"
Jane started for her. Tommy got into instant action, and how she did
swim! Harriet and Jane were much faster swimmers than was Tommy, but
they pretended to have difficulty in keeping up with her and lagged
behind until their shoulders were even with the kicking feet of the
little, lisping girl. Then they began grabbing at her ankles, drawing
fresh shouts and protests from Tommy. They teased her all the way to
the shore, up which Tommy staggered and ran to Miss Elting for
protection.
"Don't make me all wet," objected the guardian, leaping back out of the
way.
Tommy sat down and whimpered. Jane and Harriet picked her up, placing
her on a seat made of their four hands, and started up the mountainside
with their burden.
"We aren't afraid of getting wet, are we, Jane?" laughed Harriet.
"Not this morning, we are not, darlin'," chuckled Jane. But they did
not carry Tommy far. She decided that she would walk, fearing they
were planning some trick on her. She had no desire to be dumped off on
a steep place as Hazel had been. The girls clambered up the
mountainside laughing over their mishaps of the morning, and ran
bounding into camp far ahead of Miss Elting and the guide.
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