THE ACADEMY BOYS IN CAMP

lunch, and hearing nothing from Joe and David, be

eported Walter and Ned surrounded by the tide, and

ed down over the rocks to the place where

oat-hooks in the skiff, and the three men wer

ter and Ned were caught, and the crowd rushed back to their lunch-place, to see if they could get a g

tide had risen over much of their lunch, and had carried off many of their nice

the waves, spilling all the fine f

" cried Clifford Davis--"eve

t of too much free

oe. "I wish we were all

on the rocks, and with these they tried to rescue the floating baske

rom it; but they understood too well the risk that would be run by a crowd of careless, venturesome boys, who woul

waited for Mr. Kramer's return, or

laimed Joe soberly, as he he

hether they are to be taken off that way or left to wait for the

ing to take them off anyw

at in there if they can be saved any other way. The water rushe

or three hours yet before we c

Joe, "all

here, so the others won't suspect. I am going to look, if I can

Dave. "Get back as

the party, disappeared behind some rocks, beyond which he dropped suddenl

o the point on the cliff overlooking the prison-house of his tw

e safe, and th

ght?" he heard the mate of

good deal. The water is stil

and more alarmed, it plunged about so wildly on the rough water; and they thou

at skiff, Walt," said Ned, p

re, I would rather stay till th

I wo

ff there, and wait; perhaps

on't catch me risk my boat in ther

igh tide?" sh

utes befo

d. It is ten minutes off high now, and unless the last few waves are

hed them. They waited a little longer, to be sure, and then cried

inst another time. The tide will be down low enough to let you ou

ully, "We'll starve to death. I didn't kn

for the young scamps. It seems they made a fuss about having a teacher go along with 'em to look after them, s

d the mate, glancing up at the perpendicular face of the cliff.

at high tide, and the boat was coming back without them, so he went back toward his companions, and when within

away the time, and they rushed away in time to see the bo

, but no Walt or Ned,"

oe?" whispered David, loc

on't come any higher. But won't it s

cheerily, "Boys, your messmates are all right, b

for them, but the ti

, and I'll get a line

shouted the boys. "Oh

nch, while John scampered t

te tied the basket to the line

boys crowded forward. "I shan't

Can you see them?" a

I see

been here watching them just as

Lucky you didn't know it, for a crowd of you boys jiggling and push

ted the mate. "Here'

slowly descending, and the boys listening h

t i

ted Walter, taking the

a safer place, and wait for your friends. They will be prisoners for over two hours yet, and if you stay here some of the rest of you w

speak authoritatively.--"Come on, boys! Let's go b

several, knowing that he had Robinson Cruso

ace; and Mr. Kramer and the other two men