“Sh!” Katherine warned quickly. “Be careful what you say or do. Those are the Graham girls.”
CHAPTER XXII.
THE GRAHAM GIRLS CALL.
“They’re early risers; we must say that much for them,” observed Katherine in a low voice. “We must give them credit for not lying in bed until 10 o’clock and, and——”
“And for dressing for an afternoon party before breakfast,” Helen Nash concluded.
“Isn’t it funny!” Hazel Edwards said with a suppressed titter. “I wonder if they are going in bathing.”
“Keep still, girls,” Miss Ladd interposed. “They’re getting pretty near. Let’s not pay too much attention to them. Let them seek our acquaintance, not we theirs. The advantage will be on our side then.”
At this suggestion of the Guardian, the girls turned their attention again to the conditions about their bathing beach. A moment later Katherine made a discovery that centered all interest in unaffected earnest upon the latest depredation of their enemy, or enemies. With a stick she fished out one end of a small rope and was soon hauling away at what appeared to be the “clothes line” they had used to indicate the safety limits of their bathing place.