Instead she seemed to be lying on fragrant air. Jane
uttered a little cry of delight.
"How do you like it?" chuckled Harriet.
"Oh, girls this is simply great. I could just die on this bed."
"Please don't. I want to sleep on it to-night," answered Harriet
laughingly. "I didn't make it for you to pass your last moments on. I made
it to sleep on and I propose to have a real sleep there this very night."
However, as a matter of fact, Harriet Burrell was not destined to enjoy
her night's rest on the bed of pine boughs.
On the contrary she was destined to pass a most miserable night, in this
her first sleep in the open.
CHAPTER XXII
SLUMBERS RUDELY DISTURBED
"Miss Burrell, are you going to sleep outside to-night?" It was the first
time Patricia Scott had addressed Harriet in some days.
"Yes, if the weather remains clear," returned Harriet.
"I should like to occupy the other cot in your tent. I wish to be near my
friend."
It will be remembered that since the night of the storm, Harriet had been
sleeping in a small A tent, in which there were but two cots--one of them
occupied by Cora.
"You may occupy it as long as you wish, Miss Scott," replied Harriet
cordially. "I shall be out here for five nights at least and perhaps
longer unless a storm should come up.
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