"Hark!" said Nellie suddenly, and raised her hand for silence.
"What did you hear?" asked Grace.
"Somebody calling. Listen!"
All were silent once more, and just then the wind fell a little.
"I don't hear anything," said Dora.
But then followed a distant voice--two voices calling desperately:
"Help! help! Our boat is sinking! Help!"
CHAPTER XXIII
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BAY
To go back to Tom, Sam, and Captain Blossom at the time that they
placed the two dead goats in their rowboat and prepared to return to
the camp.
It was already raining by the time the shore of the bay was reached,
and scarcely had they begun to row when the water came pouring down
in torrents.
"Gracious! I must say I don't like this!" cried Tom. "The rain is
running down my neck in a stream."
"I move we row into shore over yonder," said Sam, pointing up the
coast. "There are some trees which will shelter both us and the boat
nicely."
Captain Blossom was willing, and in a few minutes they were under
the trees and wringing out their clothes as best they could.
"If I know anything about it, this storm is going to last for some
time," said the captain, after a long look at the sky.
"Such a downfall as this can't last," said Sam. "Perhaps we can get
home between showers."
It was dry under the trees for about half an hour, but then the water
began to reach them once more, and they had to shift their position
again.
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