“Oh, would you dare take a trip?” asked some one, evidently, from the tones, a young lady.
“I would if they asked me, but I don’t suppose they will,” was the reply.
Jerry looked under the bag, and caught a glimpse of three girls. Without changing his position, he called out:
“You may consider that you are asked, Mollie. Would you and Helen and Alice like to take a little trip?”
“Oh, my goodness me! I didn’t s’pose anyone was around!” exclaimed Mollie Horton, who lived near Ned Slade.
“Don’t you dare go one step in it!” cried Alice Vines, while Helen Gale, another chum, joined her protest.
“How are you, girls?” greeted Jerry, as he and his companions went around where they could see the young ladies. “You may come for a trip, if you like. We’re not going very high, and there’s not the slightest danger.”
“Will you go, girls?” asked Mollie, of her friends.
They hesitated. Clearly they would like the experience, yet they hardly dared. While they were debating with themselves they were startled by hearing some one exclaim: