"If you don't object to going with me!"
"Object! Why, we are delighted at the chance! We didn't know what to do!"
Alene told the cause of their predicament, which the boy had already guessed.
"It seems funny you thought we would object to being rescued by you; you didn't wait to find out if we objected or not, that day at the picnic, and the day you faced the mad bull!"
He laughed.
"Excuse me, you see the old fellow was so quick he didn't give me a chance! But this is different!"
Alene was silent. She was afraid he might think her a great baby were she to say how very, very much relieved she was by his presence.
"Well, I guess Hugh Bonner would object," returned the lad.
Alene stepped gingerly into the boat, trying to hide her nervousness when it rocked beneath her and Mark came to her assistance.
"Sit here in the bow and I'll bail out this water," he said.