The Yellow House Mystery by Gertrude Warner

Author:Gertrude Warner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2010-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

“You can make it, Henry!” yelled Joe. “There is room for us both to land. Get over to one side!”

Henry and Alice paddled under the branches of the two trees and drove their canoe up into a very small opening.

“Get out quickly!” cried Alice. “Pull our canoe out of Joe’s way, so he can land, too.” They did so. Even Violet helped. Then they waved to Joe.

“O.K!” he shouted as he began to paddle straight in. Just then a big wave hit his canoe sideways and washed the bags of food and dishes into the lake.

“Never mind!” he yelled. “Let them go, Benny, and sit still!”

Then with one strong push he drove his canoe up beside Henry’s. He looked at his young wife, who was very white.

“Thank goodness!” said Alice. “We are all safe!” She put her arm around Violet who was shaking with fright.

“We’ll have to do something right away,” said Henry, taking one look at his gentle little sister. “We’re really in a fix. All our food is gone.”

“Are we going to starve, Joe?” asked Benny.

“Starve? No. But I guess we are going to be very hungry.”

“Just almost starve,” said Benny.

“Let’s not stand here in the rain talking,” said Jessie. “We still have our tents and our blankets. And we still have our shelter-half. We must think of some way to get Violet dry and warm.”

“I’m all right,” said Violet. But she did not look all right. She was still shaking.

Henry and Joe looked around. They could see nothing but trees and bushes. There was no path. There was no other open place.

“Not a very good place to land, or make a camp,” said Henry, much worried.

“All woods and bushes,” said Benny. “But we could cut down some trees and bushes. We still have our axe.”

“Thank goodness for that,” said Henry. “Let’s have it.”

“Don’t cut here,” said Joe. “The ground is too wet for a camp. Let’s try to find a better place. You go that way, Henry, and I’ll go this. Hunt around, and don’t get lost.”

Before long they both came crashing back. But now Joe was smiling.

“Water!” he shouted. “There’s a spring up there, and quite a good place. We can make it do. We’ll have to. We won’t need to cut down many bushes and there is room for the tents and a fire.”

“How can you build a fire in the rain?” asked Benny.

“Don’t forget we have the shelter-half,” said Joe. “You bring in some big stones and some dry wood, and you’ll see.”

“All the wood is wet,” said Benny.

“Not on the under side it isn’t,” Henry told him. “Look at Jessie, with that axe!”

As fast as Jessie cut down bushes, Alice pulled them away. Joe and Henry put up Mr. Hill’s shelter-half as fast as they could. Soon Joe had a fire going. He made Violet sit down before it, putting a blanket over her knees.

“Thank you, Joe,” said the little girl. “The fire feels so nice and warm.” She did not shake any more.

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