Chapter 21 THE RESCUE

William Bales-as nice a young man as ever wore a cummerbund on an esplanade-was in despair. For half-an-hour he and Miss Spratt had been sitting in silence on the pier, and it was still William's turn to say something. Miss Spratt's last remark had been, "Oh, Mr. Bales, you do say things!" and William felt that his next observation must at all cost