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"I'm going to the cabin." "I I'll go with you," volunteered Marita, and then she blushed at the attention she attracted. "Well, if Marita isn't afraid to go, I'm not," announced Lottie, with spirit. "Come on, Cora." "Oh!" gasped Bess. "Oh, dear!" echoed Belle. "Do we have to stay here all alone?" "Either that, or come with us," invited Cora. "I'm going over to the cabin in our boat."
"I have noticed that in case of emergency, when some strange man happens to poke his nose in at the window, we are all rather glad to acknowledge we are mere babes." "And also when we meet them under willow trees," Marita reminded the boastful ones. "I am sure I agree with Cora that we need a chaperone, and perhaps a policeman or two."
"We ought not to interfere when men are going to fight, and I think that's what's going to happen in there." "That is what's going to happen," said Cora, "but perhaps we can prevent it. For some unknown reason, though the boys promised to come here and defend Denny, they haven't done so. Therefore, it's our place to do it." "Yes, and I'm going with you!" announced Marita, determinedly.
With other pleasantries the two sets parted, but not until all sorts of invitations to come and visit had been extended and accepted. "What nice girls," the timid Marita remarked as the fashionable ones turned into the lane. "Isn't Hilda pretty? Are they from Chelton?" "She is and they are," answered Cora. "But I do not see how we are going to that hop.
"Now don't forget that the wheel is a sea wheel and turns opposite to the direction you want to go," cautioned Jack. "How is that?" inquired Lottie, who had joined the other in examining the boat. She was shown with patience. The boys were plainly glad that one of the girls, at least, did not know all about running a motor boat. "And oh, what is that?" gasped Marita.
"But if I go over there I'm afraid the spray will get on my dress," objected Lottie. "And it spots terribly, especially with salt water." "I'll change over," said Marita. "I don't mind if my dress does get wet." "You're a dear," sighed Lottie, as she settled back among the cushions. "And you're a bit selfish," thought Cora. The Chelton, now in better trim, skimmed over the bay.
He will have a lot of trouble getting things in order again, and you know he is neat, for a lone fisherman." "Isn't that outrageous!" exclaimed Belle. "I think, Cora, we should have told the boys and had them make a charge against whoever may be guilty. They will be ransacking here next." "Oh, goodness! I hope not," cried Marita. "I think we should have police protection."
"It is awful to try to paddle with soft hands." "Oh, I guess mine are not any too soft," Lottie retorted, a bit abashed that she should have fallen into the trap. "Where are you going, Lottie?" asked Marita. "You know it is only safe to canoe near the shore. The water can be very rough sometimes." "I don't think you ought to go in a canoe until you can swim," said Cora.
"Anything for what?" asked Lottie, as she looked surreptitiously into the mirror of her vanity box. Lottie was always worried about the effect of late hours. "Is it something to eat?" asked Marita in her timid way. "If you want that, Bess, I'll go over and help you carry it." "Gracious, I hope we don't need anything in the food line," said Cora.
While the boys were thus engaged in the delightful task of keeping off starvation, the girls were anxious to hear what was the proposition Cora had offered to lay before them. "That's just the way," grumbled Belle; "we never can get at the interesting things!" "I am going to tell the boys this minute," threatened Marita. "We notice, Belle, that you brought out that lemon pie that was hidden.
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