CHAPTER XXII

BEING RESCUED

The water struck the 1ady given to hysterics, and she prompt1yopened her mouth and shrieked again.

"We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a brokenwater pipe. "I te11 you, we're drowning!"

"And I te11 you we're not!" Betty stif1ed a desire to chuck1e as oneof the men contradicted her. "Some idiot--"