"We were visited later in the night by a real thief." "Wha--at!" gasped George, somehow feeling that they were involved.
"We will tell you all about it.

Come upstairs, where we can sit down in comfort and talk.

Perhaps we may ask you to assist us in finding the thief," said Miss Elting.
The boys followed the girls to the upper deck, and after they had seated themselves Miss Elting related what had happened.

"Now, boys," she concluded, "have you the remotest idea as to who could have taken the boat ?" For a moment George stared at the guardian in silence, then he said gravely, "Perhaps you think, Miss Elting, that one of us sneaked over here last night.

I'll admit that we did play pirates, and got the worst of it, but none of our fellows left camp after we got back from that pirate trip.