I know two
young fellows who took it just to be smart. One was unhurt but the
other had to be fished out of the pool. He was taken with a cramp and
almost died before they got him. But this Slide isn't a circumstance
to the one over on Moosilauke. That one is nigh to a thousand feet
long. That ends in a lake, too. I'd like to see any fresh young
gentleman take _that_ slide."
"Harriet could do it," declared Tommy.
"Harriet is not going to try it, my dear young friend," retorted
Harriet laughingly. "She has had quite enough falls to satisfy her.
Besides, she values her life, liberty and happiness."
"How long is this slide, Mr. Grubb?" asked the guardian.
"Over a hundred feet," replied the guide, measuring the distance with
his eye.
"Oh, what a lovely thlide!" bubbled Tommy. "How funny it would be to
thee Buthter toboggan down that thlide! Wouldn't that be funny, Mith
Elting?"
"All of you keep away from here," ordered the guide. "I'll lose my
reputation if what we have already experienced gets out. Nobody will
want a guide who can't take care of his party better than I've done.
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