Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on the Rolling Ocean. Page [161]
“No, I guess no one does,” said Mr. Brown. But he was mistaken about that. “Though if we stay until late this afternoon, as we may,” he went on, “Bunny and Sue will probably want to eat again.”
“I suppose so,” said his wife.
The voyagers wandered about the island, and in one place they found a small spring of water trickling down over the rocks in a little cataract. They drank this water in preference to some they had brought with them from the ship.
“Well, it’s time we began to think of going back, I guess,” said Mr. Brown, as the shadows began to lengthen toward the east.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Brown. “Look, they are starting to move the Beacon off the sand bar, I believe!”
She pointed to the stranded steamer, from the funnel of which black smoke was pouring.
“They’re starting the engines,” said the sailor, Will Gand.
“And they’ll have her off soon, for it’s high water now,” added his mate.
“The ship won’t go away and leave us, will it?” asked Bunny.