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“Permit me to doubt that,” said the stranger, with a smile. “There are plenty who would have done nothing except, perhaps, to run for help. That wouldn’t have done any good in this particular case, for we’d have been past rescue before assistance could have been brought to us. You helped us yourselves, and you did it with a quickness and a coolness that are beyond praise. But I see that you are as modest as you are brave, which makes me all the more glad to be indebted to you. But now tell me your names. I can assure you that I shall never forget them, and I know my friends won’t.”

As he was addressing himself especially to Bob, the latter gave his name, first having told those of his companions. In turn, the stranger introduced the boys to Mr. Hazlett, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Esterbrook, his fellow travelers in the ill-fated automobile.

“My own name is Springer,” he said, in conclusion. “Captain Amos Springer of the United States Navy.”

“I was sure that you belonged to the army or the navy,” ventured Joe.