"Anything I can do for
you?"
"There isn't any one around, is there?" went on Win doubtfully.
"Nobody but Pepper, Don and I," replied Rand. "You know them. What
is it?"
"They are going to smash the shell to-night," whispered Win, looking
fearfully about him.
"They are going to do what?" exclaimed Donald.
"Say it again," said Rand, doubting that he had heard aright.
"They are going to smash the shell to-night, so you can't row
to-morrow," repeated Win.
"Who are?" demanded Donald, still incredulous.
"Monkey Rae and Sam Tompkins," answered Win.
"How do you know?" asked Pepper.
"I heard them planning," explained Win. "I was up in the woods
to-day and I heard some one talking, and I listened to hear who it
was."
"What did they say?"
"Monkey said he guessed there'd be a surprise party here in the
morning, when you found you didn't have any boat to row with. Sam
asked how they could do it, and Monkey said they would go down to
the boathouse to-night, after it got dark, and fix it. Sam didn't
want to go very much, but Monkey said it was all right, and nobody
would know who did it.
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