“I guess it’s our fault if we haven’t got better acquainted with him,” said Artie, who was patrol leader.
“Now you’re talking,” said Wig.
“I’ll be acting too, as soon as I see him,” said Artie. “If he’s what you say he is, I’m going to enter him for the contest——”
“We’ll have a radio set! We’ll have a radio set!” screamed Pee-wee. “We can pick up Cuba and——”
“It’s about the only thing you haven’t picked up,” said Wig.
“It’s funny,” said Artie, “I’ve never seen him in swimming.”
“Oh, he’s bashful; can’t you see that?” said Wig impatiently. “He doesn’t mix in. Where have you fellows been to-day, anyway? Around here? Not much. If he had been in swimming you wouldn’t have seen him.”
Artie Van Arlen seemed to be thinking.
“All we know about him,” said Grove, “is that he ran away when Madden was going to hit him back in Bridgeboro. He ran so fast he tripped and went kerflop.”
“Madden is a false alarm,” said First Aid Carson.