"No, jollying," vowed Paul. "I just this minute guessed it."
Without more comment the entire party hurried out the door, and made for the dock. Jack won first place and so held the lantern.
"She's red," he declared. "While ours was green."
"Just a matter of time," said Paul in his delightfully easy way.
"Most girls are green when they come up here, and—"
Ed's hand was over Paul's mouth so he could not complete the joke. Jack was looking for the tell-tale piece of wood that had been inserted in the end of the canoe to mend a slight break.
"Yep, sure it's her," he declared.
"SHE!"' yelled the girls. "Jack!" Cora's voice came, "how can you so shock our English?"
"Pardon me, ladies," he murmured. "But this is it."
"Painted red," Belle was trying to realize out loud.
"Yes, and it's right becoming," agreed Ed, "but where did she get the sun-burn?"