They can't find him."
"And I don't believe they ever will," put in another voice, and as a
second boat came up Cora recognized old Ben. "Ah, it's Miss Kimball
and her friends," he added as he saw Cora and those in the Petrel.
"Now here's a chance for you to use your brains, Miss Cora. Can't
you find Tony for us?"
"No, why should I," she answered somewhat coolly.
She did not quite like this familiarity.
"Oh, I didn't know," laughed Ben genially. "I just thought you
always like to be doing things."
"Not that kind," put in Jack.
"Is Peters much hurt?" asked Ed.
"It's hard to say," answered Ben. "He's pretty tough and I guess
it's hard to do him much damage. I'm going over to see about it."
He rowed over toward where the other boats were congregated and the
Petrel with the slow progress of which he had been keeping pace,
swung on to the dock. Cora and the others could see the return of
the little flotilla about the boat in which was Jim Peters.
CHAPTER XIX
IN BRIGHTER MOOD
It takes but a small happening to furnish excitement for a small
place, and the fact that Jim and Tony had quarreled, and that near
the landing, created quite a buzz. Of course, much disliked as Jim
was, he was one of the regular fishermen, while Tony was a
comparative stranger. This caused the latter to disappear when he
saw that he had knocked Jim down and had perhaps seriously injured
him.
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