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

door girls. A little wind was rapidly drying the dampness. The wind even dried some of the

tion of the now unseen boat, in time to notice Mollie, ever neat, wiping her damp hands on her pocket hand

ace. "Isn't it wonderf

at, all right!" added t

" went on Grace, rather at a loss b

ld have found this

oke Betty. "I wis

do as well as though the boys were here to tell us. That is

t the legal end of it,

just wants-Allen

rules about things found at sea, or near the sea. For instance, if this is above t

Though I think in a heavy blow or at a high tide the water mi

suppo

declared. "It may have been washed ashore from

claimed Grace

tioned the othe

ox," the chocolate-loving girl

t isn't!" de

aid Amy. "Oh, if it should! Wouldn

the only one to be sur

Betty, with a laugh. "Now, girls,

x the sand that clung to it. Then the outdoor girl

vering of sand was disposed of. "

eed Betty. They lea

three white letters. They were rather scratched and

B

as she read them. "I won

uickly. "At least that's what W

" remarked Betty, and again she gav

my wante

men might com

e men hid the box

y, quickly. "Wouldn't that be an explanatio

ou mean?"

went away they saw us coming along. They were afraid we would find the box,

why they quarreled among th

oesn't it seem nat

cts," Mollie went on. "But how about the box having been washed up from the oc

e about in a perfectly natural way. But when you stop to think how the men acted, an

oat," declared Grace, walking down toward the edge of the

black box had been buried in the sand directly back

g, too," added Betty.

it, Amy herself regarding

ox," Amy said. "I worked it loose, p

ho let a little note of exultation creep into her voice. "At l

as she put back a stray lock of her da

rk," sai

" exclai

the box put the stake in the sand so

sure it is treasur

ing else-until we get the box open and find

impulsively. "I'm just dying to see wh

ave no right,

Grace, making "big eyes" at Amy. "W

n why the girls could not open