"
"I don't think so," said Betty. "She is as game as we are for things
like that."
"Yes, and she is feeling better now," said gentle little Amy.
The boys called for them bright and early. It seemed that they, also,
had spent a rather restless night, and were glad of the sunshine and
warmth of the morning.
The party started off in high spirits to find the cave and solve its
mysteries. Mrs. Irving was with them, for, as Betty had said, she was a
game little person and in for a good time whenever one could be found.
"Suppose we can't find the place?" it was Grace who voiced the thought
that had been secretly troubling them all. "Betty just found it by
accident yesterday."
"Don't cross bridges till you come to them, Grace," Frank admonished
her. "We'll find it, all right, if we have to cover every square inch of
the island."
"I vote that we let Allen and Betty take the lead," Roy suggested. "They
know more about it than we do--or at least they ought to."
"What's that?" asked Betty, who had been deep in a conversation with
Amy. "Who's talking about me now?"
"They are shifting the responsibility to our shoulders, that's all,"
Allen explained.
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