It was good advice and Cora followed it. Rosalie stood on the stern,
poised for a moment as Cora cut down the speed, and then gracefully dived
overboard.

Up she came, shaking the water from her eyes, and struck out for the raft

"She's alive--and--that's all!" called Rosalie to the girls in the motor
boat, as she bent over the one on the raft. "We must get her to a doctor
quick!"

"How can we get her into the boat?" asked Cora.

"I'll loosen the ropes, and then you can come up on this side. The spars
are smooth here and your boat won't be damaged!"

"Poor creature!" murmured Belle, as she watched Rosalie in her dripping
bathing suit bending over the girl on the raft.

The ropes were soon loosed, and then, with no small skill, Cora brought
the _Pet_ alongside the raft. It was not an easy matter to get the limp
and unconscious figure into the boat, but the girls managed it.

"Now for shore and the doctor!" cried Eline.

"Here is her valise," called Rosalie, casting loose a rope that held a
small suit case to the raft. "May as well take that, but I guess the
things in it are pretty well soaked. She must have been adrift ever since
the wreck went to pieces."

She tossed the bag into the boat, and clambered in herself. Then Cora
steered away from the raft, as Belle started the motor. They covered the
rescued girl with her own wet rugs--it was all they could do. She was
breathing--that was all.

Half an hour later they were safe ashore, and two fishermen on the beach
had carried the girl up to the bungalow. A doctor was telephoned for in
haste.

CHAPTER XXV

A SURPRISE

"Poor, poor girl!" murmured Cora. She was bending over the unknown who
had been rescued from the raft. The girl lay in a stupor on a couch in
the living room, having been made as comfortable as possible under the
circumstances, the girls having ministered to her with the aid of Mrs.
Chester.

"I wonder who she can be?" said Belle.

"We shall have to interview some of those who were saved from the wreck,"
spoke Bess. "One or two of the women, and two of the men are still here,
staying with some of the fishermen, I think."

"They might know," remarked Eline, "but if we could look at the passenger
list that would tell."

"Where could we get it?" asked Cora.

"The captain may have saved it, but of course he is gone. Perhaps he took
it with him."

"I'll ask my father," said Rosalie. "The captain may have left it, or a
copy of it,