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"I'm positive they didn't," said Captain Ross. "It must have been that greenhorn cabin boy I had. I hired him yesterday, and let him go this morning because he didn't know one end of a rope from the other. I told him to make the _Fairy_ fast to your dock while I came up here to talk to you. But he must have tied a grannie's or a landlubber's knot, and she pulled loose. I'm glad I'm rid of that boy!" "Yes," agreed Mr. Brown, "a boy who doesn't know enough to tie a safe knot isn't of much use around boats. I'M POSITIVE THEY DIDN'T SAID CAPTAIN ROSS IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT GREENHORN CABIN BOY I HAD I HIRED HIM YESTERDAY AND LET HIM GO THIS MORNING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW ONE END OF A ROPE FROM THE OTHER I TOLD HIM TO MAKE THE FERRY FAST TO YOUR DOCK WHILE I CAME UP HERE TO TALK TO YOU BUT HE MUST HAVE TIED A GRANNIES OR A LANDLOR'S KNOT AND SHE PULLED LOOSE I'M GLAD I'M RID OF THAT BOY YES AGREED MISTER BROWN A BOY WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO TIE A SAFE KNOT ISN'T OF MUCH USE AROUND BOATS
rf, 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 sure neither Bunny nor Sue loosened the cable. WN ANSWERED HE RAN OUT ON THE WHARF FOLLOWED BY THE CAPTAIN AND SOME OF THE MEN WHO WORKED FOR MISTER BROWN THERE THEY SAW THE FERRY 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 MISTER 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 FERRY 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 HIM BACK ASKED ONE OF MISTER 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 FERRY BACK HERE I DON'T SEE HOW SHE EVER GOT ADRIFT WENT ON MISTER BROWN I'M SURE NEITHER BUNNY NOR SUE LOOSENED THE CABLE
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