“Yes, Jamie was feeding the pigeons when the carrier alighted on the roof. He read the message and called Mr. Green.”
“Mr. Green didn’t know what to make of it,” Mrs. Williams went on with the story. “So he telephoned Captain Tarwell, asking him to investigate.”
“About that same time,” Miss Gordon resumed, “Mrs. Allison reached the dock and couldn’t find her cruiser. While she was wondering if it had been stolen, another telephone call came in from the lighthouse keeper. He’d sighted the drifting boat.”
“We really caused a lot of excitement, didn’t we?” grinned Vevi.
“You certainly did,” agreed Miss Gordon. “You frightened us half out of our wits. What in the world possessed you to untie the Adventurer?”
The question astonished Vevi and Connie.
“But we didn’t!” they cried together.
“Then how did the boat get loose?”
Vevi was so excited that her words came out in a rush.
“It was Raymond Curry who set the boat adrift!” she informed the startled adults. “We saw him steal from another cruiser. He didn’t want us to tell so he untied the rope.”