"They will be in trouble pretty soon if they don't
watch out."
"Where away?" asked Rand.
"Over there by the other shore," replied Pepper. "They will turn
turtle sure, if that wave catches them sideways."
The boys were resting on their oars, watching the rapidly-approaching
boat.
"Maybe we had better row over that way," suggested Donald. "There
are a couple of girls in the canoe and they may need some help."
"That chap is all right," concluded Rand, after he had watched the
canoe for a little while. "He knows how to handle it. He is doing
fine. See, he is just touching the water with his paddle, so as to
keep it head-on. Maybe he thinks we will need some help."
Nevertheless, the boys kept on a course that would bring them near
enough to the canoe to aid its occupants if they should need it.
"Now look at that!" cried Donald suddenly, when the boys were a
hundred yards from the canoe. "Did you ever see such a fool trick
as that? Just when he was coming out all right, too. Pull for ail
you are worth, boys!"
Even as he spoke the boys had gripped their oars and sent their
boat at racing speed for the canoe.
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