"Is Paul coming with them?" asked Enid. "I'm homesick for my brother," she murmured with a happy sigh.
"Yes, the three boys will come together by airplane to Phoenix," said the Judge.
"By airplane!" echoed Bet Baxter. "If they don't let me go up with them, I'll never speak to them again, never. I want to fly!"
The hunting for treasure took second place now. The coming of their friends was more important than anything else.
"You know," said Kit solemnly, "we shouldn't get so fond of those boys.
We'll spoil them."
"I've never seen any spoiling!" Billy Patten had helped Judge Breckenridge bring over the supplies, and now confronted Kit. "Don't pretend you're soft-hearted, for you're not."
Kit laughed at her teasing brother and with a wave of her hand pushed him aside. "Children should be seen and not heard," she said.
"What did Joy say when you told her that Bob was coming?" asked Bet.
"She shed a few tears; perhaps she was afraid she would miss all the fun with her sprained ankle."
"She's in luck if she only knew it," laughed Enid. "A girl with a sprained ankle will just appeal to the sympathy of those boys. Joy will be the center of the stage."