Hazel
was not far behind the other two girls in lying down. The little
company were quite ready to rest.
"Girls, you mustn't lie there without blankets under you," warned the
guardian.
"We are not going to lie here, Miss Elting," replied Harriet. "We are
going to get up at once and prepare supper for our hungry selves. Oh,
but my feet are tired!"
"Mine weigh a ton," declared Margery.
"Yeth, I imagine they do," said Tommy with a knowing nod.
"You can go on resting if you like, Harriet. Jane, Tommy and I can get
the supper."
"And Janus," added the guide. "You've done finely, young ladies. I'd
like to see any young men go through a hard day as well as you have.
Why, they would have been laid out along the trail from here to Sokoki
Leap. We'd have had to send a couple of men with a stretcher to pick
some of them up. Let me tell you something. You are trotting Janus
Grubb a lively race, and he isn't ashamed to say so. Any one who says
girls haven't as much pluck and endurance as boys may have an argument
with Janus Grubb at any time."
"Thome girlth," corrected Tommy.
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