They carried
light lunches with them, and some flasks of cold coffee, for they would
not be back at camp again until time for a late breakfast. Frank also
took some food with him in the boat.
The three boys found Frank waiting for them at the ditch, at which they
arrived at dark. It was raining again, harder than before, but they
managed to find a clump of trees with thick leaves that served as a
partial shelter.
"Did you have any trouble getting here with the boat?" asked Ned of
Frank.
"None at all. I came faster than I ever had before, as the water was
high from the rain. The current is swift, and that will make it hard
going back."
"Maybe one of us could go with you," suggested Bart. "The canoe will hold
three on a pinch."
"I think it would be a good plan," Frank replied.
"Then I'll go," Bart went on. The other boys did not dispute his right,
as he was the best paddler.
It seemed that the time would never come for the attempt to be made. In
the darkness and rain the boys waited, for Frank had said it would not be
safe to try until ten o'clock. At that hour the night watch went on, and
the sanitarium was more quiet.
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