Part 19 (1/2)
”Oh,to upset”
”No, we're not!” declared Allen, as he loosed the halyards, letting the sail couess we'll have to abandon the _Spider,”_ he went on, ”and tramp it The snow is too heavy We ood walkers,” observed Frank
”Which is a blessing,” spoke Will ”Out of the _Spider_ into the--frying-pan Don't you ask me to carry you, Sis,” and he looked at his sister
”No danger!” she retorted, haughtily
The stor steadily, had so far lessened in severity that the shores of the river could be es of trees
”We'll just run the _Spider_ over to shore,” said Allen, ”and leave it there We can come for it to-morrow, or whenever the storm lets up”
”What about the blankets and robes?” asked Will
”Take the They irls and boys climbed out of the boat, loaded themselves with the wraps after the craft had been tied close to shore, and started off down the river
”What were you going to say about the blankets and robes?” asked Will, when he got a chance to speak to Allen alone ”Was it that we et back to caood chance?”
”Not extra good--to-night Of course we'll get there to-irls have to stay out all night Perhaps they won't, but if they do we can make a shelter of the robes and blankets”
”That's so,” agreed Will
On they traed their steps and the windof the heavy blankets an additional burden But no one murmured
They kept to the river, and thus were assured of a straight road to caer was that they were quite a distance fro stor since it had passed from the class of a mere squall, in which it see the sandwiches we left?” asked Grace, when they had gone on for perhaps a mile
”I did, and your chocolates, too,” said Allen ”Will you have them now?”
”Divide the candy up,” said Grace ”They say that persons lost in the snowy Alps eat chocolate”
”You eat it--lost or not,” laughed Will ”But pass it around, Allen”
There was a sandwich each, and also a few pieces of candy for each one, as Allen divided the of the bread, y into theed on in better heart now
”But we're still a good way from camp,” said Allen, as he peered as best he could at the landmarks on the shore ”It will take us another hour”
”And it will be dark then,” said Amy in a low voice
”Never ht, and we can't ht”