. Betty Wales on the campus . or a fastidious 9 lo BETTT WALES family like hers. Finally she slipped on overher bathing suit the raincoat that hung onher arm, and carefully opened the front the piazza the Smallest Sister and a smallerfriend were cozily ensconced in the hammock,* talking secrets, as they explained eagerlyto Betty. But you can come and talk too/ theyassured her in a happy chorus, for Betty wasthe idol of all the little girls in the Lakesidecolony. Betty smiled at them and pulled back theraincoat to show what was underneath. Thank you, dears, but Im going for a dipwhile t
. Betty Wales on the campus . or a fastidious 9 lo BETTT WALES family like hers. Finally she slipped on overher bathing suit the raincoat that hung onher arm, and carefully opened the front the piazza the Smallest Sister and a smallerfriend were cozily ensconced in the hammock,* talking secrets, as they explained eagerlyto Betty. But you can come and talk too/ theyassured her in a happy chorus, for Betty wasthe idol of all the little girls in the Lakesidecolony. Betty smiled at them and pulled back theraincoat to show what was underneath. Thank you, dears, but Im going for a dipwhile the sun is hot. And Dorothy, dontforget that youve said that youd stay hereand see to everything till I get back. And ifmore girls come up, dont make a lot of noiseand wake mother. Good-bye. And she wasoff like the wind down the path to the beachstaircase. Half a dozen welcoming shouts greeted herfrom the sand. Weve waited ages for you, cried one. Dare you to slide down on the rail,called another. ^ 2 >. Im sorry I WAS late tO^^ \ -v. ^*v ON THE CAMPUS ii ^ No, slide down the bank, suggested athird. Betty gave her head a funny little toss,threw the raincoat down to one of them andslid, ran, jumped, and tumbled down thesheer bank, landing in a heap on a mound ofsoft sand that flew up in a dusty cloud aroundthe party. ^ Im sorry, she sputtered, wiping the dustout of her eyes. Sorry that I was late, Imean. The sand is Dons fault, because hedared me. You see, I had to mend all Willsstockings, because hes going off to-morrow ona little business trip. And then I had to seeto my fire, and remind Dorothy that she isnow in charge of mother and the house. Beatyou out to the raft, Mary. Mary Hooper shook off her share of thesand-cloud resignedly. ^ All right, shesaid. * Only of course Ive been in once al-ready, and Im rather tired. * Tired nothing, scoffed one of the Bensongirls. You paddled around the cove for fiveminutes an hour ago, poor thing ! Thats allthe exercise youve had to-day
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