“He oughtn’t to be standing up,” muttered Lester. “He ought to crouch down and hold tight.”
They were now not more than a hundred feet 8 away, when suddenly a groan went up from the boys.
A huge wave, cresting over the side, had caught the man on the motor boat full in the chest and hurled him into the sea!
9CHAPTER II
DRAGGED FROM THE SEA
“He’s gone!” cried Teddy in horror.
“And with that shark around!” exclaimed Bill.
“There he is!” yelled Fred, as his straining eyes caught sight of a white face and a struggling figure at a little distance.
“Stand by with the boat hooks,” commanded Lester to Bill and Teddy, as he gave the Ariel a turn and bore down on the drowning man.
Those of our readers who have followed the adventures of the Rushton boys, as told in the previous volumes of this series, entitled “The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall” and “The Rushton Boys in the Saddle,” already feel well acquainted with them and the other occupants of the boat. Those who have not yet done so will need a word of introduction.