nd he were safe on Liberty Island.

A Corporal of the Guard was sent to attend to these messages, and Tom was
taken to a cot in the ward of the Barracks. His wet clothing was removed
and he was rolled in a hot blanket and given hot lemonade. In a few
moments he was sound asleep.

Polly was taken to the doctor's cottage where his wife attended the
patient as well as any trained nurse could have done. The girl also was
rolled in warm blankets with hot-water bottles placed about her cold
body. Slowly she began to show more animation, and when she could speak,
she asked if Tom was saved.

[Illustration: TOM AND POLLY ARE RESCUED.
Polly's Business Venture. Page 39]

"Yes, dear; you both are safe now," replied Mrs. Hall.

"And can we get word----" began she.

"We have taken care of that, too, dear. Now try to drink this nice hot
lemonade and then go to sleep."

Polly obediently drank the hot drink and sighed in relief. Then she sank
back and, almost instantly, Nature claimed her rights to make up for the
unwonted interference with her customary routine.

Mrs. Hall sat beside the cot for some time after Polly was asleep, but
she finally succumbed to weariness, and finding her patient fully
recovered and warm, she threw herself upon a nearby cot.

Both young people slept late in the morning, and when Tom finally opened
his eyes, feeling a bit stiff in his joints, he had to collect his
thoughts to remember where he was. Like a flash, everything came back,
and he jumped up to dress and find out how Polly was.

His suit had been dried and pressed and hung over a chair beside the cot.
His dress-coat seemed ridiculously out of order after that swim and, now,
for the morning's work. But he smiled as he donned the clothes, and
started for the door of the long room.

Just as Tom reached the door one of the men entered and greeted him
warmly. "I see you're all right again!"

"Yes, thank you. I hope the little girl is feeling as well," ventured
Tom, anxiously.

"Doctor Hall just left her and says she is right as a fiddle. I'm the
young fellow that telephoned the Police for you. I got back word, early
this morning, that your folks finally got home, without any harm to
anyone. And say! Maybe there wasn't some joy when they heard you two were
safe with us!"

Tom felt a strange gripping at his throat, and his voice quavered as he
replied: "I _know_ there was!"

The young man glanced at the evening dress and then said, "I'm