Their gallant barque labored under a veritable mountain of miscellaneous paraphernalia and out of the pile projected a long bar with a device on the end of it which glinted red and green in the sunshine.
"It looks like a weather-vane," said Billy.
"There's something printed on it," said Roly.
"It says _STOP_," said the boy they called Nuts.
"It says _GO_" said the boy they called Brownie.
"I think," said Townsend, scrutinizing the approaching transport in his funny way, "I think, I _think_, it's a traffic sign.

You don't see any automobiles in the canoe, do you ?" "There's something sticking out on the left side," said Billy; "I think it's a Ford.

I hope the island isn't going to be overrun by motorists." "It's not a Ford, it's a dishpan," said Brownie.
"They're the same thing," said Townsend.

"What is that on the duffel bag--a license plate ?" Suddenly the voice of the discoverer floated across the expanse of sun-flickered water.

"We're going to have hunter's stew for supper and I'm going to make it and my mother says I can stay all through Easter vacation and I got a lot of things out of our attic.