"Well, as really as any other treasure story, I suppose," answered Mr. Nelson, while Betty murmured:
"Oh, Daddy! Don't tease her!"
"I'm not!" he declared. "It is possible that there may be some treasure buried in the sand near Ocean View. Stranger things have happened."
"Oh, what if we should find it!" cried Amy. "I'm going to look the first thing I do."
"Find what?" asked Grace, who had been looking from the window as they passed through a town.
"Buried treasure," Amy said.
"Oh, I thought you meant Will's secret," observed Grace. "I wonder where that train boy is?" she went on.
"What for?" asked Betty.
"I want another box of those chocolates. They were a new kind and——"
"Grace Ford! If you buy another bit of candy before we arrive I—I don't know what I'll do to you!" threatened Betty.