll tell the folks all right."
"But that won't stop mother from worrying," said Bob, anxiously, for he disliked to cause her or his father anxiety.
"They'll come after us," remarked Sammy. "Silas will get another boat and come for us."
"If he can find us," spoke Bob. "But if we go out to sea I don't believe he can easily pick us up."
"Oh, he will, sooner or later," went on Frank, who did not seem to feel so badly about it as Bob did. "Don't get scared."
"Oh, I'm not exactly scared," replied Bob, stoutly, "for this is a good boat. But a storm at sea is no fun!"
"Maybe it isn't storming out there," suggested Sammy.
"It's sure to be," declared Bob. "But we've got to make the best of it. We've got plenty to eat, that's one good thing."
"And a good place to stay," added Frank. "We're better off than when the Puff was wrecked."