The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat; Or, the Stormy Cruise of the Red Rover

we had forgot

we forgot

. How are we to keep our

ould be the good of a

hought of that. Where

, of courthe. I never did thee thuch thtupid people. Did you

g so much, please tell us how we are to get ice from the lake in

eally, I hadn't thought of it that

d at your using such expressions. You rea

; I w

d in getting supper. "Bring me a pail of water, please," she called. "We must put the water on to heat so that we can wash

had gathered a bunch of wild flowers and these had been placed in a pitcher and stood in the centre of the table. Of course the chairs were camp stools. In this instance they were pr

that you don't fall with it. We can't afford

'll be c

be on the table by the

the deck above, Harriet and Miss Elting, in

minutes had elapsed. "The little girl

startled the passengers on board the

n overboard!"

nd holding aloft a pitcher, and lower down, scarcely

e!" wail

ung back Margery. "What's t

the pitch

lf in the water, no one went overboard to h

ne hand, still clinging to the pitcher with the other and holding it above the water. In this pos

" demanded Tommy, a

t's getting cold,

h I'll thit

t clothes," answered Jane. "How

ailing," explained the girl lamel

rgery. Tommy shot a t

hastened inside the cabin and proceeded to change her wet clothing for dry

the lake, touched with the gorgeous red and gold of the setting sun. A pleasant breeze was drifting through the cabin f

e shall do in case the water

n the table to keep the dishes fr

and others standing on edge at right angles to them. This leaves squares about the size of a plate and the strips keep the dishes fro

pill over jutht the thame,"

for I'm going to ea

collar as she walked. She was tak

eats and other perishable things and put them in a pail which w

with it when the boat is

r,' it won't move fast enough to harm the pail," spoke u

ll have to do so wh

shall go out to-morrow looking for a good stout steam tug

e on the hill," suggested Tommy. But not a smil

ounced Miss Elting. "Of course it was different when those young men towed us out, and now and then we may accept a tow. The way to do will be to make sho

he lake?" ques

es in a straight

es," groane

!" moaned

th!" lis

ed recreation and exercis

do, Miss Elting,"

hirty-mile lake is neither exercise nor recreation. It's hard labor. If

lan," annou

hought it out," returned Miss Elting s

suggest waiting until some day when the wind is blowing directly across. Then we can tow the 'Red Rover' out with the rowboat until the wind c

e me!" pi

, Tommy Thompson. Now, if Crazy Jane had thought out such a plan, no one would

ld not work, but I don't believe I care to trust myself to drift across the lake in a

n it. Please pass the potatoes. This life at sea does sharpen one's appetite. It wouldn't do

ful!" exclaimed Tommy. "I gueth I

with me," commanded Margery Brown. "Do you think I am goin

hheth in a bag and thouthe them up and down in the lake. Then you put them on deck till th

ou ever own one," laughed Harriet

more thorry for the folkt

," suggested Harriet. "The evening is so fine that w

do with the rubbish is just to drop it overboard. The fishes will come and clean it up. It's easy

while Harriet trimmed and filled the lantern that was to be put out as a

ed Harriet, after the last o

Miss Elting, after the girls had climbed to the plea

l make a good captai

s agreed

next in line to the captain-with Margery as purser, Hazel as third

pathenger," decided

horus of prot

and fifth officers respectiv

the fourth o

ch of a

dded app

arriet ith a good captain. Harriet

captain of a scow, was something of a responsibility. She knew that she would have to be captain in fact as well as

how this captain is ever going to get along with the crew she has. I fear s

eady has said, she could be the whole

f light filtered through the cabin windows and the dim light from the anc

he bow of the boat, now pointe

it, Captain?"

he little cove here. The 'Red Rover' will be straining at its leashes like an angry

tain Burrell!"

s found little comfort in sitting on the upper deck. All hands went below. With the front cabin door closed the cabin was a comfortable and cosy place in which to sit. But the cabin floor was acquiring an unpleasa

ll thomebody pleathe take off my thhoeth? If I

ey assisted her into her cot, after which they arranged their own, each girl preparing for bed behind a curtain that had

ver." The latter was riding the swells finely and with much less motion than might have been looked for in the fairly heavy sea that was running into the cove. At last, well satisfied t

here, with the spray dashing over her, she gazed off over the water. The moon had come up, and she could see fairly well; some light being furnished by it, though heavy clouds intervened. White-capped waves dashed against the boat. It was unusually rough for a

d to her as though something had collided with the "Red Rover." Then came a second crash, much louder than the first. The second was followed by a sound of

rash, and the table was hurled the length of the cabin

d the second crash, that, to their overwrought

thinking!" wail

as happened?" cr

don't

adow-Brook Girls to the lower side of the cabin. A volume of water rushed over them, and the furnishings

e situation more terrifying the cabin was in utter darkness. For a moment the voices of the Meadow-Brook Girls