“I wonder——” began Tom, hesitatingly.
“What?”
“Whether I could sprint along the shore like a streak, push the launch off, jump in, and then have time to start the engine and get down here for you?”
The ’Gator Started Up the Rise Toward Them.
“Would you do that if you were here all alone?”
“In a second!”
“Then do it anyway,” begged Ida Silsbee. “I’m not brave, but I can take a fighting chance and follow orders.”