“Maybe, but your bridge or gangplank wouldn’t be.”
“Oh, shucks,” said Laurie. “That doesn’t sound like sense. Does it, Bob?”
“Well, I guess whoever owns this little strip wouldn’t object to a person landing on it.”
“Of course not,” said Polly. “Besides, I don’t believe it belongs to any one—except the town or the State of New York or some one like that!”
“Guess we can find that out easy enough,” said Laurie, recovering confidence. “Now, what’s the verdict? Think there’s anything in the scheme?”
CHAPTER XV
ROMANCE AND MISS COMFORT
They did, even Ned allowing that, if certain obstacles already indicated by him could be surmounted, and if Miss Comfort could be persuaded to adopt a nautical life, the scheme had merit.
“All right,” said Laurie, “Then the next thing is to sound out Miss Comfort. You can do that better than any of the rest of us, Ned.”
“Me? Where do you get that stuff?” demanded Ned. “It’s your scheme.”