CHAPTER XVI
A BOLT FROM THE SKY
Blake, Joe and the others looked on in bewildered surprise at this touching scene. That Charlie should have found his mother in this fashion seemed scarcely possible, yet such was the fact.
For several moments mother and son were in each other's arms, murmuring over and over again their protestations of love, and words of wonderment at the meeting.
"Where did you find him?" the mother finally demanded, of our friends aboard the motor boat. "Oh, where ever did you find him?"
"We got him out of a house, just as we did you," said Mr. Ringold, "only it was an upside-down house, and not a burning one. And so he is really your lost boy?"
"Of course he is!" she cried, while Charlie added:
"She's my mamma! I'm awful glad you found her for me. Where have you been, Mamma?"
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