Sea Peril

Peter Beckford and his friends Arthur and David found themselves with plenty to occupy their minds that summer. There was the search for the remains of a Roman signal-tower which their earnest history master "Sandy" was convinced lay in the vicinity of Lady Bridgebolton's estate--and the difficulty of approaching Lady Bridgebolton, because of Arthur's feud with her; there was the forthcoming County cricket-match, which Arthur was optimistic his team would win with the aid of the "Ramsgill-Frankenstein Secret Weapon"; and, best of all, there was Sea Peril--a battered old punt found in Bos'n Jake's scrap-yard and converted into a paddle-driven houseboat by the ingenuity of Peter and his friends.