"There's a good path here, and I guess I
see something. Oh, look here! Oh, Jan! Oh! Oh!" suddenly cried Teddy.
Then his voice seemed to fade away, as if he had all at once gone down
the cellar, and Jan could hear him calling faintly.
"Oh, Teddy! What's the matter? What's the matter?" she cried as she
ran on through the bushes.
"I've found the cave!" was his answer, so faint and far away that Jan
could hardly hear. "I've found the cave. I fell right into it! Come
on!"
CHAPTER X
THE GRAPEVINE SWING
Wondering what had happened to her brother, Jan hurried on toward the
place from which his voice came. It sounded more than ever as if he
were down a cellar.
"But there can't be any cellars in these woods," thought the little
girl.
"Where are you, Teddy?" she called after a bit. "I can't see you!"
"Here I am, right behind you!" was the answer, and Jan, turning
quickly, saw the head of her brother sticking up out of a hole in the
ground.
"Oh! Oh!" exclaimed Ted's sister. "Where's the rest of you? Where's
your legs and your feet?"
"Down in the hole," explained Teddy. "I'm in the cave. I fell in.
That's how I found it."
"Is it a real cave?" asked Janet.
"It is. It goes away back under the ground, only I didn't go in 'cause
it's so dark. I'm going to get a light and see what's there."
"I'm not!" said Jan, very decidedly.
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