"Have you a doctor on board?" called Pepper. "She needs attention
right away."
"Yes," responded a gentleman who was standing by. "I am a physician,
I will take care of her."
At this moment there was a scream from a lady on the yacht as she
caught sight of the girl. "Why it is Nellie! She is dead!" she
cried, and would have fallen to the deck if she had not been caught
by Mr. Whilden.
"Impossible!" he exclaimed. "How in the world could Nellie get
here?" adding a moment later as he looked more closely: "Surely it
is she. Is there any hope for her, Doctor?"
"Of course there is," replied the physician. "She is coming around
all right, thanks to these young men, who rescued her."
"And where are they?" asked Mr. Whilden. "I had almost forgotten
them in the excitement," turning to the boys, who had come on board
to learn as to the fate of the girl. Shaking hands with them again
and again, he explained: "She is my daughter. I hadn't any idea
she was anywhere near, and I don't see how it happened yet. Why,
hello, Frank!" addressing the young man who had been in the canoe,
and who was now wringing the water from his clothes.
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