"Then you'll have to stay where you are," laughed Jane. "If you get hungry, come over and I'll give you a biscuit to take back there with you."
"Girls, I feel so relieved," cried Miss Elting, running down to join them. "But why did you do such a foolish thing?"
"We came after Tommy," replied Miss McCarthy. "If that were foolish, we apologize."
"Tommy," ordered Miss Elting, "come here!"
"I can't," complained the little one.
"We'll have to go after her," sighed Harriet, "or the little goose will stay there. Miss Elting, how would you like to take a nice, cool morning swim?"
"No, thank you," replied the guardian, with a little shiver. "Here is Janus. You see that my girls are all valiant, Mr. Grubb."
There was a note of pride in the guardian's voice.
"Well, I swum!" was the guide's greeting. "Ye did do it!"
"Yes, sir; and I shouldn't mind doing it again. Oh, it was such sport, Miss Elting. Please, may we go up and have another slide?" begged Harriet.