"Not more than five minutes," comforted Crazy Jane.
"Thave——" She did not complete the sentence, because a volume of water rolled into her open mouth.
They had nearly reached the middle of the pond, when Harriet stopped swimming.
"I am afraid we shall have to turn her around. Tommy will persist in opening her mouth. We mustn't drown her," said Harriet.
Jane righted their tow with a jerk.
"Those girls, those girls!" muttered Miss Elting, turning a laughing face to Janus Grubb.
"Well, I swum!" he answered, nodding. "Never saw such a bunch of girls. Are they always like they have been this time?"
"Always," chuckled the guardian. "Usually more so."
"Well, I swum!"
"Will you swim, or will you drown?" demanded Jane of Tommy.