"So that is what you have been doing this summer, is it?" he said.
"That--and looking after Cap'n Abe," confessed Louise.
"I'll have to look into this further."
"Isn't it terrible?" interrupted Mrs. Conroth. "They say the two
brothers are out on that wreck and they cannot be reached until the
gale subsides. And then it will be too late to save them. Well,
Louise, that old sailor was certainly a brave man. I am really sorry I
spoke so harshly about him. They tell me it was he who put your father
in the boat. I hope there is some way you can fittingly show your
appreciation, Ernest."
"I hope so," said Professor Grayling grimly.
Lawford came to the store before bedtime--very white and
serious-looking. He had tried with the patrol crew to launch the boat
again and go to the rescue of the two old men supposed to be upon the
wreck. But the effort had been fruitless. Until the gale fell and the
tide turned they could not possibly get out to Gull Rocks.
"A brave man is Cap'n Amazon," Lawford Tapp said.
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