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Updated: June 6, 2025
"It is the most mysterious thing I ever encountered," declared Miss Elting at breakfast, after she had stepped to the window again to gaze off over the lake to the cove in the distance where the "Red Rover" had lain when they retired the night before. None of the girls except Harriet and Jane had much appetite for breakfast. They were too excited over the mysterious changing of their position.
"I motht thertainly do." "How did you feel?" "I felt cold. I had what Harriet callth 'cold feet. Then I gueth I didn't feel much of anything till I felt mythelf thitting in the thand with thome of me dry and thome of me wet, and Harriet trying to drag me out of the thudth." "Out of what?" exclaimed the Chief Guardian. "Thudth." "Suds," interpreted Miss Elting.
Where is your life-line?" asked Harriet of Miss Elting. "I threw it off when I went into the cabin." "Get back! Stay there until I call you, or " Harriet did not finish the sentence, but the guardian understood and turned back into the cabin, where she did her best to comfort the panic-stricken Camp Girls. "Whoop!" shrieked Jane. The "Sue" righted with a violent jolt.
It was not possible to see far up into the tree on account of the dense foliage. Harriet waited at the foot while her companion climbed it rapidly. "I've got her," Jane called down. "She has fainted. What shall I do?" "Get her down," urged Miss Elting. "I can't. She is fast." "Wait! I will be with you at once," called Harriet. "Will some one bring a rope, please?"
We couldn't permit you to do that," answered the guardian. "A bargain's a bargain," declared Jane. "I'll get the paint. You folks, in the meantime, look the place over and see what else you need. I'll go back to the village for the things you decide on when we get ready for them." "What color shall we paint the boat?" questioned Miss Elting. "Red, of course," cried Harriet.
"I don't know just what you mean, but anything not thought of by you I shouldn't consider worth bothering about." Miss Elting laughed softly, patting the brown head beside her. "There! She is returning, and empty-handed like yourself, I'll warrant." "Do not be too certain of that. On the contrary, Jane has discovered something." "Why do you think that?" "I can tell by the swing of her shoulders.
Hazel, Margery and Tommy brought the rest of their belongings from the highway, Miss Elting and Hazel what had been left at their camping place, all being neatly packed away in the hollow in the rock. This done, and a mound of small stones built over it, the girls were ready to proceed on their journey. The afternoon was now well along, so they started off at a brisk pace, led by the guardian.
Hereafter we'll be on the alert." "You'll have to keep a watch on us night and day then," chuckled Jane. "This pleasant spirit of rivalry makes matters interesting," interjected Miss Elting. "You have been very kind to us and helped to make our vacation enjoyable. We enjoy harmless fun as well as yourselves. I might add that we haven't fully exhausted our resources, either.
Still, Dee could not be made to talk freely. Miss Elting left him, dissatisfied. "That man knows the cause of our troubles, and he simply won't tell me," said the guardian indignantly to herself, as she walked away. "And just a hint or two might enable us to save ourselves a good deal of annoyance, and even protect us from real dangers. I wonder what it all means."
A procession of Meadow-Brook Girls was well started on a perilous journey, the result of which could not be foreseen by the three members of the party left in the camp. Miss Elting had begun to unwind herself the instant her attention had been called to Grace Thompson's perilous position at the head of the chute. Hazel Holland also had rolled over to free herself of the blankets.
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