“Yes. It is plunder. No mistake about that,” agreed Lieutenant Wingate. “Stacy, did you look around farther back in the cave?”
“No. I didn’t have time.”
“I think you were afraid of the dark,” teased Elfreda.
“Stacy is afraid of nothing at all, you know, Elfreda,” reminded Grace laughingly, whereupon Stacy’s chest swelled perceptibly.
“I am not,” he made reply.
A systematic search of all parts of the cave failed to reveal anything of great value, but they decided that it might be wise to remove some of the blankets as proof of what they had found.
“I know something else, too,” spoke up Stacy Brown.
“Well?” demanded Hippy, eyeing Stacy suspiciously.
“The log is chained down.”
“What log?” questioned Grace quickly.