CHAPTER III 

OUT OF PERIL 

"Oh look! May and Fred have both gone down!" cried Ruth. 

"Yes, and there go Andy and Randy over them!" exclaimed Jack. 

"And look, Jack, the ice is cracking everywhere!" continued the frightened girl. She clutched his arm and looked appealingly into his face. "Oh! what shall we do?" 

"Spread out, you fellows! Spread out!" yelled the oldest Rover boy. "Spread out! Don't keep together!" 

His cry was heard, and an instant later Andy commenced to roll over on the ice in one direction while his twin rolled in another. In the meantime, Fred had managed to scramble to his feet, and now he pulled up May. 

"Come on, we'll soon be out of danger," encouraged the youngest Rover; and, striking out, he pulled May behind him, the girl being too excited to skate. 

In less than a minute the danger, so far as it concerned the Rovers and the two girls from Clearwater Hall, was past. All reached a point where the ice was perfectly firm. Here Ruth speedily gained her self-possession, but May continued to cling closely to Fred's arm. 

"I'm going to see how they are making out in front of the boathouse!" cried Randy. "Some of the skaters must have gotten in." 

"I'm with you," returned his twin. He looked back at his cousins. "I suppose you will look after the girls?" 

"Sure!" answered Jack quickly. "Go ahead." 

"I don't suppose we can be of any assistance down there?" came from Fred. 
Was anyone in danger?
What was wrong?
Did anyone fall in?
How many?
Who?
Who else had fallen?
Who got up first?
Who did he help?
Who gave orders when the accident occured?
Wherer were the girls from?
Did May wander away from people?
Who was she near?
Were they in peril for a long time?
How long then?
What was someone in front of?
What activity were they wanting to participate in?
What happened to the skaters?
Who alerted them to this?
Did anyone agree with him?
Who?
yes
"And look, Jack, the ice is cracking everywhere!"
the ice is cracking
the ice is cracking everywhere!
yes
 May and Fred have both gone down
Two
Andy and Randy
May and Fred
 May and Fred
Andy and Randy
 Andy and Randy
Fred
Fred
May
May
the oldest Rover boy.
the oldest Rover boy.
Clearwater Hall
Clearwater Hall
no
May continued to cling closely to Fred's arm. 

Fred
Fred
no
In less than a minute the danger
less than a minute
less than a minute 
the boathouse
the boathouse
getting in
gotten in
they must have gotten in.
must have gotten in.
Randy
Randy
yes
his twin
his twin
 his twin