At all events they seemed to be strangers.

Whoever they were, it spoke well for their adventurous spirit that they should wish to book passage to an unknown shore, when there were no others in sight who seemed the least interested in the voyage.
"Is that Alligator Island ?" one of them called.
"It certainly is," Townsend answered.

"I'll come over and get you; the boat is leaving right away." "Have your fares ready," Pee-wee called in a voice of thunder.
As Townsend approached the mainland there was much whispering and giggling among the girls.

"We came from Edgemere," said one of them; "we're in the Edgemere High School and we came over on the trolley to see the Bridgeboro High School beaten.

We saw a small boy in the street with a sign----" "That was me," shouted Pee-wee; "I saw you on Main Street.