Joe and Dave ran for the lunch, while John scampered to the house for a long line.
Going out on the cliff, the mate tied the basket to the line, and prepared to drop it over.
"Stand back," he shouted, as the boys crowded forward. "I shan't do it unless you all stand back."
"Are they down there? Can you see them?" asked the boys eagerly.
"Yes, I see them."
"My! just think, we might have been here watching them just as well as not," exclaimed Lewis.
Joe and Dave exchanged wise glances at this, and Mr. Kramer said, "Lucky you didn't know it, for a crowd of you boys jiggling and pushing and fooling, as boys do, would have gone over. Stand back there!"
"Hullo, below!" shouted the mate. "Here's some food for you."
Walter and Ned, looking up, saw the basket slowly descending, and the boys listening heard a faint cheer above the roar of the sea.
"Got it?"