Don't worry."

The words were scarcely out of her mouth when two craft running neck and
neck and driven recklessly slipped out from behind a sailboat and drove
directly down upon the Gem. It seemed impossible that the Outdoor
Girls could escape disaster.




Chapter VI

Nearly Wrecked



The girls did not scream. Perhaps they were too frightened or perhaps it
was just natural pluck.

They did jump to their feet though as if with some wild thought of leaping
overboard. But there they remained, staring with fascinated eyes at the
fate that was bearing down upon them.

As for Betty, after one breath-taking minute when all the blood in her
body seemed to rush to her head, she simply sat there and tried in the
second that was given her to think what to do.

Almost automatically, she wrenched the wheel around, nearly capsizing the
boat with the sudden turn. At almost the same second, as though the thing
had been prearranged, the boys in the racing craft swung around in the