The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome Bar

felt the water closing over them. Fortunately for the Meadow-Brook Girls, the top had been removed from the car, else all would have been drowned before they could have extricate

rself, which she succeeded in doing a few secon

e me!" wailed Tommy

oking coughs. About this time Jane McCarthy's head appeared ab

darlin's! Is

?" cried Miss Elting anx

he water. The latter was cold as ice, it seemed to them, and their desire now was to get to shore as quickly as possible. Which way the shore lay they

of here and talk about our disaster afterward. Harriet, pl

particular stroke: Tommy swimming frog-fashion, Margery blow

lp!" sh

ath you are," observed Tom

le to take care of herself as are you. I've touc

? I can't the

ho, having reached the shore, waded out of the water a

ed from the cold water and

his, some of them were already doing. Margery sat

rely will catch cold. Keep m

hes weigh a ton,"

hat are heavy," jeered Tommy. "It ithn

ou think I am suffering enough, with

will you please sto

uthter getth dry again. But I'm jutht

hat automobile top been up. We should give thanks for our deliverance. But I don't unders

informed her. "It wath wet wa

. Some of the girls began whipping their arms

run?" aske

isn't," replied Miss Elting. "Suppose we find the road?

tween the trees," answered Harriet. She moved in the di

the road at a run, followed by the others and accompanied by the "

mbled and fell over her little companion. "Why don't you tell me

, if you were

The whole party had come to a h

What am I doing? Yeth, I'm bailing out my thhoeth. Ugh! How they

hingly. "Here, let me help you. There. You see how easy i

e. It ith too da

get on the other side. We three will run t

erself. The three started up the road at a brisk trot. Reaching the mai

. The water was shallow and there was no difficulty in getting out, but the girls now were as wet as before, and shivering more than ever. At this juncture the guardian took a hand. She directed them to walk up and down the road in orderly fashion, which

ted," she said. "I think we had better return

"Mutht we thtay here in ou

t else is there

eth and put them on," urged To

r the water in the car, da

are soaked," refl

d Jane. "If it weren't water-proof the things in it would get soaked every time there was a dri

," groaned Marge

guardian. "We shan't be able to get it o

it will take a whole summer to dry it out thoroug

learns of the accident,

as common sense. He will have another car up here for us just as soon as he c

t much farther. How far do you thin

es, I sho

rd turn-off would lead us to

made a mistake.

even if it isn't the Lones

sure this isn't the place. We haven't come far enough. Why

," reminded Jane. But the guardian was not to be caught in Crazy Jane's trap, tho

t I know myself, J

d you not?" teased Harriet. "I might say that

wish to spoil the little surprise

, I don't think much of i

greed Miss Elting. "But

e more pondth," suggested Grace. "Ith yo

to tease me, Tommy,"

he hours dragged along all became weary and drowsy. Their joints were growing stiff, too, which condition was not improved by the chill of the night air. Most active of all the party was little Tommy Thompson, who skipped along, talking incessantly. Marg

ng night wind. But they were healthy, outdoor girls, as all our readers know. The first volume of this series, "The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas," told the story of their first vacati

out on the long walk home, meeting with plenty of adventures and many laughable happenings. It was during this hike that they

e on Lake Winnepesaukee. It was there that they again outwitted the Tramp Club, who took their defeat good-naturedly and by wa

vitation from Jane McCarthy to accompany her on a trip through the White Mount

tried to become their guide. The disappearance of Janus Grubb, the guide who had been engaged by Miss Elting during t

might lead. At the present moment, however, it did not look as though Harriet Burrell and her friends

re distinctness. The girls, when they walked down to the shore, saw a sheet of water covering several acres. Leading down to the water was a pi

he pier as she stood above it.

harvested from this pond and carried up over that sloping platform and so on to the shore or to conveyances waiti

peered into the water to see if she could find her car. It was not to be seen. Dark objects, floating here and there about the

Elting. "We could gather up our

d I will get it out. What do y

e in mind, darlin', but I'

ll go in afte

claimed Jane. "And in t

at," objected the guard

y and Buster, had joined the party at the end of the pier. Jane expla

she groaned. "Don't ask me to go into tha

cold once you are

eel it the othe

d fifty thentth; no, not for a dollar and theventy-five thentth." Tommy began backing away,

e!" yell

ier; then came a splash. Tommy Thompson had gone