The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes; Or, The Secret of the Island Cave

ut this is

at the wheel, helping Dick to make the Swallow keep her bow up to the waves, which rolled fiercely on every

," returned Dick. "Did Sa

es

of A

being smashed to bits. He is scared, I can tell you

for shore, Tom. I'm afraid myself that this

n in as bad a storm be

t some nasty ones, that do tremendous damage. Light up, will you

u can hold the

ut it's enough to pull a fellow's arm

t was unsteady, Tom made his way to the tiny cabin of the yacht

m," said the youngest Rover. "I

ing, it is gr

help on deck? I hate t

nd I are tending the wheel, and

ll from the stern," added the youngest Rover, who d

here-it's safer. If the yacht

and cracking sound had reached his ears, followed by a bump and a ja

Sam, as soon as he could speak.

h a lantern slung in the crook of his right elbow. Sam followed with another lante

p! h

he Swallow; a cry cut partly short by the piping gale. With his h

at is the

rther off than ever. Then Tom made a d

he wheel was vaca

are you!" he shoute

nothing more reached Tom's ears nor the hearing of his younger brot

came from both, and each looke

red with flying spray. The lanterns made a small semicircle of light

-preserver!" said Tom, and ran

he, after several unsuccessful attempts, caught the spokes of the w

mped if you do that. Ke

ife-preserver, attached to a hundred feet of small, but strong, rope. Onc

e shrieked. But if Dick

Sam. "We ought to do somethin

rockets. With trembling hands he set off first one and then another. The blaze was a short one, ye

t is going to pie

ou see

but I don't know who they were.

burst out Sam, and the tears

said?" came from

rboard," an

regret came from Aleck

nd the shock knocked him over," answ

cket, Sam-I don't kn

t, and some red fire as well. The red fire mad

ee nuffin,

Tom. "The raft

nd answered them. And now Sam noticed that the lifeline was drifting i

ony to Tom and Sam, and the warm-hearted

the youngest Rover. "Father will neve

swer. "Dick has been in a tight fix before. He'l

"Why, it's 'most as bad as dat dar hurricane we 'per

adily and soon turned into little short of a deluge. All were speedily soaked to the sk

ful that Sam would be lost overboard, To

re," he said. "If anythin

m. "If I were you, I'd tie myself to

although the waves still lashed angrily around the Swallow. With the first streak of

raft had disappeared completely, and all around them

breakfast of broiled fish and hot coffee, but, when summ

uthful," sighed Sam.

" said Tom. "Go ahead yourself a

ut youse had bettah drink sum ob dat coffee, or youse might cotch a chill." A

he said to his brother, and he proved to be right. It was a freighter known as the Captain R

wreck, with some men on i

e answer, from the captain of th

on our yacht was knocked overboard. We lit some red fire and

since he had a brother who was in the business of rafting lum

and it was too dark to see much," said Tom. Nevertheless he and Sam told w

the latter. "And if I see anything of you

are you

Cleveland first. Then I

fal

n the captain of the freight ste

quite close to the Swallow, and as she swung around those on

engers on board, and as Sam looke

an it be possib

possible, Sam

k! l

wh

er. Am I dreaming, or is that-h

you talki

on the steamer, just

h thought