"I say, but it was bully of you girls to come to meet us!" shouted Ferd Stowing, as they came within hailing distance. "It was more than we expected, eh, fellows?"
"Sure! Didn't think you'd be up yet," answered Teddy, looking exceedingly handsome—at least to Billie.
"Up yet!" cried Billie, trying to look angry, which she could not do because she was altogether too happy and excited. "I don't know where you boys get your ideas, anyway."
"Out of our brilliant craniums," said Ferd modestly. "I say, girls, where do we go from here?"
"There's an old carriage that looks as if it were on its last legs," laughed Violet, leading the way back to where the antiquated vehicle and its sleepy driver awaited them. "We came up in it, but I don't know how we're all going to squeeze into it going back."
"Say, fellows, we forgot to get our trunks," said Chet, interrupting himself in the midst of an earnest conversation with his sister. "Give me your checks and I'll go back and see about them."
"But if there isn't room for us, how are we ever going to get our baggage to the house?" Teddy asked.
"We'll get the wagon that took ours up," Laura answered. "We've got to get some provisions, anyway."
So with a great deal of fun and laughter they looked up the ancient wagon and went to the general store to get a formidable supply of provisions.
"Looks as if you were buying the store out," Teddy remarked, as Billie pulled out a long list of items. "What's the big idea?"