"Hold on tight, everybody!"
"Let's see if we can't win!"
With shouts and laughter the merry coasters thus enlivened the race down hill. In order to make the moving pictures appear as realistic as possible Mr. Pertell had told the players to forget, for the time being, that they were actors, and to imagine that they were just boys and girls, out for a real frolic.
"And I'm sure I feel like one!" cried Alice, as she clung to the sides of the bob, where she sat behind Paul.
"That's the way to talk!" he laughed. "Look out for yourself now, we're going to bump!"
At that moment they came to a "thank-ye-ma'am," as they are called in the country.
This is a ridge, or bump in the road, made to keep the rain water from rushing down the highway too fast. The ridge turns the water to one side.
As Paul spoke the sled reached this place, rose into the air, and came down heavily.
"Gracious!" cried Alice. "I was nearly bounced off!"
"I warned you!" laughed Paul. "There's another one just below. Watch out for it."