Part 6 (2/2)
”I don't think we had better,” doubted Pepper ”If he's a hermit he doesn't want visitors, and hed Jack ”What have you been reading lately?”
”Why, there ain't 'no sich things,' at least around here,” added Rand
”Well,” persisted Pepper, ”there's no use rushi+ng into things you don't know anything about, and besides ant so to eat first”
”Pepper wants to make sure of his dinner, whatever happens,” said Rand
”Somebody else thinks the same way, too, from the smoke up there”
”Smoke, where?” asked Donald
”Up there on the top of theaway”
”I thought that was a cloud,” said Jack ”I wonder what ita fire to cook with,” volunteered Donald
”Of course that is it,” agreed Rand ”You can always depend upon old Solo”
”Well, I don't know,” continued Jack ”It looks queer to ued Donald ”You are always seeing mysteries”
”Yes,” retorted Jack, ”and you can't see theot o there and see what it is Any of you want to go?”
”Not I,” replied Rand ”It's a good twoenough to carry me that far”
”Nor I,” added Donald ”I can find all the trouble I ithout going to the top of theforabout trouble?”
By this ti out of the boat, dragged it up on the beach
”Now,” called Rand, when they had landed, ”ants to be cook?
Don't all speak at once”
”I'll do it,” volunteered Jack, ”but--”
”Say no more,” interjected Rand, ”we couldn't do worse and Don is almost as bad I reckon, Pepper, it reed the boy
”If you and Jack will clean the fish and Don will bring the water and wash the dishes I'll do the cooking,” went on Rand ”Is that fair?”
”That's fair, all right,” agreed the others
”All right, then,” ordered Rand, ”get busy”