"She jumped on me," answered Patricia. "I don't know what for, but she
knocked the breath right out of me."
"You are the new girls, are you not?" asked the guardian, turning abruptly
to Harriet and Grace.
"Yes, we are the Meadow-Brook Girls," answered Harriet.
"What appears to be the trouble?"
"Something startled my friend. What was it, Grace, dear?"
"Thome--thomething growled perfectly awful. It wath right by the head of
my bed. It thounded like a wild animal," explained Grace wide-eyed. "Yeth,
and I could hear it'th teeth thnap. It wath going to bite me."
"Nonsense, child. You were dreaming. Did you have a late supper?"
"We ate supper, after midnight," explained Harriet.
"That accounts for it. Get back into bed, at once, girls. I am Miss
Partridge, your guardian."
"I am Harriet Burrell. This is Grace Thompson," introduced Harriet, as she
slipped back into her cot.
"Now that I understand I shall not be alarmed again," said the guardian.
"I trust you will be quiet, Miss Thompson. Remember you are disturbing
others when you permit yourself to raise your voice."
"Yeth'm," answered Tommy. The guardian tucked her into bed, then left the
tent.
"Don't you dare to jump on me again," warned Cora in a low voice.
"She didn't mean to," answered Harriet.
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