"What sort of a looking man, Miss Lockwood?" demanded Lance.
"Oh, he's all bushy black whiskers and hair. I only saw the upper part of his body again. He dodged down behind that boulder yonder."
"Say! the other cave opening is over there," cried Bobby Hargrew.
"And that's a fact," admitted Chet.
"Let's see if the boats are all right," cried Lance, starting on a run for the landing.
"And the rest of the lunch, dear boy!" cried Prettyman Sweet, following him. "Weally, if that has been stolen it is a calamity."
CHAPTER XIV
THE NEW SHELL
The calamity had occurred!