"I'll get a ladder on one condition," announced Bob stubbornly. "You must promise to go to Doctor Guerin's. Not cutting your hair and wandering around the country in boy's clothes. Promise?"
Betty shook her head obstinately.
"All right, you stay where you are," decreed Bob. "I have to go to Laurel Grove, anyway, and I ought to be hitching up right now."
He turned away.
"All right, I promise," capitulated Betty, "Hurry with the ladder before Mr. Peabody comes back and catches us."
Bob ran to the barn and was back in a few minutes with a long ladder.
CHAPTER XIX
THE ESCAPE
Betty capered exultantly when she was on the ground.