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

e! Oh, t

the pier. Her little blonde head popped up from under the water all of a sudden, and in that instant she opened her mouth i

mmy's hair, whereat the little girl screamed more lustily than before. "Lend a hand here, my

aising the little girl until the latter's shoulders were above water; Harriet got h

!" yell

to get her out of the water, but taking more time about it, so it seemed, than was really necessary. Every time Tommy's head was drawn free of the water she uttered a choking yell. There was no telling how long the nonsense might h

gery. "If you had been, they couldn't have lif

t," replied Tommy. "But I may ath i

ll you please see that Grace doe

e induced to move, which, after all, was not much faster than an ordinarily slow walk. The others of the party remained out at the end,

hering up and pushing bundles of equipment toward the shore. Jane and Hazel were not far behind her. Then Miss Elting, n

!" taunted Tommy, when

afraid to go into the water. The only way

then, leaping up into the air, jumped far out, taking a clean feet-first dive into the pond, uttering a shrill little yell just before

?" called Harriet, puffing and blowing as she

utht be the automobile top.

ok it over. If you can, I wish you would find the

arlin'?" asked Jane, with

hes. The trunk is strapped and bu

es

whether there is also a loop through which

hould

e trunk on,

ember all those things,

y. Most persons are careless about that." Harr

. Her feet seemed to be very light. They persisted in either rising or drifting away from the sub

, if you will, pleas

wam rapidly to shore. She found Harriet, Hazel and Jane sitting with feet hanging over the pier talking to Miss Elting. The four were dripping, but none of them see

am up, and, clinging to the pier with one hand, float

? Couldn't you stand it a

light that I co

instead of her feet,

go after the trunk n

d let me go with

re will be plenty to do after I get the trunk ashore, provided I do. We must have all our

et

t for a few moments. The next thing to do was to find the rear end of the car. This was quickly accomplished. Harriet took a long breath, then dived swiftly. It seemed to her

t had accomplished a task that would have proved to be too much for the average man. Down there, underneath the water, crouching under the backward tilting automobile on the bottom

ance from the spot where it had first appeared. So delighted were they with the result of Harriet Burrell's efforts that, for the mom

ual for the guardian to show alarm, even th

d the cheering

ing a trick on us,"

hurled herself into the pond. Two loud splashes followed her own dive into the water. Tommy and Miss Elting were plunging ahead with all speed. Jane was the first to reach the scene. She dived, came up empty-handed, then di

t as she knew how to propel herself. Jane shot out of t

cried in a straine

find her?" gas

N

at reached all the way to the beach, s

water a short distance from where the

in a hurry. She ith under the car. I could thee her plainly. Oh, I

k her but a few seconds to reach the center of the rippling circle left by the guardian; then Crazy Jane's feet kicked the air a couple of times. She had taken an almost perpendicular dive. But it s

screamed Tommy.

feless body of Harriet Burrell. Miss Elting and Hazel were closing up on Jane rapidly. Reaching

omen were white and haggard. Still farther back she saw only Hazel's eyes. They were so large that Tommy was scarcely able to cred

he unconscious girl almost roughly, flung her over on h

e dead?" ga

n'," answered Crazy J