“No,” said Annie, “you must not go up on such a high place.”
“Oh, this is not a very high ladder,” said Rodolphus. So saying he began to go up. Annie stood below, looking up to him as he ascended, and feeling great apprehension lest he should fall.
The top of the ladder reached up considerably above the top of the house, and Rodolphus told Annie that he was not going to the top of the ladder, but only high enough to see if Beechnut was on the house. He told her, too, that if she walked back toward the garden gate, perhaps she could see too. Annie accordingly walked back, and looking upward all the time, she presently saw a young man who she supposed was Beechnut, doing something to the top of one of the chimneys. By this time Rodolphus had reached the eaves of the house, in climbing up the ladder, and he came in sight of Beechnut, too.
Up The Ladder.
“Hie-yo! Dolphin!” said Beechnut, “is that you!”
Beechnut often called Rodolphus, Dolphin.
“May I come up where you are?” said Rodolphus.
“No,” said Beechnut.
When Rodolphus heard this answer, he remained quietly where he was upon the ladder.