"
"I wish you would do something, Miss Elting. She surely will be the
death of me. Think of me, with my weak heart, having to submit to such
terribly exciting adventures," complained Margery.
"Just listen to Buster," chuckled Crazy Jane. "We must be so very
careful of her."
"Well, I suppose we might as well get in if we are going to," decided
Harriet. "We can't be any wetter than we are, Jane."
"But we can be colder. All right. I'm with you."
Harriet dived in to get the shock over, coming up blowing. A splash
followed hers and Jane came up beside her, shaking the water from her
head and ears.
"My, but it's cold, isn't it, darlin'," she gasped.
"Cold as a snowbank," answered Harriet.
"I'll race you to the other side."
"Go you! Now!"
How the water did fly as they struck out in overhand strokes, shouting
and laughing, cheered on by Miss Elting and Margery, on the other side
by the irrepressible Tommy, who was dancing up and down on the shore,
shouting and clapping her hands in great glee! The swimmers landed,
laughing merrily as they made for shore. But they did not wait to
argue with Tommy.
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