Again Mabel moved about, but the result was the same.
“Mabel! Jump!” cried Shirley.
Mabel now began to cry, as she moved about a little on her perch.
“I—I—can’t, Sh-Shirley,” she said. “I am afraid!”
“My goodness!” muttered Shirley to herself. “What shall I do? I can’t climb back up there after her.”
She considered the matter for several moments, the while Mabel sat in the window and sobbed. Then Shirley reached a decision, and acted immediately.
“Quick, Mabel! Here comes Hernandez!” cried Shirley.
Mabel’s hesitancy and fright vanished on the instant. Quickly she lowered herself by her hands and dropped to the ground. She fell in a heap, but was unhurt and was up again in a moment.
“Where is he?” she asked.
Shirley was forced to laugh.