"
"Did you ever hear me complain about having to eat?"
"I can't say that I ever did," smiled Harriet. "But you will catch
cold out here."
"Tho will you. You will catch cold firtht becauthe you have been out
here longer than I have. Anything elthe?"
"No, except that I am not going to waste my breath giving you advice.
When you become cold enough I presume you will go back to bed."
"Yeth, when I find out what ith going on out here. I won't catch cold,
but maybe if I thtay out here long enough I'll catch a fithh. There! I
know what you are watching. You are watching that 'Thilly Thue.'"
"Sh-h-h!"
The creaking on board had begun again. It continued at intervals for
several moments, both girls listening almost breathlessly.
"Wha--at are they doing?" whispered Tommy.
"I don't know. That is what I am trying to find out."
"My grathiouth! Maybe the captain is going to run away with the
'Thilly Thue'."
"No. Come to think of it, I believe he must be getting the boat ready
for our sail to-morrow."
"Not without a light. There ith thomething else going on. Oh, look!"
Following a period of silence, blue sparks began sputtering from the
masthead of the "Sister Sue." The girls could hear the sparks crackle
and snap spitefully.
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