Kit laughed as she always did at Joy's mistakes. "Call it a well if you want to," she said patronizingly, "but don't let Tommy Sharpe or Seedy Saunders hear you say it. They'll tease you unmercifully."
"It's this way, Joy," explained Bet, impatiently. "Kie Wicks might get wise to it, and come in at the end of two months and snap up this claim too, if we haven't done our work. That has to be done within two months."
"Then he'd get the stone with the markings?"
"Yes, that's it. And he might find the treasure, if we don't watch out," added Kit.
"Then let's get to work at once!" cried Joy, digging her spur into
Dolly's side.
"You mean, Professor Gillette will get to work at once while you and the rest of us stand around and look pretty," said Enid.
"Why we don't mean any such a thing, Enid Breckenridge. I'm perfectly willing to work and do my share," snapped Bet, her face red with anger. "I'll not have Professor Gillette imposed on like that."
"We'll all do what we can," soothed Kit. "Although I'm not sure we'll make much headway with the pick and shovel."
"I think we should have a Mexican do the work, girls," said Enid.
"He'd do it in half the time."
"Professor Gillette said it was better not to have anyone else around for a while until we could find out something about this treasure," Bet said. "So we might as well make up our minds to dig right in and work hard."