`` I 'll help you , '' said Ethel . She was very pale , but her manner was calm . Both girls bailed energetically . Young Si , watching through the glass , saw them . He dropped it and ran to his boat , white and resolute . `` They 've sprung a leak . Here , Curtis , launch the boat . We 've got to go out or Ev will drown them . '' They shot out from the shore just as the downpour came , blotting out sea and land in one driving sheet of white rain . `` Young Si is coming off for us , '' said Agnes . `` We 'll be all right if he gets here in time . This boat is going to sink , sure . '' Little Ev was completely demoralized by fear . The girls bailed unceasingly , but the water gained every minute . Young Si was none too soon . `` Jump , Ev ! '' he shouted as his boat shot alongside . `` Jump for your life ! '' He dragged Ethel Lennox in as he spoke . Agnes sprang from one boat to the other like a cat , and Little Ev jumped just as a thunderous crash seemed to burst above them and air and sky were filled with blue flame .
The danger was past , XXXXX the squall had few difficulties for Si and Snuffy .
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