The
others saw her feet disappear in the foliage, heard a muffled cry for
assistance, then silence.
CHAPTER XV
LEAVING THE TRAIL IN A HURRY
Janus was pulled from his feet. He pitched sideways, saving himself by
grasping a projection with one hand; then, in his struggles to get up,
both feet became entangled in the rope litter, and there he lay kicking
and shouting to the girls to go after the unfortunate Hazel.
Jane McCarthy already had got into action. Without an instant's
hesitation she clambered down the rocks and made her way to the base of
the mountain tree.
"She isn't here," shouted Crazy Jane. "What do you suppose has
happened to her?"
"Wait! I'll be right with you," answered Harriet.
"She must be in the tree still," cried Miss Elting. "I hope she isn't
hurt."
"If she were not we should hear her." Harriet was down the rocks,
reaching the bottom not more than a minute behind Jane McCarthy who was
just climbing the tree. It was not possible to see far up into the
tree on account of the dense foliage. Harriet waited at the foot while
her companion climbed it rapidly.
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