"They must both be
out there. The two brothers are marooned on that rotten wreck!"
Already the kindly neighbors were hurrying the castaways in groups of
twos and threes to the nearer dwellings. Anscomb was getting foot
after foot of "the real stuff." The moving picture actors and the
cottagers hung on the outskirts of the throng of natives, wide-eyed and
marveling. They had all, on this day, gained a taste of the stern
realities of life as it is along the shore.
Louise was desirous of getting her father to the store, for he was
exhausted. Lawford turned back toward the group of life-saving men
standing about the beached boat.
"If they can get her launched again they'll need me," he shouted back
over his shoulder. "Poor Cap'n Abe and Cap'n Amazon------"
"You've done enough, boy," his father declared, clinging to the sleeve
of Lawford's guernsey. "Don't risk your life again."
"Don't worry, dad. A fellow has to do his bit, you know."
Betty Gallup came to the assistance of Louise and helped support the
professor.
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