"
All took their places at the oars, and a few strokes sufficed to send
them well out into Firefly Lake. Here they felt the full force of
the breeze, and in a twinkling Shep's cap was blown from his head.
"My cap!"
"Here it is," answered Snap, passing it over. "Say, boys, this is a
corker sure! Can anybody see ahead?"
"I can see a little," said Whopper. "But not a great deal."
They rowed on, bending low to escape the fury of the wind. The
rowboat rocked violently, and every time she went down some water
came in over the gunwale.
"Let us move down the lake," suggested Shep. "We can't go straight
across. We can come up again on the other shore---if the wind will
let us."
Presently they reckoned that they had reached the middle of the lake
and here all was very dark. They ceased rowing in order to get their
bearings.
"I am a little twisted," said Snap. "Can we be in the vicinity of
Humpback Rock?"
"Perhaps we are," answered one of the others.
Again they took up the oars. The wind tore along at a frightful
rate of speed and the water was a mass of whitecaps.
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