“Up in this tree, quick, Mabel,” she exclaimed
She lent her friend a hand, and a minute later they were high up among the branches, where they could peer down without being seen. And at that moment a voice called out:
“Shirley! Mabel!”
“My gracious!” exclaimed Mabel. “It’s Leonard.”
The girls looked at each other somewhat sheepishly.
CHAPTER XXII.—SAFE.
“Shirley! Mabel!” came Leonard’s voice again.
“Here we are, Leonard,” shouted Mabel.
There was a moment’s silence, and then the footsteps came nearer and Leonard halted directly under the tree in which the two girls clung.
“Where?” he shouted.