"That is, if you
aren't too set on finding this elusive cave to do anything else."
"Oh, that's safe enough where it is," said Allen. "If we can't find it,
it's a pretty safe bet that nobody else can."
"I vote we get into our bathing suits just as fast as we can," said
Frank. "That is, if our visitors don't mind seeing a crazy race," he
added, half-apologetically; for he remembered his manners just in the
nick of time.
"There's nothing we would like better," Conway assured him heartily.
"And I don't think it will be crazy, either, from the way you fellows
demonstrated your swimming ability the other day."
"Oh, it would be all right if we fellows could be in it alone," said
Roy, wickedly. "But, you see, the girls have a mistaken idea they can
swim, too, and so, just to encourage them, we have let them in on it."
"Let them in on it, indeed!" sniffed Betty. "If I remember correctly, we
were the first to propose the race. That doesn't look as if we were
particularly afraid of getting beaten."
"Sheer nerve, that's all," said Frank, snapping his fingers with an air
of superiority.
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