The day passed all too quickly.

Twilight was upon them almost before they realized it.

Supper was late that night, and ere they had finished the dishes the motor boat drew up to them and the Tramp Club swarmed over the side of the houseboat with merry greetings.
"It is almost like being boarded by pirates," laughed Harriet.

"In this case the pirates are welcome." The boys had brought with them a bag of early apples, which Captain Baker gravely assured them had been duly bought and paid for.

The boys also had brought their harmonicas, and later in the evening there was a harmonica concert on the upper deck of the "Red Rover." Later on the girls served their guests with cake and coffee.