Harriet laughed merrily at the prospect of the coming fun, then stepped out into the rowboat that Hazel had pulled close to the stern of the houseboat. A few moments later Hazel left her companion on the west bank at the lower end of the little stream. Harriet slipped away through the bushes almost noiselessly. If everything worked smoothly the Tramp Club were to receive an overwhelming surprise.
CHAPTER XX
JANE PLAYS EAVESDROPPER
Two hours later the Meadow-Brook Girls were startled to hear a voice directly over their heads call:
"Girls, girls."
"Who is it?" asked Miss Elting cautiously.
"It's I. I'm up here, right where we heard George Baker talking this morning."
"You nearly thcared me to death!" gasped Tommy.