The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View; Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand

shrinking back against Be

Little Captain. "One man seems

s rapidly leaving the shore of the cove, but one man in it seemed anxious to return to the beach. Hi

y were of several opinions. Finally, however, the majority seemed to g

never took his eyes from the four girls. He watched them until th

Amy, being the first to sp

ly was," ag

yes, actually afraid

," laughed Mollie. "I wouldn't have ha

was all ready to run if they h

they stood looking after the vanishing boat. The boys were no longe

are on," suggested Mollie, "and they

along the beach, and I believe no one is allowed to claim an

bout. "There are such things, you know. The Goodwin Sands, in England

Betty. "If there was, you can depend on it

would not have been in two minds about coming back to wa

ack here, and they must have left just before we came in sight. Well, it will never be solved, I suppose, but

ss," laughed Grace. "He'd be sure the men were pirates, or som

!" exclaimed Amy, with such

ver knew you c

ou'd let me alone!" burst out the blushing Amy, whereas Grace

a may be worried, knowing that we went out when a storm was brewing. O

r old character?

yet given up hope of finding some treasure washed ashore fr

ears of looking, he has found only a pipe," laughed

rmen are,"

shed up by the sea," Amy observed. "L

tide had just gone out, was strewn with odds and ends. Nothing of moment, though, it seemed-bi

aimed Grace. "Let's see if we

tty. "You are violating one of the ethics of the outdoor girls'

in," confessed Grace. "Oh

so wet," ob

, and by putting on it some boards, which they turned ov

e gazed out over the bay, now glistening beneath the

rfect," a

e used a shell, and had scooped out quite a hole. Sudde

e. "You set my teeth on

digging in the sand more quickly now.

e again, putting her hands

replied Mollie in a low voice. "Lo

ped away the wet sand from the top of a

s hollow!" s

tin can,"

e Mollie,

help you!" e

uncovered the piece of metal a queerly shaped stick stuck upright in the

ox!" cried Mollie, with eager, shining

h a quick motion, Mollie put her hands under the lower edges, and with a

y is-somethi

e bay in the direction taken by the st