The captain was on deck with his spy-glass. Mr. Lindsay went up to him and told him what Maud had said. He turned his glass in the direction indicated.
“The young lady is right,” he said. “It is a boy adrift upon a plank.”
CHAPTER XXVII.
NEW FRIENDS.
“A boy adrift!” repeated Mr. Lindsay. “How could he get into such a situation?”
“There may have been a wreck,” said the captain; “though I can see no other indications of it,” as through his glass he scanned the sea in the neighborhood of Harry.
“You’ll go after him, won’t you, Captain Scott?” asked Maud, anxiously.
“Certainly, my dear young lady; I will save him if I can.”
“It must be so terrible to be out in the sea with nothing but a plank to hold on to,” said Maud, sympathetically. “I hope he’ll hold on till we get there.”