They made the best of their circumstances; but when, about
the middle of the afternoon, Miss Elting informed the guide that she
did not think Hazel's ankle would permit of her going any further that
day, there was a flurry in the mountainside camp.
The guide declared that they must go on until a suitable camping place
were reached, but how he did not say until he had consulted his
whiskers and studied the valleys below. He then gravely announced that
he would carry Hazel on his back. She promptly declared that she would
not permit it, and Miss Elting agreed with her. Then Janus rose to the
occasion by telling them that he would make a litter if one of the
young ladies thought she could bear up one end of it. Both Harriet and
Jane settled the matter by declaring they could carry the litter with
Hazel in it.
Janus made the litter by first laying two ropes on the ground about
eighteen inches apart. On these at right angles he tied sticks until
the affair resembled a carrier belt on a piece of machinery. A loop
with a stick rove into it was arranged at each end and a blanket was
thrown over the litter, which was then pronounced ready.
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