Some food was brought forth, and both Baxter and Lesher ate like two famished wolves.
"Got any liquor ?" questioned the mate, casting his eyes toward the house.
"We have a little," answered Nellie, for Captain Blossom had brought over several bottles from the wreck.
"Bring it out." When the liquor was brought Jack Lesher took a long draught and then handed the bottle to Dan Baxter.
"That's the stuff!" cried the mate, with a sly wink at Dora.

"Better than eatin,' twice over," and he took another drink.
The manner of the two newcomers was not at all pleasing to the girls, and they were sorry that none of the men folks were at hand.

They asked the pair to tell their story, and Baxter spoke up, while Lesher applied himself to the bottle.
"We floated around the ocean for several days," said the bully.

"One sailor went crazy from the sunshine and leaped overboard, and was drowned.

Then a heavy wind came up and drove the boat, in the night, onto an island close to this one.