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The Campfire Girls on Station Island; Or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht

Chapter 8 ABOARD THE "MARIGOLD"

Word Count: 1284    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

ney. She had decided to disconnect her radio set and send the instrument down with the rest of the baggage. In addition, she was determ

"Let our old aerial stand till we return. All we shall have to

truck with the trunks to the dock where the Marigold waited. The next day the two families, the Norwoods and th

te of mind and body that Mrs. Blair was in, the poor woman was probably ver

excitement when she got aboard Darry's yacht

ve to put a ball and chain on th

chain things you wear around your neck? I'm going to buy

sie realized that Henrietta was perfectly fearless

al-burner rather than a modern oil-burner, or with gasoline engines, did not at all decreas

d Burd, or whoever of his boy friends

to go down and stoke the furnaces for you if you get short hand

we have only fellows aboard we all take

?" demanded Amy

rry, with a grin. "But we let him coo

ed his sister, wi

," explained Darry. "You see, the Marigold ki

calm all the way to Stat

quote her chum, and every one enjoyed the sail. If the Marigold was not a racing boat,

him Skipper. At noon the yacht crossed one of the many "banks" to which New Yo

llow-fin and maybe bass higher up. You won't find a b

fish. Jessie had been about to suggest a cushioned seat in the cabin for the little girl, with a pillow a

stations. Darry gave his personal attention to Henrietta's bait and showed her how to cast her line

he said to her mentor impatiently. "I bet I

nd Mr. Drew had brought their rods. Everybody was soon engaged in an occupation which really

gh these fish out here may be dumb, they a

She had a nibble on her ho

under her breath. "The

a bear?" demand

ess?" asked Darry, from t

splashed about a great deal and, when she raised it to the surface, it look

led out Burd. "You'll give all the fish ner

g fish. It was half as broad as a dining table, with one side grayish-wh

. "We don't eat t

flounder?" wailed Je

," said the skipper, unhooking

ghed, too. Baiting again, she threw in, and just at that mom

got a strike," crie

he two lawyers were forward. Darry and Burd were aft. Jessie sudd

shrieked. "Wher

?" gasped her chum, excitedly, and s

n a coil of rope so as to be high enough to look over into the sea. The fear that clamped

ed. "She-she's gone! She

ful as Jessie was, but she

he-she wouldn't do th

ed Jessie. Then she began to shout as loud as she could: "Help!

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