"I'm hungry. I
want my supper, breakfast and luncheon all in one. You forget that I
am a drowned person."
"We are not likely to forget it," answered the guardian, smiling
faintly. "Yes, we will carry our equipment in. Jane, suppose we break
it into smaller packs, so it can be the more easily carried. I think
we are all ready for a good meal, and that is what we are going to
have very shortly now. You know you always get good meals at Wau-Wau."
"Wau-Wau!" exclaimed the Meadow-Brook Girls in chorus.
"Why, Wau-Wau is in the Pocono Woods," said Harriet. "We are a long
way from there, aren't we?"
"Oh, yes, yes!" The guardian flushed guiltily. "I spoke without
thinking."
No one except Harriet and Tommy gave any special heed to the final
words of the guardian. The others were busy getting ready to move.
They were in something of a hurry for their luncheon. Packs were
divided up among them. Harriet insisted upon carrying one end of the
trunk with Jane, in addition to the pack she had slung over her
shoulder. They finally started down a narrow path that led on down to
the shore, leaving some of their equipment behind to be brought later
on in the afternoon. As they neared the shore the boom of the surf
grew louder and louder.
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