"Then we'll go to Elm Island," decided Betty, and they did. The camp,
near a little dock where the Gem could be tied, was well suited to
their needs.
"Oh, we'll have a good time here!" declared Betty as they took
possession. "But we must get in plenty of supplies. Let's go over and
call on Mr. Lagg," and they headed for the mainland in the motor boat.
CHAPTER XVIII
IN CAMP
"Well, well, young ladies, I certainly am glad to see you again!
Indeed I am."
"Ladies, ladies, one and all,
I'm very glad to have you call!"
Thus Mr. Lagg made our friends welcome as they entered his "emporium,"
as the sign over the door had it.
"What will it be to-day?" he went on.
"I've prunes and peaches, pies and pills,
To feed you well, and cure your ills."
"Thank you, but we haven't any ills!" cried "Brown Betty," as her
friends were beginning to call her, for certainly she was tanned most
becomingly. "However, we do want the lottest lot of things. Where is
that list, Mollie?"
"You have it."
"No, I gave it to you."
"Grace had it last," volunteered Amy. "She said she did not want to
forget---- "
"Oh, we know what Grace doesn't want to forget," interrupted Mollie
with a laugh.
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