“I just got in, after a lot of trouble, and the first bit of news I heard was that you were going to start off for this island to look for some one there. So I thought I’d tell you there is some one on the shore—at least there was a week ago, when I saw the place.”
The Bobbsey twins listened “with all their ears” to this talk, and they wondered what would happen next.
“Well, if Captain Harrison saw Jack there he must be alive,” said Bert to Nan.
“Unless something happened to him afterward in the storm,” remarked Nan.
“I wish we could hurry up and get him,” said Freddie.
“Be quiet, children,” whispered Mrs. Bobbsey. “Captain Crane wants to hear all that the other captain says.”
“S-sh,” hissed Flossie importantly.
“How long ago was this?” asked Captain Crane.
“About a week,” answered Captain Harrison. “I had trouble getting back, so it was a week ago. I tried to see some other boat to send to the island to take off this lost boy, but I didn’t meet any until I got here. Somebody on shore told me about you. Then I thought, as long as you are going there, I’d tell you what I saw.”
“I’m glad you did,” observed Cousin Jasper. “And I’m glad to know that Jack is well enough to be up and around—or that he was when you saw him. We must go there as fast as we can now, and rescue him.”