“It’s good we didn’t go in bathing and get our hair all wet,” Vi panted, but Laura put a hand over her mouth.
“Stop talking,” she commanded. “You need your breath!”
As a matter of fact, they were pretty much out of the last-named article when they reached the dock again. But the great thing was that they had succeeded in getting there before whoever was in that motor boat made a landing.
“Suppose after all this it isn’t the boys?” panted Laura, and Connie gave her a funny glance.
“Kill-joy,” she jeered, paying her back.
Laura was about to retort, but Billie interrupted with a chuckle.
“Stop fighting, girls,” she commanded, “and tell me something. Is my hair on straight?”
“No, it’s too much over one eye,” replied Connie in the same tone.
Then Vi claimed their attention.
“Look!” she cried. “They are coming around the other side of the dock. Oh, isn’t that a perfectly beautiful boat?”