"We don't need to talk," said Mollie; "we will _show_ you what we can
do."
"All right, we're from Missouri," Will announced, cheerily. "All we want
is to be shown."
By this time they were well on their way to the bungalow, and now the
subject of the cave was overshadowed by the excitement of the
approaching race.
As the young people neared "The Shadows" their excitement grew, and when
at last they reached the house the girls fairly flew up the stairs,
dragging Anita with them, Conway going with the boys, of course.
"Don't you want a suit?" Betty inquired of her visitor, pausing in the
act of slipping her skirt over her head. "I brought an old one in case
of emergency that I think would fit you."
Anita shook her head. "Thanks just the same," she said. "But the doctor
says I mustn't think of swimming for some time."
"It's pretty hard luck," said Mollie, sympathetically, "to have to stay
out of the water on days like this. Say, girls, do you think we have a
chance in the world of even keeping up with the boys?" she asked,
anxious, now that the moment of the test had come.
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