"
"Well, of course you will have to stay until I get back," Will decided.
"In the meantime, you can eat lunch. Good-bye, I'm off." And he led the
way into the sunlight, which dazzled their eyes after the semi-gloom of
the cave.
"But you will have to wait for the ferry," Allen called after him, "and
it may not be along for some time."
"I'll take a chance," Will flung back. "I'll get there if I have to
swim!"
"Maybe if you swim you can beat the ferry," suggested Allen, with a
laugh.
"Say, that's a scheme! I guess I had better try it."
"Nonsense! You take the boat, old as it is."
"All right, Allen."
CHAPTER XXIV
LYING IN WAIT
Somehow the lunch did not taste as good that day. Excitement had robbed
the Outdoor Girls and their boy friends of appetite. They ate in a
preoccupied way, eyes now on the cave so close at hand, now wandering in
the direction from which the gypsies had come. If these latter should
return before Will--well, then it would be time for a hurried exit on
their part. They had no intention of being caught in the wolf's lair.
It was Will, however, who reached the place first, and those waiting for
him could have danced with relief when they heard his voice.
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