"I'll bet you can!" said King. "Come on then, let's run. Take hold of hands."
With King and Midget at either end of the line, and the other two between, they ran!
CHAPTER IX
ANCIENT FINERY
When the children reached the big open field that was just across the river from Grandma Sherwood's, although their clothes had ceased dripping, they were far from dry, and they all shivered in the keen morning air.
"Yell away, Mopsy," cried King. "You can make Carter hear if anybody can."
So Marjorie yelled her very best ear-splitting shrieks.
"Car-ter! Car-ter!" she screamed, and the others gazed at her in admiration.
"Well, you can yell!" said Molly. "I expect my people will hear that!"
After two or three more screams, they saw Carter come running down toward the boathouse. Looking across the river, he saw the four children frantically waving their hands and beckoning to him.