"Haven't the least idea, and we have no more time to speculate.
There! Didn't you hear a strange noise on the island? I declare,
that store man must be right. Those islands are haunted!"

"Wasn't that a queer noise! Oh! I am so glad we are safe in our
boat," and Bess breathed a sigh of relief. "I would have died if
that noise happened while we were there."

"But I should like to know what it is, and I will never be satisfied
until I find out," declared Cora. "That was neither bird nor
beast--it was human."

But the motor boat, girls headed straight for shore--the sun seemed
falling into the lake as they reached the camp to be welcomed by
Belle. The story of the trip to the island and the disappearance of
the boys was quickly told.




CHAPTER III

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOYS


"What can have happened to the boys?" murmured Belle. "I am afraid
they are drowned."

"All of them?" and Cora could not repress a smile. "It would take a
very large sized whale to gobble them all at once, and surely they