The Corner House Girls Under Canvas / How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward

he woods without objection. Pearl told her that when they reached the highway on the other side of the timber in all probabi

with her sisters, and without objection, was the fact that the str

girl and they both had risen and left the car. Perhaps nobody had noticed them but Ruth. The strange g

oad; and she pointed out the direction through the window. Ruth

ss and Dot Kenway, slipped out of the car without being questioned by any of the older people there. Nobody observed them enter

ossing up her hat by the ribbons that wer

d a long way before them. It was paved wit

or the girl, in whom she was so much interested. Either they

ave the train; but she clung very tightly now to

nce for bears in this wood, Tess?

, child," said Tess, in her most elder-sister

oods, Tess. We aren't

," declared T

hould jump out and grab Alice?" and she hugged the doll all the cl

hed and capered; and when they came to a softly carpeted hollow, Pearl Harrod led the way and rolled down

Pearl sitting up at the foot of the slide, with a peck

were on the train, in the baggage car. But the remains of the luncheons came in very nicely.

ting the remainder of the lunches to the very l

tions. The rest by the spring refreshed even Dot. She was plucky, if she was little

fternoon and Pearl, referring to her watch, said they would surely c

ng his meals at one of the small boarding-houses nearby, that opens early. He is a great fi

le Phil to give us a hand if we need him. We'll have to air bedcloth

n," Ruth said. "Just like

use' food to eat-now I warn you! No sweet crack

ake us to his boarding-house to supper to-night-if we get there lat

spoil the broth," sighed Agnes.

s had tried her hand at the breakfast eggs was a d

defenseless egg, Aggie

residue of charred 'what is it?' in the bottom of the pan, an odor of burned grease in the kitchen-and me in hysterics! It was an

e, seriously, "and he asked to have boiled rice for supper. Mot

r liked a great, heaping bowlful when he had it, so I told th

rrie? I don't know anything about rice myself-'cepting that it's good in

so as to give it plenty of room; and when father came in just before supper time, I had the whole top of

otten so excited by that time that I begged father to go out to the washhouse and bring in t

luded Carrie, shaking her head. "

es spied something far ah

n sight of the tent colony

Pearl Harrod. "We're n

ent!" exclaimed

op of another,"

them. Look more like Indian w

Uncle Phil wrote about," said Pearl, in som

, rather worriedly. "I d

d kiss them!" laughed Pearl. "

e Gypsy camp, this particular tribe of Nomads

e two covered wagons were dilapidated, too. Gypsies usually have good horses

rass playing cards. They were smoking, and one was tipping a bl

ight by, Pearl

ee danger in the situation, or in the looks the disturbed men cast upon the un

e is the Queen of the Gypsies

hing in a strange tongue at the tents. Ruth recognized the languag

the face of the very woman in question, peering