"I will!" cried Dick.
"I will make the attempt," announced Donald.
"Lave it to me," said Gerald.
"I'll take it," responded Jack.
"I ought to be the one," pleaded Pepper. "You know I am not in the race."
"You can't all go," decided Rand; "how shall we settle it?"
"Take a vote on it," suggested Jack.
"We will each one write a name on a slip of paper and put it in the box," proposed Pepper.
For a moment each boy was busy with paper and pencil and then the ballots were thrown upon the table to be counted by Rand.
"Each one of you has received one vote; you each voted for yourself," announced Rand, when he had gone over them. "You will have to draw lots."