"Help me!" cried Dora. "Bring the police! Tell them I am Dora
Stanhope of Cedarville, and that I -"

She could get no further, for Mumps cut her short.

"Dora Stanhope," repeated the tramp.

"If you forget this, my man," said Baxter, "here's half a dollar
for you. This lady is my cousin who is crazy. She just escaped
from an asylum."

"Vanks!" came from the tramp, and he pocketed the money in a
hurry. Then he ran off in the darkness.

"He's going to tell the police anyway!" cried Goss. "You had
better get away from here."

"You are right," responded Mumps. "Hurry up; I don't want to be
arrested."

As quickly as it could be done they carried Dora aboard of the
yacht and bundled her into the cabin.

"Now keep her there!" cried Baxter to Mrs. Goss. "After we are
off you can explain how she got away."

"She hit me with a stick and knocked me down," said the woman
glibly. "She shan't get away a second time."