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"You did examine the halters. You say they were broken, not cut. I think we should look further." "Yes. I agree with Harriet that we ought to make a careful search of the ground about the camp," said Miss Elting. "We cannot afford to miss opportunities that might solve this mystery. I wish you and the driver would make a start," she urged. "All right. Where's the lantern?" demanded Janus.
"You certainly cannot blame our enemy for this accident," declared Jane. "I wonder if he did push Tommy over?" Margery's eyes were large as she voiced the question. "Nonsense!" retorted Harriet Burrell. "Yes. That's what I say," agreed Miss Elting. "I suppose she will lay it to me," chuckled the guide. "Yeth, I ought to," nodded Tommy. "But we agreed not to fight any more, didn't we?"
What shall we do?" "Mith Elting hath thome matcheth," answered Tommy. "How do you know, my dear?" The guardian laughed merrily. "I thee a box in your pocket." "You see too much," declared Margery. "Yes, I bought matches, too." Miss Elting herself applied a match to the sticks that had been laid for the cook fire. "Harriet, come right here by the fire and warm yourself."
The faces of the girls wore a puzzled expression. They could not imagine where they were going. Miss Elting had made a mystery of this summer vacation, and not a word had the girls been able to obtain from her as to where they were to go: whether to tour the country in Crazy Jane's automobile, or to go into camp.
I swum!" mumbled the guide. "I swum!" "You'd have had to swim if you had gone through the hole in the floor," retorted Crazy Jane. "Harriet went down there, and " "Eh? What wha at?" gasped the guide, blinking rapidly. "Sit down a moment," urged Miss Elting. "None of us is seriously hurt. How about you?" gazing at the driver. "No bones broken, I trust?" The driver shook his head.
Able seaman Tommy Thompson will heave the anchor for you," averred the guardian merrily. "Able theaman Tommy will do nothing of the thort," retorted Tommy. "Able theaman Tommy will heave herthelf overboard if thhe trieth to do any heaving at all." "Miss Elting, I think you can steer the boat. I am needed in the rowboat with Jane," interrupted Harriet.
I will be on the lookout for orders. You may depend upon me, sir." "Then we'll weather it, but we shall get pretty wet, and night is coming on, too. We're going to have a merry night of it! All hands who do not wish to get a ducking go below," shouted the skipper. Miss Elting, Jane, Harriet and Tommy remained outside.
A shivering chorus of laughs greeted her words. Some of the girls began whipping their arms and jumping up and down, for all were very cold. "Can't we run?" asked Harriet. "Yes, if we can decide where the water is, and where it isn't," replied Miss Elting. "Suppose we find the road? We can run up and down that without danger of falling in."
"Girls," said Miss Elting, "I don't know whether we shall be able to do anything with this boat or not. What do you think?" "Of course we shall," answered Harriet promptly. "A good scrubbing and a little fixing up will make a delightful summer home of it." "This is my treat, you know," interjected Jane. "That is, you know Miss Elting was to furnish the boat and I was to do all the rest." "Oh, no!
It was during the luncheon that she made a confession for herself and companions. She told the Tramp Club how they had dressed up in white sheets and chased the boys from the island; how they had hidden in the cave with their boat; how Jane had discovered the half-breed and narrowly missed a double discovery herself. "And now," concluded Miss Elting, "that is the way we played our tricks.
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