For a few minutes they stood, then Nancy caught sight of the boat.
"Oh, there's the wreck! Why, it's only a little boat."
"Of course it is! What else did you think? It's really some life boat
that has been put off from a wreck, and it may be full of treasures!"
Cautiously they worked their way to it, panting with excitement. What
were they about to discover?
"See," said Toby breathlessly, "the anchor rope had broken and caught
among the rocks! I wonder we never saw the boat here at high tide--it
would be visible then!"
"I hope--oh!" Nancy's voice was full of disappointment.
"What?"
"Why, it's only Rowan's old Lily! It isn't a wreck at all! It was on the
beach this morning!"
The children stood looking blankly at the boat.
"There's something moving!"
There was something queer about the "wreck" after all!
Half-frightened, and hanging on to Toby's arm, Nancy peeped over into
the boat, and the next moment she shrieked in alarm, and something
sprang out of the locker and clung to her neck!
"Oh--h!" Nancy pulled at the clinging creature in terror, but Toby was
bent with laughter!
"Stop it, Nan! It's only a kitten!" he cried, as soon as he could speak.
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