"Then it seemed to melt
into the water."
"But it was big," said Frank.
"And made lots of noise," added Allen.
"That's just the way it acted before," declared Mollie.
In dressing gowns, warmly wrapped up, and in slippers, the girls were
talking through the opened flap of the tent to Grace's brother and his
chums.
"Can you imagine what it may be?" asked Aunt Kate. She had been making
chocolate-- a seemingly never-failing remedy for night alarms.
"Haven't the least idea," answered Will, "unless it's someone trying
to play a so-called practical joke."
"I'd like to get hold of the player," announced Allen. "I'd run him
off---- "
"Off the scale," interrupted Betty, with a laugh.
"That's it," conceded Allen. "Are you girls all right?"
"All but our nerves," answered Grace.
The boys made a search in the gloom, but found nothing, and once more
quiet settled down. Nor were they disturbed again that night. In the
morning they laughed.
"Oh, but it's hot!" exclaimed Mollie during the forenoon, when the
question of dinner was being discussed. "I think we might go for a
swim. There's a nice sandy beach at the side of our dock.
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