Part 34 (1/2)
He see that he was too heavily out-numbered He surrendered to the inevitable and contented hi
”Co the beloved twins by the hand and starting back along the beach while the girls joyfully acco all at the sa The wonderful fact was enough for them
When they scra them with the sullen captive in their midst
”What'll we do with hi his cap to Mollie
”Do with hi eyes
”There isn't anything bad enough to do to him But for the present, we'll have to be satisfied with locking hi that part of it aside with a s, you know He kidnapped led close against her and regarded their former captor with terrified eyes, ”and then demanded twenty thousand dollars of rowled one of the et paid up this time, old boy Get on there, will you?”
It wassoftly over the land
The passengers of the wrecked shi+p had long ago started villageward, there to entrain for the city, leaving two of their nu table in the little house at Bluff Point, devouring chicken and rice before an audience of ad and joyful Outdoor Girls Only Mollie very often could not see them for the tears that dimmed her eyes
Quite suddenly Betty stopped in the very middle of a sentence to stare at Mollie
”Your ot to let her know!”
”Oh, no, I didn't,” Mollie answered ”I sent a telegram by one of the boys who took that dirty Spaniard to the station And, oh, girls,” she leaned forward suddenly while the tears overflowed and slowly trickled down her face, ”if she does as I begged her to, she will be here to- little irls felt their own eyes groet
”What a difference!” said Betty softly, looking around the table ”A few nights ago ere utterlytwins back again, and our boys 'over there' are safe
Girls,” she cried, suddenly springing to her feet and raising her cup on high, ”let's drink a toast--”
”To what?” they cried, rising with one motion
”To the time when our boys come home!”
And so, in the midst of their happiness, with the dark clouds rolled away and the sun shi+ning through, ill once more wave farewell to our Outdoor Girls
THE END
THE NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES
By CAROLYN KEENE