“I can’t find my wristwatch,” Miss Gordon murmured. “It’s gone!”
CHAPTER 2
A TURTLE RACE
AT first, Miss Gordon and the Brownie Scouts could not believe that anyone had stolen the wrist watch.
“I must have dropped it somewhere in the sand,” murmured the teacher.
Mrs. Williams and the Brownies looked carefully beneath the beach umbrella. Miss Gordon removed her beach robe and shook it. But the missing watch could not be found.
“I’m certain I put it in the pocket of this robe not a half hour ago,” the teacher declared. “When I went in swimming I left it lying on the sand. Oh, dear, I should have checked the watch at the bathhouse. I kept it because I wanted to keep track of the time.”
“I can’t believe anyone would steal the watch,” insisted Connie’s mother. “Certainly not while we were so close by.”
Miss Gordon declared that the robe never had been out of her sight. “I’ll admit though,” she added, “that during the swimming lesson, I seldom glanced in this direction.”
Connie, who had been poking about in the sand, suddenly shouted: “See what I’ve found!”