CHAPTER XXIV
OUT OF THE WRECK
"Here come the life savers!" cried Blake a little later, as through the spray that flew over the beach a party of men, in yellow oilskins, could be seen dragging something over the sand.
"Yes, and few enough of 'em there are to do the work," said old Abe Haskill. "The government ought to put more men at the station."
"Some were hurt, trying to launch the boat this morning," said Joe.
"Very likely," agreed the old fisherman. "The sea can be cruel when it wants to."
"And there comes Tom Cardiff!" added Blake, as he pointed to another oncoming figure.
"Yes, and Harry Stanton is with him," remarked Abe. "They must have left the lighthouse to look after itself, and they're going to help in the rescue."
"No danger to the light, now that them pesky wreckers have been caught," remarked one of the fishermen.
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