CHAPTER XXVIII THE DUFFYS

They borrowed a kicker from one of the summer colonists and set out for home just before noon. Skippy was too overwhelmed to speak until long after they left the beach and Tully sat tragic and silent at the wheel.

"We might's well look agin," he murmured brokenly, as he headed the boat toward the Channel. "Just so's to be makin' sure."