"Yes—all but Amy. She is strictly in-doors now."
"Poor child! She does seem to have the most trouble!"
"Well, maybe it will soon be happily over."
"I hope so!"
Neither of them realized how soon the fates were to be kind to Amy in a most peculiar manner.
"There are the fishermen!" exclaimed Betty a little later, as they made a turn in the river, and saw several men on the ice.
"Yes, and the boys are with them. Oh, let's hurry!"
"I can't go a bit faster," said Betty. "You're a better walker than I, Grace."
"Oh, no, only I'm not quite so stout—that's all."
"Stout is very kind of you to say. I'm afraid I'm getting positively—fleshy, Grace."