nearly noon before
Had it not been for his duties on the bridge , Ralph would have continued his search still farther . But already several persons had passed over and dropped their pennies on the counter of the little office , and now a horn was blowing from the deck of the little schooner sailing up Silver Lake . So telling his mother that he would be back as soon as possible , he hurried to the bridge . Half-a-dozen boats wished to go through the draw , including a string of canal boats , and it was nearly noon before he could leave the spot . Then Bob Sanderson came around the cove in the sloop _ Magic _ . Beside him sat Horace Kelsey . The repairs to the _ Magic _ were now completed , and the little craft was practically as good as new .