“I’m glad of it,” was the answer. “We’re going to lower the ladder down to you so you can climb up. Stand to one side so it won’t hit you.”
And as her father and Patrick lowered the ladder into the well, Janet wondered what good news it was that had brought Mr. Martin home in the middle of the afternoon.
CHAPTER III
THE CARDWELL ALBUMS
Ted Martin was in no danger in the dry well. His father and mother knew this as soon as they had looked down at him. There was not a drop of water in the well, and the sides were well walled up so they wouldn’t cave in.
“Don’t ever do anything like this again, Theodore!” his father said quite sternly to the little chap, as the ladder was being put into place.
“No, sir,” answered Teddy.
“We didn’t mean to do it,” said Janet.
“I know you didn’t,” her mother admitted. “But just think what would have happened if there had been water in the well?”
“I wouldn’t have gone down if there had been water in,” Teddy called up, for he could hear what was being said.
“Well, I’m glad you have that much sense,” his father told him. “Now, Patrick, you hold the upper end of the ladder steady and I’ll put this end down in.”