The girls shook their heads
disapprovingly.
"Oh, we have a patent dish washing machine," announced Larry. "You see,
we dump the whole lot of dishes into the lake after having smeared them
with sand. We leave the dishes there and the waves wash them. All we
have to do is to take them out and lay them in the sun an hour or so
afterwards. As soon as the dishes dry off they are ready for another
meal to be served on them."
"Ithn't that jutht like a man?" demanded Tommy.
"This is Willow Island," Billy informed them after they had mounted a
ridge that commanded a view of about a quarter of the island.
"It used to be," answered Harriet. "We have rechristened it."
"What have you named it?" said Billy, regarding her inquiringly.
"We have named it the 'Island of Delight.' How do you like it?"
"Great!" shouted the boys in chorus.
"Have you been all over it yet?" asked Sam.
"No, we have not," replied Jane, and with truth, for they had not yet
explored the entire island. They were going to do so that day.
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