“Wo-he-lo!” came in answer.
“It’s the boys!” screamed Alice. “Oh, it’s the boys! Now we are all right!”
CHAPTER XVI
THE BOTTLE OF OLIVES
“Did you come to look for us?”
“How did you know where we were?”
“Oh, but we’re so glad to see you!”
“How far is it to camp? We’re almost dead!”
“Girls! Girls! Do restrain yourselves a little! We are not half so badly off as that!”
It was Mrs. Bonnell who uttered the last, and Natalie, Marie, Alice and Mabel who, in turn, gave voice to the other expressions, following the gladsome cry of Alice that she had heard the boys. And she really had.