"Come, fellows! Get some good long pieces of wild grape-vine! I'll fasten Miss Echo where she can shout all day, and nobody'll stop her!"
"I won't go with you!" screamed Floretta, who had found her voice, "You sha'n't tie me!"
"Oh, is that so?" said Sidney, in a teasing tone. "We'll tie you so you can't get away!"
She pulled back.
"No, you don't!" said Sidney, grasping her arm with a firmer hold.
"Now, walk right along, or these other fellows will help me carry you!" he added, and Floretta thought best to walk.
"Where'll you take her?" asked one.
"Right there," said Sidney. "That rock is just covered with vines that cling fast to it. Hurry, now! Pull down some long, strong pieces! Here, you scratch like a cat! Stop that!"
Floretta, half wild to get away, was attacking his hand in the manner of a little wild animal.
"Let me go, then!" she screamed.