Part 4 (1/2)
”Hard to say,” replied Ed, in rather a one down the bay, ould not have been alone, but I thought this upper end so ht However, we need not despair
We can wait for the tide”
”Till !” almost shouted Belle
”It's due at three-thirty,” announced the imperturbable Walter
”Oh! what shall we do?” wailed Bess
”We ested Cora ”It isn't very far to that shore, and it's shallow”
”Mercy, no!” exclaimed Belle ”There are all sorts of holes in the ”
Cora laughed She had no idea of being taken seriously
”Now, you see,” said Walter, ”ine her now,” and he rolled laughingly over toward Jack
”Easy there! No need for artificial respiration or barrel-rolling just yet,” declared Jack ”In fact, if we had a bit of water, we'd be thankful Let et more push out of it”
Ed left his place, and Jack took it, but the sand bar held the little launch like adaasoline power further
”Suppose we have the little ditty again,” suggested Ed, taking a seat near Cora ”What was it? 'Love's Latitude?'”
”No, 'Love's Luxury,'” asserted Walter, as he made a comical move toward Belle But Belle was disconsolate, and she only looked at the moon It was alhtened girl
”When in doubt play 'The Gypsy's Warning,'” suggested Cora, picking up her guitar ”There is so about that tune”
”See if we can bewitch a wave or tith it,” remarked Jack ”That would fetch us in a little nearer to shore”
But the situation was becoh not exactly dry upon a big sand bar! Not a craft was in sight, and none within call!
”If we only could trust the bottoested Walter, ”but it wouldn't be nice to get right in the line with Davy Jones' locker”
”Oh, please don't do that,” begged Bess ”It will be better to stay safely here and wait for the tide than to take any chance of losing----”
”Wallie Sometimes he's Walter, but when it co hi his arms around the other boy's neck ”Starboard watch ahoy!”
”Right about face, forward march!” called Walter ridiculously
”That's not the same set,” corrected Jack ”This was another kind of a watch--steirls froht But to wait untilfor the tide!