"Life-boat there!"
"Aye, aye!"
"We're sinking by the stern!"
"Pull in quick, lads!" commanded Steve Rush.
CHAPTER IX
A TRAGEDY OF THE LAKES
THERE followed a sound as though the wind were suddenly rising. The sound grew to the roar of a gale.
Rush did not understand the meaning of it. He did understand, however, that there was a man in the water near by, and that there was a human life to save.