CHAPTER IX.
THE TRAMP CLUB IS ALARMED Now that they were masked by the island, the girls also were shut off from a view of the lake, save for the narrow ribbon of water that lay between them and the nearby shore, so they rowed faster than before.
"Can you steer into this opening ?" called Harriet.
"I am afraid I can't," answered Miss Elting.

"You will have to put me aboard, Jane, I'll have Hazel help you pull in; then we shall have to push the rest of the way." Harriet Burrell sprang on board a few minutes later.

She set Miss Elting and Margery at work with poles at the stern of the boat pushing, as soon as they entered the shallow water.

Tommy had been posted on the upper deck, from which the awning posts had been removed.

Tommy's business was to hold her arms out at right angles to her body and by moving them as directed indicate to Harriet which way to steer.