"Is there anything worth seeing on this island?" questioned Jack, when the excitement of the race was over.
"There isn't anything here that I know of," answered Ruth. "In the summer time people come here to picnic. There is a nice spring of water in the center of the island."
"Let's go and get a drink," said Fred. "That race made me thirsty;" and off the whole party trooped to the spring.
The young folks had a good time at the spring and in exploring the little island, which had a hill at one end covered with trees. They found some chestnuts and also a few hickory nuts, and these the boys opened for the girls' benefit.
"I suppose we had better go on and finish the row," remarked Jack to Ruth, presently. "That is, unless you girls would rather wander through the woods."
"Oh, it's nice enough here on the island," she answered. "Remember, you'll have quite a row back to the school and then to Colby Hall."
"Oh, let's stay here for a while," put in Alice. "Maybe we'll be able to find more nuts."
They hunted around, and presently discovered another large chestnut tree which was fairly loaded. The boys threw up sticks and stones, and brought down a big shower.
"If I had known this, we might have brought along a pillowcase for the nuts," said Fred.
"We can come back some day if we want to," returned Randy.