A look at the radio gave her a sense of relief. It had not been damaged. She tested it and her heart sank.
“Dead!” she murmured. Then: “It’s the power wires. They’ve been cut.”
One moment for inspection and she was gripping a hatchet, cutting away a varnished panel that hid the wires.
Finding rubber gloves, tape, pliers, and a coil of wire, she set about the business of repairing the wires.
“Every second counts,” she told herself. “Those bombers from the mainland must be called.”
The wires had been connected; she was just testing out the radio when the Skipper bounded into the cabin.
“The radio!” he exclaimed. “Can it be repaired?”
“It has been repaired. It’s working!” she replied, straightening up.
Sally Saw Two Sailors Carry Riggs Out