"We were going to Perry's Point, across the river," explained Vera. "But those boys kept us out so long I think we'd better go home." And then she and the others told how they had been walking toward the place where an old man kept a ferry, when they had been hailed by Merwell, who had offered to take them across.
"But they didn't take us across at all!" cried Mary. "They took us for a ride instead, although we told them we didn't want to go."
"Can that be true?" asked Phil, indignantly.
"It certainly is," said Vera. "Oh, I think they were just too mean for anything!"
"It serves them right that their motor boat ran on the sandbar. I hope they never get it off," added Sadie Fillmore.
"We'll have to look into this," said Dave. "It was contemptible to keep you out on the river against your will, and they ought to be made to suffer for it."
"And they shall suffer—just you wait and see," said Roger, firmly.