She wished she had learned how to swim. They were running quite
close to shore, and she felt that a good swimmer could gain land
without much effort. Then a man came out from shore in a large
flatboat.

"Help! Help!" she cried. "Save me, and I will reward you well!
They are carrying me away from home!"

"What's that?" called out the man, and Dora repeated her words
before any of the others could stop her.

"All right, I'll do what I can for you," said the man, and
running up beside the yacht, which had become caught in a sudden
calm, he made fast with a boathook.





CHAPTER XIX

DORA TRIES TO ESCAPE

"Now we're in a pickle!" whispered Mumps. "That man may cause us
a whole lot of trouble."

"You let me do the talking," answered Dan Baxter. "Help Goss get
her back to the cabin."

"I won't go back!" screamed Dora. "Let me be!" And she ran for