“At any rate, no one is going to answer,” she said. “We may as well go.”
“All right,” Penny agreed, although it was not her nature to give up so easily.
The girls walked down the lane until a clump of bushes screened them from the cabin.
“Let’s wait here,” Penny proposed, halting. “I have a hunch Mrs. Davis is hiding from us.”
“What’s to be gained by waiting?” grumbled Louise.
Nevertheless, she crouched beside her chum, watching the house. Ten minutes elapsed. Both Louise and Penny grew very weary. Then unexpectedly, the cabin door opened and Mrs. Davis peered into the yard. Seeing no one, she took a wooden water bucket and started with it to the pump which was situated midway between cabin and stable.
“Now’s our chance!” Penny whispered eagerly. “Come on, Louise, we’ll cut off her retreat and she can’t avoid meeting us!”
CHAPTER
6
TALL CORN
Hastening up the lane, Penny and Louise approached the pump in such a way that Mrs. Davis could not return to the house without meeting them. Not until the woman had filled the water bucket and was starting back did she see the two girls.
“Well?” she demanded defiantly.