CHAPTER XI
IN DANGER
"What is it? Oh, what has happened?"
Grace cried half hysterically as she saw Betty bending over her. The others awakened.
"Why, we're moving!" exclaimed Amy, in wonderment.
"What did you want to start off for, in the middle of the night?" Mollie asked, blinking the sleep from her eyes.
"I didn't," answered Betty quickly. "We're adrift! I don't know how it could have happened. You girls tied the boat, didn't you?"
"Of course," answered Grace. "I fastened both ropes myself."
"Never mind about that," broke in Aunt Kate. "I don't know much about boats, but if this one isn't being steered we may run into something."
"That's so!" cried Betty. "But I didn't want to go out on deck alone—slip your rain-
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