"Can it be possible?" he asked
himself. So foolish did the notion seem that he tried to banish it
from his thoughts. But this he found to be most difficult. Why should
she come all the way to Hillcrest? And what about her great interest
in Rod, and that closing piece which she had sung in such a pathetic
manner? Stranger things had happened before, he mused. But they
generally occurred in stories, and not in real life. Anyway, it was
interesting, though he decided to keep the idea to himself for awhile,
to see if anything else would take place.
Captain Josh and the boys had a great time that afternoon. The island
was about one hundred acres in size, and for the most part wooded.
They tramped all over it, and their excitement was intense when they
saw the holes which had been dug there by gold-seekers. The boys
longed for picks and shovels, that they, too, might dig. But the
captain laughed at them.
"There's no gold here, lads," he told them, "and ye'd be only fooled
like others."
"But did anybody ever find gold here, captain?" Rod enquired.
"Not that I know of. But there have been some good jokes played upon
people here, though," and the captain chuckled as some funny incident
came into his mind.
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