"Yes, they seemed to be chasing after us, and I only hope they do keep
moving," replied Andy, "because they must have seen the accident, that
is if they had any sort of a marine glass aboard, which I reckon they
did."
"And I suppose, now, you think there might be officers aboard that same
tug?" the other went on to say.
"Oh! we don't know anything about that," Andy remarked, carelessly. "But
if they came along after a while it'd save us from a lot of worrying.
Just think, if the night set in, and the four of us weighing this poor
old hydroplane down like we are what a time we'd have before another
morning came around."
"It would like as not rise, if there was only two aboard, wouldn't it?"
Casper asked quickly, and before Andy could understand what his question
meant he had replied to it.
"Sure thing, Frank and myself have left the water many a time in a less
powerful hydroplane than this, haven't we, Frank?"
"Well, turn about is only fair," said Casper, fiercely.
"Why, I don't understand what you mean by that," complained Andy.
"Two's company, four a crowd; so please skip out of this, both of you
boys. My pal and me can run this shebang, and just take my word for it,
we mean to do the same. Get that straight, both of you? Now, jump, I
tell you, and lively, or I might be tempted to let her go; and that
would be a shame after the way you rescued the two of us.
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