“It’s almost half-way down the hill,” answered Malcolm.
“Thunder!”
“I don’t see how you came to forget it,” exclaimed Rob.
“I didn’t forget it any more than you did,” Malcolm defended.
“Oh, let’s do without coffee,” said Evan.
“I guess we’ll have to,” Malcolm answered. “I don’t believe any of us want to make the trip down there.”
“I’m plumb sure I don’t,” growled Rob. “But we’ve simply got to have something to drink. Hang it, I’m thirsty now! I didn’t realize it until I found there was no water.”
Jelly had joined them in time to learn the catastrophe.
“I’ll go down,” he said cheerfully. “I know where the spring is; been there twice.”
The others viewed him doubtfully, and then each other. Finally Rob shook his head.