SETTLED AT LAST And now the wandering career of Merry-go-round Island seemed at last to have ended and it roamed no more over the face of the waters.

On the contrary, it settled down to a life of respectable retirement on Waring's reef.
Waring's reef was dry land at low tide, and even at high tide was close enough to the surface to support the trusty foundation of the fugitive isle.

It stood exactly in the middle of the river at a spot where the stream was straight and comparatively wide, and commanded a fine view of the boat-house a mile or so downstream.

There was more or less life down there during the ensuing week for the high school pupils made the place their own in the brief Easter vacation.
It was on Wednesday that a couple of high school boys chugged up in a little launch and were about to land when Pee-wee forbade them by turning the traffic sign upon them just as they were about to set foot on the island.

The island had been on its good behavior now for four days and had not so much as turned an inch.