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The primitive, elemental idea that was expressed in Lolla's words was beyond her comprehension, and, in fact, a good many people older and wiser than Bessie do not understand it. But Lolla did not mind the laugh. She did not understand what was in Bessie's mind; what she had said seemed so simple to her that it required no explanation.
"I believe that you are a good girl, though you have lied to me, and tried to make me think you were my friend, when all the time you were planning, you could betray me. This place is dangerous." Lolla looked at her scornfully and tossed head. "Don't think you can frighten me with your stories," she said, with a laugh. "It is dangerous for you.
"They're all tarred with the same brush," he said. "One's as bad as another." And when he heard of the trick by which Dolly had worked on the superstitious fears of Lolla and Peter his merriment knew no bounds, and he absolutely refused to keep on the trail until Dolly had given him a demonstration of just how she had managed it.
Evidently some trampers who were fond of climbing had worn it through the rough surface to a point where a good view was to be had, and had stopped there, content with the distance they had gone, and not disposed to try the further ascent. And as soon as Bessie reached that point she was able to stop and get her breath. Meanwhile she wondered what had become of Lolla.
I consider the illness of Miranda Mary's mother a Providential interposition that is, if she isn't too sick." "It's all very well for you to be pleased, Lolla," I said dolefully. "But I don't feel jubilant over the prospect at all. Something will probably go wrong. And then there's our own nice little Thanksgiving celebration we've planned, and pinched and economized for weeks to provide.
It meant just the opposite; that it would be better for him to go home, and forget the wicked plot he had thought of." Peter seemed to be weakening, but Lolla tossed her head again. "Are you a baby? Do you think that is true?" she said to him. "Don't you see that she is only trying to frighten you, as she did with the knife?" "Indeed I am not," said Bessie, earnestly.
For suddenly Lolla herself, who had evidently been hiding there when they had passed, alone, before their meeting with John, sprang out and stood in front of them. Long as she had resisted her fear of the supernatural force that had come to the aid of the girls, she was plainly afraid of it still, for at sight of them her cheeks paled, and she cried out in terror.
Silently, but as swiftly as they could, they crept past the place, and, when they were out of sight stopped. "Now, you will know my song when you hear it?" "Yes, indeed, Lolla. Why, what have you got there?" "What I need to make Peter come with me," laughed Lolla. "See, a fine meal, is it not? I got it at the camp. Let him smell that stew and he would follow me out of the woods."
"There's no one here to be afraid of." Lolla laughed. "No, but I have it if I need it," she said meaningly. "What are we going to do now, Lolla? We can't leave Dolly up there much longer. They've got her tied up, and gagged, so that she can't call out, and she's terribly uncomfortable, though I don't think she's suffering much." "We will get her soon," said Lolla, confidently.
But I can't help thinking that there must be some way that we could frighten them, if we could only think of it; so that they would be frightened and run away." "We might tell them Oh, I've got an idea, Dolly." She looked at Peter and Lolla. They were at the very edge of the little clearing in which Dolly had been imprisoned. "Listen, Lolla," said Bessie, calmly.
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