Oh, what a lovely Thlide!"
In her excitement, Tommy leaped to the end of the slippery course,
jumping up and down. In her left hand she held another round stone
ready to send it after the previous throw before the latter should have
reached the pond. Margery was standing at hand ready to send hers down.
"Look out!" warned Harriet, who saw the danger of Grace's position.
"Get back instantly!" Both she and Jane started on a run, fearing the
result of Tommy's imprudence. But they were too late.
Tommy Thompson's feet slipped from under her. With a scream she
plunged head first to the Slide, starting down it on her stomach.
"Catch her!" screamed Jane.
Margery made a frantic effort to do so. Then her feet, too, went out
from under her, but in making a desperate attempt to recover her
balance, Margery turned completely around, landing on her back on the
slippery Slide.
"Hold your breath," screamed Harriet, starting to run again, for she
had halted instinctively as she saw the two girls lose their footing.
Jane followed. Janus stood fairly paralyzed with amazement. It had
all come about with such suddenness that he had had no time in which to
collect his thoughts.
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