Part 3 (2/2)
”'Love's Triumph,'” corrected Bess, ”and it's the prettiest piece out this summer Cora plays it beautifully”
”It is pretty,” confir as you are bent on a ro,” and she slipped the strap of her guitar case over her arm as they started off
Jack took his banjo He, too, liked the new su it as well as they could, but it took tuned strings to give it the correct interpretation
It was delightful on the water The s The tide was slowly receding, and as the party glided along, little ht-tipped waves see, Bess and Belle were hu sounds” that could scarcely be classified, and Ed was content to run the motor
”Now, isn't that pretty?” asked Belle of Ed, as Cora and Jack finished the popular piece
”Very catchy,” replied the young iven it a twist of her own,” said Jack; ”the end goes this way,” and he correctly played a few bars, ”while Cora likes it thusly,” and he played a strain or two ht on the baby waves? was it theindefinable that so awakened the sentiay motorists?
For some moments no one spoke; then Jack broke the spell with a lively fandango, played in solo
”This seeh, ”Do you think it was all right to leave the cottage alone?”
”Now, Tinkle,” and Walter moved as if to take her hand, ”haven't we assured you that the cottage expressly desired to be left alone to-night, and that we felloanted your company?”
It was a pretty speech for Walter, and was not lost on the sensitive Belle
”How about sand bars, Ed?” asked Jack ”Might we run onto one?”
”We etting away We had better veer toward the shore”
”Oh! is there danger?” asked Belle, immediately alarmed
”Not much,” replied Ed, ”but ouldn't like to walk ho the wheel so that the launch al startled the toward the wheel ”That was ground, Ed!”
”Sounded a lot like it, but we can push off Get that oar there, Walter; get the other and----”
The launch gave a jerk and then stopped!
”Oh! what is it?” asked Bess and Belle in one voice
”Nothing serious,” Cora assured theone out so quickly that it has left us on a sand bar I guess the boys can push off They kno to handle oars”
But this ti of oars would not move the launch
Ed ran the motor at full speed ahead and reversed, but the boat remained on the bar, which now, as the tide rapidly lowered, could be plainly seen in the ht
”What next?” asked Cora coolly