CHAPTER I
FOUR LIVELY BOYS
"Boys, I'm going swimming. Who is going along?"
"Count me in, Snap," answered Shep Reed.
"Swimming?" came from a third youth of the crowd of four. "Why, you couldn't keep me away if you tried. I've been waiting for a swim for about eleven years——-"
"And a day," broke in a small, stout youth. "Don't forget the day,Whopper, if you want to be really truthful.
"All right, put in the day," cheerfully...
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