" Harriet got up promptly and walked back,
stepping over her companions, then sitting down beside the guardian.
"You are a brave little girl, Harriet, dear," said Miss Elting softly,
patting the brown head affectionately. "But don't you think you are
just a little bit foolhardy?"
"I--I hadn't thought about it," answered the girl, flushing. "I do not
mean to be."
"I know. You are thoughtless of your own peril. You know we must not
let anything happen to any of our party. We want to have other happy
summers in the open together; and, were anything serious to occur to
any member of our party, that would end it. Neither your parents nor
those of the other girls would permit them to go out again in this way.
Will you promise to be more careful in future?"
"I don't like to do that; I am afraid I might not keep my promise,"
admitted Harriet, hanging her head. "But I will promise to do the best
I can and not to take any more chances than I have to."
Jane awakened at this juncture and lay blinking at them for a moment,
after which she sat up, rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning, Misses Owls.
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