“Anybody hurt?” questioned Jack, eagerly.
“Nothing hurt but our feelings,” grumbled Randy.
“You’ll have to have those suits cleaned and pressed, I’m thinking,” remarked Gif. “If you don’t do it, folks will take you for a couple of tramps.” And then he had to laugh, and everybody joined in, even the twins taking the mishap in good part.
After inspecting Gay Head, the lads visited the lighthouse, bought a few trinkets from some Indian children who had the things on sale, and then returned to Oak Bluffs. Here a tailor was found who promised to clean and press the damaged suits before morning.
The following day found the Rover boys and their chums once more aboard the motor boat. The gasoline tank had been filled, and soon they were on their way past Oak Bluffs to the harbor at Edgartown.
“It would be fine to spend a vacation here in the summer time,” remarked Jack, as they sped along.
“Look at that big hotel just facing us,” put in Fred. “I wouldn’t mind stopping there. A fellow wouldn’t have to go very far to go in bathing,” he continued, pointing to a long row of bathhouses almost in front of the hotel.
“Why don’t you jump in now and have a bath, Fred?” said Andy, grinning.
“Thank you, Andy. I’m afraid the water would be a trifle warm,” responded the youngest Rover boy.