“There she comes now!” he cried. “Hurray! The ship is coming back for us!”
CHAPTER XXV
THE LOST TREASURE
Such good news hardly seemed true.
“Are you sure it is our ship?” Mrs. Brown asked her husband. “We were fooled the other time by a sea gull. I don’t want to be disappointed again.”
“This surely is a steamer,” said Sam Trend. “I can see her smoke.”
“Yes, that must be the Beacon,” said Mr. Brown. “I wonder what happened to her that she stayed away so long.”
“We’ll soon know,” returned his wife, her eyes shining with happiness. Though it was very lovely on Cocoanut Island, now that the wild man was caught, she did not want to stay there any longer.
Nearer and nearer came the vessel, appearing to get larger each minute.
Bunny and Sue ran up and down the sand in delight while their mother, their father, the two sailors and Harry Pott looked with eager eyes over the stretch of water.
“Hope she doesn’t come so close she gets on the sand-bar again, Will,” murmured Sam to his mate.