"I'm going to. Is it over my head?"
"I guess not unless you lie down flat in it. Oh, Jasper! Please lend a hand to Miss McCarthy. The bank is steep."
"Girls! are you crazy!" It was the voice of the Chief Guardian that greeted the two as they emerged from the water.
"No, Mrs. Livingston, but the bear is," chuckled Jane.
"That b'ar never'll show up around these parts again," averred Jasper.
"Come to my quarters, girls," commanded Miss Partridge, suddenly discovering that both girls were wet and shivering. After dry wrappers had been furnished them, they returned to their own tents, Harriet to resume her outdoor nap which had been interrupted by the visiting bear. Harriet first entered her tent to get another blanket. She struck a match to assist her in finding it Patricia lay in bed wide awake. She was regarding Harriet angrily.
"Hasn't Miss Kidder come in yet?" asked Harriet, observing that Cora's cot was unoccupied.
"You don't see her, do you?"
"No."
"Then she hasn't."