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That the fearful threat had been held over poor Kitty's head was now easily guessed perhaps this was why she had been so secretive about Luna Land? "I'll run down to the dock and tell Neal to sail around the bay for a half hour," suggested Cleo. "Then, we can sit right down and talk things over with Kitty."
On this the three chums took refuge from the ocean water and sea of sand, while they attempted to wring out their soaking socks and hang them on some brush to dry. "This is such a lovely big barrel," commented Cleo. "Let's sit here, and while our wash dries we can tell marine stories. Grace, you had better put your pumps up farther. That island may be washed away with the next wave."
And with that admonition they felt obliged to feign content. "NOW we know what the fog was for," exclaimed Cleo. "To show us how a good clear day can look, that's why a fog is a fog," she stated emphatically. The day was perfect, and perhaps more conspicuously so by contrast with the long spell of damp just lifted.
"That would be silly, even if pardonable, and I don't think we could make a very creditable report to headquarters on such a pretense." "Oh, that is clear enough," insisted Cleo. "It is just this way. We were confronted by this fire-bug thing, directly we struck the place, and its evidence has been piling up ever since.
But he did not condemn them; he simply felt he could not live in contact with them. He was too unstrung to read his father's letter yet, though, as he thought of it again, the reflection occurred to him that old relations were intruding into the new life that had begun with Cleo. First Helen and then his father had overtaken him! He started to walk briskly through the town, which he soon cleared.
"I'd love to go, Grace, and I am just keen on an ocean breeze this A. M. So gather up your pumps, also your feet, and let us away," decided Cleo. The weather was still cool, and true to their promise the girls were wearing their scout uniform, all khaki, with the thin blouse, so that running along to the life saving station they seemed quite a part of the picture.
And I almost feel I know your answer," pursued the well-trained narrator. "You surely must know it, Captain," Cleo assured him. "I am acting captain of this troop the True Tred. I am really only troop leader for the summer, but the girls call me captain, and I can speak for every one here, I know, when I say, we will do our utmost to help you, or to fulfill any trust you may offer."
Meanwhile the girls of True Tred were radiant with the prospect of their work that of assisting the mill girls and actually taking part in real Americanization. To the younger girls, especially Cleo, Grace and Madaline, the plan opened a field of exciting adventure, for they had never been allowed to visit the mills, and were not encouraged to make acquaintance among the workers.
The girls have been down to Captain Dave's and he was delighted with his pipe and things, and Neal seized the loving cup. Says it belongs to his club, the one Dick Gordon was in. And " she paused for breath, Cleo jumped in the opening. "Grazia, dear, don't choke. I am all of a flutter myself.
"I'll be ready in a jiffy. Are you ready?" "Just have to tell Benny I'm going up the river," replied Grace. "We can easily be back in an hour." Tommie Johnston could go, and was glad to give the girls a sail in his freshly-painted boat, but he wagged his head seriously when Cleo said she had a message for Kitty, and was going to take it straight over to the island.
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