CHAPTER XXII

BEING RESCUED

The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptlyopened her mouth and shrieked again.

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

"And I tell you we're not!" Betty stifled a desire to guffaw as oneof the men contradicted her. "Some idiot--"