"Oh!" repeated Miss Castlevaine. "I see him riding with that Miss
Puddicombe a good deal lately. Guess she's trying to catch him."
"They are coming now for certain!" exclaimed Mrs. Albright.
Away in the distance the returning party could be discerned. Soon there was a waving of eager hands. The forward ones started on a race.
"It's Miss Crilly and the children!" Mrs. Albright laughed. "Isn't she game!"
Polly and David were ahead.
"Are you tired out waiting?" called Polly.
"Have you been to Buckline?" twinkled Mrs. Albright.
"Almost!" answered David.
"We've had such a time!" laughed Polly.
"Time!" burst in Miss Crilly. "We'd been goners, sure, if we hadn't jumped like fleas! My! You oughter seen Miss Mullaly—if she didn't go hand-springin' over that wall!"