“I don’t see what there could possibly be to be afraid of, but I feel funny about that cave.”
“What could there be dangerous about it? There aren’t any wild animal or really poisonous snakes in this country, and the cave isn’t big enough for any wild or crazy person to live there,—”
“But there is that ring, and the boat we saw.”
“The ring has probably been there for ages, and maybe the man just happened in upon us and didn’t like our looks.”
Betty laughed. “I’ll go, Isabel. I believe I have been a little nervous about lake doings since the ‘wreck of the Hesperus.’ Dear old Greycliff in the bottom of the lake!”
None of the girls were in the suites when Betty and Isabel reached their rooms. They put on their bathing suits, dressed warmly over them, and each put a bathing cap, a towel, and a flashlight in the pockets of their long coats.
“It’s warmer today,” said Isabel, “and if the water isn’t too cold a little dip will be fine on the way back.”
“There are Myrtle Wiseman and Dorothy Appleton.”
“Yes, Myrtle has been devoting herself to Dorothy ever since the wreck.”
“Does Dorothy like it?”