"Nellie!" he called, striking out in the direction he had last seen her. "Nellie, Nellie! where are you?"
By this time the boys had reached the scene of the upset.
"Keep up your courage," shouted Rand, "we'll pick you up!"
[Illustration: "They were all struggling in the water.">[
"Never mind me!" called the young man as they came near. "See if you can't save my sister. She doesn't know how to swim."
"All right," called Rand, "we'll find her."
"Where has she gone?" asked Donald.
"I don't see anything of her," said Rand, who was standing in the bow of the boat intently watching for any sign of the girl. "Yes, there she is." A pale face had appeared for a moment on the surface. "Straight ahead, boys!"
As the boat came to the spot where he had seen her Rand made a long dive overboard, coming up a moment later with the inanimate body of the girl. He was joined almost immediately by Donald, who had followed him overboard, and so aided him in supporting her until Pepper and Jack had reached them with the boat.
It required no little effort on the part of the boys to get the helpless girl into the boat, but it was finally done, and they rowed back to the assistance of the others. The other girl was helped from the overturned canoe, to which she was clinging, into their boat which was now loaded to its full capacity.