subject to the usual ocean storms."

"And those men were to go through the dangerous waters in little
canoes!" exclaimed Aunt Emily.

"But the danger was mostly from winds to the sails of vessels,"
explained Uncle William. "Small craft are safest in such waters."

"And if they succeeded in bringing the mahogany in?" asked
Mrs. Bobbsey.

"Nellie would be comparatively rich, for her father went as George
Bingham's partner," finished Mr. Minturn.

So, the evening went into night, and Nellie, the Fisherman's Daughter,
slept on, to dream that the song of the waves came true.


CHAPTER XV
LOST ON AN ISLAND

The calm that always follows a storm settled down upon the Cliffs the
day after the carnival. The talk of the entire summer settlement was
Nellie and her prize, and naturally, the little girl herself thought
of home and the lonely mother, who was going to receive such a
surprise--fifty dollars!

It was a pleasant morning, and Freddie and Flossie were out watching
Downy trying to get through the fence that the boys had built to keep
him out of the ocean. Freddie had a pretty little boat Uncle William