"I'll tell you what we'll do.

We'll knock one of the seats out, split it, and make two paddles.

They'll be short, but they'll do us to get ashore.

It isn't far." "It looks as though it's the only thing to do, unless we want to stay here for three or four hours," agreed Jimmy, taking the ax and knocking out the seat.

"I'm shivering cold from my wetting." "It's lucky I hung to the ax," said Bobby, as he watched Jimmy fashioning the paddles.
"There," said Jimmy at length, "they're pretty short paddles, but we'll have to make 'em do.