"We'll have to have another and a larger gathering when our fathers get home," declared Mary.
"Oh, won't we have the bully good time then!" cried her brother.
"Maybe they won't have some stories to tell!" piped in Andy.
"I want to hear all about how Uncle Dick won that medal," came from Randy.
It was not until after eleven o'clock that the little gathering broke up, and then Mrs. Dick Rover called her children to her.
"Now you must tell me about your eyes, Jack, and you, Martha, must tell me about Ruth Stevenson's," she said.
Thereupon the young captain and his sister related the particulars of what had occurred during the outing on Bluebell Island and what had been done by Doctor Borden to relieve the sufferers.
"It was a vile thing to do!" exclaimed Mrs. Rover, her eyes showing her displeasure. "Why, that Gabe Werner is nothing but a criminal! You can be thankful, Jack, that you escaped as you did. But are you sure poor Ruth's eyes are not permanently injured?"
"Her eyes looked a great deal better when we came away than they had," answered Martha. "Just the same, I'm greatly worried, and I know Jack is too."
"Ruth is to write to us and let us know how she is getting along," went on the oldest Rover boy.