nd Sue looked across the water toward the wharf whereon Mr. Brown
had his office. They could not see their father, nor any one else. The
dock was deserted.

"What are we going to do?" asked Sue; and there was a catch in her
voice, as though she was frightened; and she was.

"Well," said Bunny slowly, "I guess maybe we'd better call."

"Call!" exclaimed Sue. "What for?"

"So daddy or Cap'n Ross will hear us and come and get us."

"How are they going to come and get us?" asked Sue. "They can't swim
that far."

"Oh, yes, they could!" declared Bunny. "But I don't s'pose they'll have
to swim. They can come and get us in a boat."

"Oh, yes!" cried Sue, more joyfully. "So they can. And I wish they
would. Let's call, Bunny!"

[Illustration: BUNNY AND SUE SHOUTED FOR HELP.

_Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove._ _Page 61_]

Together the two children raised their voices in a shout. They were
healthy and strong and had excellent voices. And, as sound carries a
long distance over open water, the shouts of Bunny and Sue were heard on
Mr. Brown's dock.

As it happened, the children's father was in the office talking with
Captain Ross about the coming trip to Christmas Tree Cove when they
heard the cries of distress.

"That's Bunny and Sue!" exclaimed Mr. Brown, leaping from his chair.

"Gracious sakes alive! I hope they haven't fallen overboard!" shouted
Captain Ross.

"I think they know enough not to do that," Mr. Brown answered.

He ran out on the wharf, followed by the captain and some of the men who
worked for Mr. Brown. There they saw the _Fairy_ drifting out into the
bay, and they could see the figures of Bunny and Sue at the boat rail.

"Stay there! We'll send a boat for you!" called Mr. Brown, making a sort
of trumpet of his hands. "Stay on board! You'll be all right."

Bunny and Sue heard him and felt better. They had no notion, of course,
of jumping overboard and trying to swim to shore. They knew they were
safe on the _Fairy_ while it was in the rather quiet water of Sandport
Bay. Out on the rough ocean it would be a different matter, though they
had sailed on the open sea with their father and mother, of course in a
larger boat.

"How are we going to get 'em back?" asked one of Mr. Brown's men.

"Oh, we'll do that easily enough," was the answer. "Bring around the big
motor boat. We'll have to tow the _Fairy_ back here. I don't see how she
ever got adrift," went on Mr. Brown. "I'm