“Right up here,” replied Mabel, with a giggle.
This time Leonard placed the sound of Mabel’s voice. He glanced up. Far above the ground he could just make out what he knew must be the two girls.
“Bless my soul!” he exclaimed. “What on earth are you doing up there?”
“Trying to get away from Jones,” replied Mabel.
“Well, you are safe enough now. Come down.”
“All right,” said both girls at once.
While Leonard turned back to hail the other searchers, the two girls slipped from the tree. Leonard seized the hand of each.
“Oh!” he exclaimed, “you gave us an awful scare. If it hadn’t been for Dick, there is no telling when we might have found you.”
“What did Dick do?” asked Shirley eagerly.
“Why, he saved us a futile search in the woods. He figured that it was you who had taken the Sybil and it was upon his suggestion that we came up stream again.”