"Oh, by the way, we've got some nice harvest apples on board—and some berries. Wouldn't you like some berries, with sugar and cream?"
"And some fresh breakfast rolls?" put in Flapp.
"Not if you baked them," came from Nellie. "You can have a good breakfast, if you'll be a little more civil to us," resumed Dan Baxter.
"We are more civil than you deserve," said Dora.
"Do you want to be starved?"
At this both girls turned a trifle pale.
"Would you dare to starve us?" cried Nellie.
"Why not—if you won't be friendly?" asked Lew Flapp. "You've been treating us as if we were dogs."
"Yes, and we—" began Dan Baxter, when he chanced to look through the bushes and down the creek. "Great Scott, Flapp!" he yelled.
"What's up?"