Well, she'll get a pretty dressing down when she does , and Lallie gave a sigh of deepest satisfaction. Tony understands me, however dense other people may be.
Don't misunderstand me, Miss Clonmell, I beg; I only tried to lay before you a possible point of view--it may be a wholly erroneous one. But you know people of great charm have also great responsibilities, and it seems to me that sometimes--sometimes you are apt to forget how your graciousness may raise false hopes.
Hopes of what? In the name of common sense what is the man talking about? Lallie cried despairingly. Do you mean that if I kiss my hand to a boy he will promptly hope I'll kiss him in a day or two?
That's precisely what I do mean, only I shouldn't have dared to say so, Mr. Johns replied emphatically.
Oh, the boys have got far more sense than you give them credit for. Good gracious, what's that bell?
Mr. Johns hastily dragged his watch from his pocket.
Do you know it's a quarter past two and I'm due to play for the town on their ground at three.
And luncheon will all be gone, and I'm so hungry, Lallie wailed. You see it was nearly half-past one when I came in, and then Miss Foster was so disagreeable and drove us both out of the house, and we walked and walked; and now what'll we do?
I, at any rate, must fly and change. If I take a pony trap down to the ground I'll just do it.
And you've had no lunch! Oh, I am so distressed!
That doesn't matter in the least dermes , I'll snatch a biscuit and a bit of chocolate. When I'm in training I often do without lunch.
Run then, Mr. Johns; never mind me. If you sprint a bit you'll be at B. House in five minutes.
Will you not think me very rude?
Don't waste time talking--run!
The sloop had a capacious cabin, which took up so much of the available space that it was found impossible to put more than one sled on board. She could carry[55] the other supplies, however, and one passenger in addition to the boatman. Uncle Will invited his brother to be the passenger, saying that for himself he would be glad of a chance to stretch his legs on shore Neo skin lab .
Mr. Bradford therefore climbed into the boat and seated himself on a sack of rice, while the others waded into the water in their high rubber boots, and pushed the heavily laden vessel away from the beach. Then they took up their march along the water's edge, dragging their empty sleds after them.
In some places it was possible to take advantage of the snow where the ground above the beach was level and clear of trees, but for the most part it was hard travelling, the sleds apparently weighing more and more as they proceeded. Roly found himself looking around more than once, under the impression that some one for a joke had added a rock to his load, but he was always mistaken Neo skin lab .
"Whew!" he gasped, as he stopped to wipe the perspiration from his face. "If an empty sled is so hard to pull over these stones, I don't see how we are ever going to draw a loaded one."
"It's a good deal easier to draw a loaded sled on the snow-crust," said Uncle Will, encouragingly, "than it is to overcome the friction of a light weight here. To-morrow we shall be on the ice, which is even better than the crust."
"How far are we going to-day?" asked David.
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"About three miles. We shall not try to go beyond the cave."
The attention of the boys was attracted by the noise of a waterfall which they could see imperfectly through the trees. The water dashed over a perpendicular cliff about one hundred feet high, and was almost enclosed by a sparkling structure of ice.
All this while the boat was in plain view Neo skin lab , sailing on a course parallel to theirs, at a distance of half a mile. It had now outstripped them, and Uncle Will said it ought to turn in soon toward the shore. It became evident before long, however, that the craft was in trouble. She was well out from the land, but seemed to be stationary. The shore party, slowly as they moved, now steadily gained on her, and at length they could see the two occupants standing on the bow and thrusting oars or poles into the water in different places.