For a small financial consideration the Slocums were willing to put
Merriwell and his friends ashore in the dory; which was done by Peleg,
who pulled a good, strong stroke, and sent the clumsy boat through the
water at a surprising rate of speed.
"Attack the telegraph-office first," Inza suggested. A telegram to New
York brought this answer:
"_Merry Seas_ towed in considerably injured. Missing are Frank
Merriwell, Bart Hodge, Inza Burrage. Other passengers landed
safely. Bernard Burrage at Hotel Imperial."
Bart threw up his cap. Merriwell was writing another message, directed
to Bernard Burrage, assuring him of the safety of Inza and asking that
this fact and the fact that he and Bart were also safe be communicated
at once to their friends at the hotel and elsewhere.
"That will fix things up all right," he remarked, as the operator began
to click off the message. "Of course, we can't know all the particulars
until later; but it is enough to know that none of our friends are lost,
and to be able to let them know that we are all right."
"You bet!" Bart cried. "This is great! I was mighty anxious, I tell
you."
"And I was simply crazy!" Inza exclaimed.
The relief to their feelings was so great that the hardships of their
recent experience seemed to be at once forgotten, and they became almost
happy.
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