was up here last Summer. I think part of it was struck by
lightning."




CHAPTER XI

A DAMP ADVENTURE


The Harley shack had never been a very fine building, but it had
once been a home and, though the four little Blossoms were too
small to realize it, it was the sight of the forlorn chimney and
fireplace, the broken express wagon and the broken bits of
furniture that made them feel sad.

"Why do I want to cry, Mother?" Meg kept asking. "What makes me
sorry?"

"'Cause we don't know where Mrs. Harley went," asserted Twaddles
wisely.

"That's it, darling," said Mother Blossom tenderly.

From the Harley shack, the Blossoms went down to the shore and, by
using Father Blossom's field glasses, were able to see the two
islands that lay to the north of Apple Tree Island and which,
rumor said, were used by smugglers. But the children could not
forget the Harleys, and as they continued their walk around the