"You are a naughty girl," said her sister, taking possession of her.
"You might have been run over, or something dreadful."
"I didn't det run over," Carie insisted indignantly.
"Well, say good-by, and 'thank you for taking care of me.' We are all
very much obliged to you," Louise added, turning to the stranger.
Carie held up her mouth for a kiss, and then allowed herself to be led
away.
"At any rate I know their name is Hazeltine," said Carie's friend to
herself.
The culprit was soon in a fair way to think she had done something
very funny and interesting, people made such a fuss over her, so Aunt
Zelie carried her off to be solemnly reproved.
"I suppose you are going to the party to-morrow, aren't you?" asked
Elsie Morris, a neighbor and friend, who had been helping in the
search.
"Of course," answered Bess. "I am glad you came home in time, Elsie;
Aleck is going to stay in and go with us."
"There are to be fireworks and lanterns and all sorts of things,"
observed Aleck, who lay at his ease in the hammock.
"Yes, I know," said Elsie, "and everybody is to have a--I don't know
what you call it--something to remember the party by. Annie May told
me herself."
"How nice! It will be almost like Christmas," said Louise.
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