`` Ev , the boat is leaking ! '' shrieked Agnes , above the wind . `` The water 's coming in ! '' `` Bail her out then , '' shouted Ev , struggling with the sail . `` There 's two cans under the seat . I 've got to lower this sail . Bail her out . '' `` I 'll help you , '' said Ethel . She was very pale , but her manner was calm . Both girls bailed energetically . Young Si , watching through the glass , saw them . He dropped it and ran to his boat , white and resolute . `` They 've sprung a leak . Here , Curtis , launch the boat . We 've got to go out or Ev will drown them . '' They shot out from the shore just as the downpour came , blotting out sea and land in one driving sheet of white rain . `` Young Si is coming off for us , '' said Agnes . `` We 'll be all right if he gets here in time . This boat is going to sink , sure . '' Little Ev was completely demoralized by fear .
The girls XXXXX unceasingly , but the water gained every minute .
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