“And you, Mumps?”
“I shan’t say a word—I promise, Ruddy.”
Without another word Jack released the three prisoners. Then he ran for the rowboat, leaped in and shoved off, and soon the craft was on its way out into the lake.
CHAPTER VII
HOW THE BOAT RACES WERE WON
“Do you think they’ll keep silent?” asked Stuffer, after the rowboat was some distance from the shore.
“That’s a problem,” answered Jack. “Maybe they will—for their own benefit.”
“If they talk about it, the laugh will be on them,” came from Andy.
“That was a fine dive of yours, Andy,” came from Pepper. “You took them by surprise.”
“We would have been in a mess if they had gotten away with the baskets and our clothes,” said Stuffer.
“Sure, an do yez think they’d stale our duds?” questioned Hogan.