"
"Oh, I did not," protested Amy, flushing indignantly, but here Mollie
and Betty stepped laughingly into the fray and peremptorily put an end
to it.
"Let's not fight about it," said Betty, when she could make herself
heard. "We don't care whether Amy snored or not. What we want to know
is this: Who is coming with us for a look at the falls?"
"Now you're talking, Little Captain," said Mollie approvingly. "All in
favor please say Aye."
Amy still showed some inclination to hold back, but Mollie and Betty
each took an arm and hurried her willy-nilly with them into the woods.
"You had better take the lead, Mollie," Betty suggested after they had
gone some little distance along the path. "I can manage Amy alone now,
I guess. She seems pretty well tamed."
"Tamed, but scared to death," Amy came back, with a wry smile.
"Really, Betty," she turned to look at the Little Captain closely,
"aren't you the least little bit nervous about what happened last
night?"
"No, I don't think I am now," said Betty, adding candidly, "I must say
I was last night though-- just frightened to death.
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