"Oh, I don't want to go!" objected Grace.
The others laughed Grace out of her fears, and they started off in the sailboat, the motor craft having been left at the repair dock some distance up the coast.
As they swung and dipped over the blue waters of the bay, the signs of the storm increased, and the girls, becoming more and more nervous, insisted on the boys keeping close to shore.
And finally, when they were some distance from Ocean View, but fortunately near a little sheltering cove, the storm broke with sudden fury.
"Down with that sail!" yelled Allen, as the gust struck the boat, heeling her over so that one rail dipped well under water.
"Oh, we're going to capsize!" screamed Grace.
"Keep still!" ordered her brother.
With frightened eyes the girls clung to one another, huddled together in the little cockpit cabin, while a big wave coming from the stern seemed to threaten to swamp them.