Daddy Martin looked at Uncle Ben, and then, after a moment, the father of the Curlytops answered:
“Well, I think if we go in the big motor boat it will be all right. The wind isn’t blowing quite so hard now. Tumble in and come along. It will be all right.”
“And can we take Skyrocket, too?” asked Janet.
“Oh, yes, bring your dog,” said Uncle Ben.
Soon the Curlytops, with Tom and Lola, not forgetting Skyrocket, were aboard the Gull, as Daddy Martin’s motor boat was named, and out over the lake they went.
The men rowing from the wreck were now some distance away from their sinking boat. The other motor boat, belonging to Mr. Blake, the storekeeper, was coming nearer and soon two men in it began waving their hands to Daddy Martin and Uncle Ben.
When they were near enough to talk, Daddy Martin called and asked:
“What’s the matter?”
“A lot is the matter!” answered Mr. Blake, whom the children well remembered as having helped, with Mr. Addison, in getting Skyrocket away from the Gypsies. “A whole lot is the matter, Mr. Martin. There has been a robbery at the Point, and we are chasing after the robbers.”
“Robbers!” cried Uncle Ben, while the Curlytops and Tom and Lola listened to hear all that was said. “Robbers! What did they take, and where are they now?”