“They have no business to land,” said Bobby, again serious.
“I know who they are!” Jess cried, suddenly.
“Who?” asked her mother.
“Chet said something about a sheriff coming to the boys’ camp over yonder. And he had a pack of bloodhounds with him.”
“But why should an officer of the law come here?” queried Mrs. Morse.
Laura, and Jess, and Bobby looked at each other. Of course, Mother Wit had understood the approach of the barge from the first; but she had said nothing. Now Jess and Bobby burst out with: 188
“Oh! he must be after that young man.”
“What young man?” was the chorus of the other campers.
“The young man who is with Professor Dimp,” said the thoughtless Bobby. “Isn’t that it, Laura?”
Laura groaned. The cat was out of the bag now, and she foresaw much trouble in the camp on Acorn Island.