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"Wouldn't Buthter make a fine toboggan?" she laughed. Reaching the bottom of the gully, a long, narrow crevasse in the mountain, they began the real ascent. Up and up they went, now and then lying against a rock, to which they clung, out of breath from their exertions, their faces flushed and warm.
"There are too many thtoneth," objected Tommy. "I thhall be afraid of thtubbing my toeth all the time." "Lift your feet and you won't," suggested Margaret, with a smile. "Buthter, I didn't athk for your advithe," retorted Tommy. "There are the foothills," interrupted the guide, "and there is Chocorua. Isn't she a beauty?" This was the girls' first real glimpse of the White Mountains.
"I don't have nightmares and wake every one up in the middle of the night," retorted Margery, "even if I do get hungry sometimes." "My nightmare wath utheful, Buthter," returned Tommy calmly. "It helped uth to dithcover that our boat wath gone. But your appetite ithn't the leatht bit utheful, not even to yourthelf." "I'll never speak to you again, Tommy Thompson," declared Buster wrathfully.
"Buthter ith too fat to feel the cold," observed Tommy Thompson. She loved to tease Margery, and to mention her weight always annoyed Buster. Margery was unable to think of anything sufficiently irritating to fit that particular case, so she tossed her head and remained silent, while Tommy's twinkling eyes were fixed upon her.
"I fear you will never grow fat on that sort of diet," laughed the guardian. "I don't want to get fat, like Buthter," replied Tommy scornfully. In the meantime Harriet and Jane had drawn away from the others and were engaged in a whispered conversation. Then the two girls got into the rowboat dragged the houseboat out into the lake, a few rods, and anchored it. They did not explain their action.
"You are thure Buthter ithn't going to thleep near me?" persisted Miss Tommy. "Yes, yes. Please get in," urged Miss Elting. "I jutht wanted to know, that ith all." She lay down, then one by one her companions took their places on the canvas. Harriet was the last to turn in. Before doing so she drew the unoccupied half of the canvas over the girls, leaving Tommy at the fold, as had been promised.
Fat folkth alwayth laugh when they thhouldn't. They thhake all over when they laugh. I'm glad I'm not fat like Buthter." Margery's face was flushed and indignant. Her companions were laughing merrily at her expense. Harriet had gotten up and was removing her wet clothing. Miss Elting lifted Tommy, who also had sat down, and gave her a gentle push toward the dressing room.
"Maybe they've got an oven tho Buthter can make her cuthtard," suggested Tommy Thompson. "Please do be quiet, Tommy. We want to hear about the Tramp Club and what we are to do to outwit them," said Miss Elting. "Did they bring their tent with them, Harriet?" "Yes. At least they have a small tent. I don't believe they have moved their permanent camp, but they are here in force, that is certain.
"We can have something to eat, can't we?" interjected Margery, in a hopeful tone. "Yeth, Buthter mutht have thomething to eat all the time," averred Tommy. "There is plenty for all. Now, come and meet our girls. We have a very fine lot of young women at Camp Wau-Wau this summer, and we think we have an ideal camp, too. I am so sorry that I did not know you were coming.
Think what a lot more fun we would have, Buthter." An hour was spent strolling about the summit, looking off at the magnificent scenery which stretched on all sides of them. A cup of coffee apiece was made and drunk, but fire-making material was so scarce that no attempt was made to cook a meal.
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