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Besides, I come over for the ten o'clock train, and I'm back for the milk train before daylight." Something about this speech convinced Tavia she was unfortunate, and it would be best to keep her trouble to herself, for what would strangers care about her predicament? Could she deny that it was through her own fault that she had been thus situated?
"We will have to put it up in the folded fire escape fashion," said Dorothy, "until we can drive out to a barber's. It is too late this afternoon." "Whatever will momsey say?" thought Tavia aloud. "That you would have made a very good-looking boy," replied Dorothy. "I am sure I never saw a girl to whom short hair was so becoming."
"Oh, let us see what it is!" ordered Cologne. "Maybe we won't have to go trout fishing, it may do for dinner." "It may, then again it may not," replied Tavia. "But May or Mamie, let's haul her out." Dorothy put her shoulder to the frame door, back of which the thing was hidden. "One, two, three!" she shoved it over. "Are you ready?" "Let her go!" called Cologne, springing up on an old trunk.
We only made believe!" "Oh!" sighed Dorothy. "I feel as if I were dying! I I can't breathe!" "Try to get on your feet," commanded Ralph. "The air will revive you!" "There!" gasped Tavia. "There's his hat. I grabbed it when he put the handkerchief, with some stuff on it, to my nose," and the girl held up a gray slouch hat, the kind western men usually wear. "That may help us," said Ralph.
I was going to scream when he put that queer-smelling stuff to my nose." "I screamed when I saw Tavia," ventured the frightened Dorothy, "but he had me almost before I could open my mouth. Tavia squeezed my hand and I knew she meant for me to be quiet."
"We were only joking, of course," said Dorothy finally, jumping up from her seat on the old tree stump, "But it is different where some one else is concerned. Everybody is not willing to take a joke you know." "I've noticed that lately," replied Tavia, pressing both hands to her cheeks to stop, if possible, the burning of the mullen leaves.
This was quite satisfactory to Tavia, and after making sure that no more strangers lurked about, the girls made their way home. "I never was afraid in daylight before," remarked Dorothy, whose face was still pale from the fright. "Let us hurry. There are the boys. Be sure not to say anything to them about the scare." "Hurrah!" shouted Joe swinging his empty strap. "All sold out."
"I can walk," insisted Molly. "It is too much " "So can I carry you," argued Tavia, "and if you have any bones broken you must not strain them further." It did seem a long way to the tent, but the road that led up to it showed travel, and was therefore more easily followed. "Strange I am not afraid of anything," murmured Molly. "If we do have to stay in the woods all night, I shall not be afraid."
"Then I'm just going to divide with you," declared Dorothy, for she knew perfectly well that Tavia was not in the circumstances that she herself enjoyed, surmised that indeed Tavia did have to spend her holiday money for some needed articles. "Oh, no, thank you," objected Tavia, the color racing into her cheeks, "I suppose I might have done without "
A flash of indignation crossed Tavia's face. She wanted to snatch that letter and tear it into a thousand pieces. But Miss Brooks was quick to discern her indignation. "Of course, I am responsible for every letter," she said. "In fact, I run a great risk in even showing this to you. But I felt I would have to make sure that you were the party involved." Tavia felt like a culprit. Involved!
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