"Besides all of us can swim.

Our enemy took good care to set fire to the boat when we weren't on it." "I wonder what his object is in persecuting us so," mused Hazel.

"None of us have ever harmed him." "Ask Dee Dickinson," advised Jane dryly.
"We certainly shall do so, this very night," returned Miss Elting, with compressed lips.
Meanwhile the Tramp Club had pursued what bade fair to be a fruitless quest.

Search as they might they could find no trace of their quarry.
Late in the afternoon the launch reached the entrance to the hidden creek where the "Red Rover" had recently lain snug and secure.
"This is certainly an ideal hiding place," declared George, as he scanned the bank on both sides.

"I don't wonder--" He was interrupted by an excited shout from Larry, who had also been keeping a sharp lookout.