"What is it?" demanded Rob, ignoring the last part of the captain's speech.
"Get in ther boat and go out thar to 'em. If they're sinkin' we can help 'em a whole lot, and—"
The captain stopped short in amazement.
Rob, Merritt and Tubby had already started for the beach and Hiram, "the wireless scout", was close on their heels.
"Well, douse my toplights," exclaimed the captain, rising to his feet and lumbering after them, "Yer can't beat the Boy Scouts."
CHAPTER XXIV
A MEETING IN THE FOG—CONCLUSION
"Can you make her out?"
Five pairs of eyes peered through the mist that hung like a white pall an every side of the Flying Fish.