The four little Blossoms hurried on board The Sarah before the captain should change his mind. A rescue! Could anything be more exciting! As Twaddles remarked afterward, he wouldn't have missed coming to Apple Tree Island for anything in the world.
The captain took the wheel, and the boat chug-chugged swiftly toward Kidd's Island. When they were off shore they could see the rag quite plainly. It was a small handkerchief tied to an oar.
But no pirate was waving the forlorn little signal.
"Look, look!" cried Meg, as though afraid Captain Jenks might not see. "It's a girl and two little boys!"
CHAPTER XIV
THE RESCUE
The four little Blossoms crowded to the rail of The Sarah and stared dumbly at the slim girl in a pink frock who had been waving the oar.
"Why, if it isn't Letty Blake!" said Captain Jenks cheerfully.
"How long have you been living on Kidd's Island?"
To the surprise of the children, Letty Blake flung her oar to one side and sat down in the sand and cried.
Captain Jenks hastily tied his boat to the wooden post and jumped ashore.