CHAPTER II

CRAZY JANE MAKES A DISCOVERY


"Wait!"

Jane sprang forward, and grasping the rope, lifted it from the water and
began hauling in on it. She uttered a shout of joy.

"There's no 'Red Rover' on the other end of this rope, Harriet," she
cried.

"Then it has broken away and sunk," answered Harriet gloomily. "Let's
get into the rowboat and go out yonder."

"In a minute. I want to see what is at the other end of this rope,
Harriet, dear. There's nothing like beginning at the right end. This is
the right end; after we get the rope in we will move on to the other
end. We may have to dive, but you and I know how to do that, don't we
darlin'?"

Harriet nodded. The long rope came in dripping, so cold to the touch as
to make Jane's fingers numb.

"There!" exclaimed Jane, slamming the rope down on the wharf. "There's
the old thing. Didn't I tell you there was no 'Red Rover' on the end of
it."