Silently they all stood looking toward the island hut.
CHAPTER XVIII
ANOTHER STORM
Bunny and Sue thought of the hut only as a place wherein they might play until the ship came back for them. They thought this would be in an hour or two.
But Mr. Brown and his wife and the two sailors began to think that something serious had happened aboard the Beacon and that she might not return for many days. In that case the hut would be a good shelter for the castaways.
“There doesn’t seem to be any one in it,” observed Mr. Brown, after waiting several seconds. No one came out of the hut and there was no sound within.
“It doesn’t look as if anybody had ever lived on this island,” said the sailor, Will.
“Then how did the hut get built?” asked his mate. “It didn’t put itself up.”
“That’s evident,” agreed Mrs. Brown. “Some one must have been here.”
“I guess you’re right, lady,” replied Will. “But there’s no one here at present.”
They were walking slowly toward the palm leaf house when Bunny said: