"Take me--leave him, if he won't come--I scolded him--then the noises came, and we ran--" "What boat ?" said Rudolph.
Chantel did not look up.
"I have one ready and stocked," he mumbled, tugging with his teeth at the knot in the sarong corners.

"You can come.

We'll drop down the river, and try it along the coast.

Only chance.

Come on." He rose, and started for the door, slinging the bright-colored bundle over his shoulder.