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"This part of the country appears to be deserted," she said. "I think we had better return. In the morning we will try to find some one." "Thave me!" moaned Tommy. "Mutht we thtay here in our wet clotheth all night?" "I fear so. What else is there for us to do?" "But let uth get our dry clotheth and put them on," urged Tommy. The girls laughed at her.
"Then hold on to this rope across the pad, otherwise you may slip off when Badshah rises to his feet. You had better keep your hand on it as we go along, though there isn't much danger of your falling." As he got astride the elephant's neck he continued: "Now, be ready. Hold on tightly. Uth, Badshah!"
We talked it over a long time, whether I thould write or not, but we agreed, No. There'th nothing comfortable to tell; why unthettle her mind, and make her unhappy? Tho, whether her father bathely detherted her; or whether he broke his own heart alone, rather than pull her down along with him, never will be known, now, Thquire, till we know how the dogth findth uth out!"
Now, if it wath 'The Queen of the Theath, or thome thuch name ath that, I thouldn't so much mind being drowned in her, but 'The Thithter Thue' thave uth!" "You are not going to drown at all," laughed Miss Elting, "so don't begin to lay any plans in that direction." "When is the boat coming here, Daddy?" questioned Jane. "To-morrow morning early, if they have her ready in time.
"Why, Tommy, we've hardly begun yet," Harriet retorted smilingly. "Maybe you haven't, but thome of uth have about finithed," asserted the little, lisping girl. "For once, Tommy and I agree," groaned Margery. Not long after the girls turned in for the second time that night. Daybreak would soon send its gray light into their camp on Sokoki Leap.
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