"Roy says because we found the cave in the first place,
it's sort of up to us not to disappoint them now."
"You may be sure we'll do our best," said the Little Captain, with her
whimsical smile, "since we'd be disappointing ourselves at the same
time."
"Wasn't it somewhere about here, Allen?" asked Mollie, pointing into the
woods. "The place looks familiar."
"I don't think so," said Allen, puzzled. "Betty and I noticed a big tree
that was almost directly on a line with the cave, but I don't see it
to-day. I wonder----"
"It's a little farther ahead, I think, Allen," Betty volunteered, trying
to force conviction into her tone. "I'm sure we haven't passed it."
"Well, I'm not," said Mollie, abruptly. "I'm positive I saw the bushes
where we hid yesterday quite a distance down the road."
"Well, why on earth didn't you say so," Grace demanded, "instead of
letting us wander on ahead?"
"Well, I wasn't sure," Mollie retorted. "And besides, I thought Betty
and Allen knew what they were doing----"
"Sh-h!" warned Mrs. Irving. "There's nothing to get excited about. We
all want to find the cave, and we are all going to do our best to find
it.
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