“Can we really land on the island?” asked Freddie.
“Yes, you may go ashore there,” the captain said. “We shall probably have to stay there two or three days.”
“Oh, what fun we can have, playing on the island!” cried Flossie.
“We’ll pretend we’re Robinson Crusoe,” said her little brother. “Come on, Flossie, let’s go and tell Nan and Bert!”
And while the two younger Bobbsey twins ran to tell their older brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey, Cousin Jasper and Captain Crane took turns looking through the glass at the island, which was about five miles away.
“It is not the island where I was,” said Cousin Jasper again. “But it looks like a good place to stay while the engines of the Swallow are being mended. So we’ll go there, Captain!”
“All right,” Captain Crane answered. “We’ll have to go a little slow, but we’ll be there in plenty of time.”
Once more the motor boat started off, not going as fast as at first, but the Bobbsey twins did not mind this a bit, as they were thinking what fun they would have on the island so far out at sea, and they stood at the rail watching it as it appeared to grow larger the nearer the boat came to it.
“We’re coming up pretty fast, aren’t we?” remarked Freddie.
“Not as fast as we might come,” answered Bert. “However, we’ve got lots of time, just as Captain Crane said.”