behind him. Just after them danced Mollie, who was followed by Miss Sallie. The latter had deserted her novel at th

Rope Floated Do

ood it was easy to see what had happened. An aerial nav

hung beneath the great balloon. The big guide seized hold of one; his wife g

alled out in tones of intense alarm. "You wi

ath. "There's no danger now. Don

or. The great balloon above their heads was shrinking. It was growing s

slug," cried Mollie, "now that

older of the two was bowing politely to Miss Sallie and wiping his glasses. Landing from a balloon on top of a mountain was apparently an ordinary

ce. We were, I think, in rather a dangerous position and we might very easily have been killed. At best, in trying to alight without help, I should have

e wore a close fitting tan costume,

mmensely clever of you," he spoke, with a slightly foreign accent, "to have helped us out of our difficulty. Tying us to the tree, w

e looked about twenty-three or four years old. He was thin and dark, with clever eyes;

but my nephew and I spend most of our time, both summer and winter in Lenox.

t was a handsome, middle-aged woman doing on top of a mountain? Why were her

r our part in your rescue! We were delighted to assist in such a novel and up-to-date adventure." Miss Sallie looked smilingly at Mollie and Barbara. She was

cago. My niece and I, and three girl friends, are the entire camping party, except for

onder if you will take care of my balloon for me until my nephew can get down the hill to send a wagon up for it. That very inferior looking obj

h enthusiasm. Mollie, watching him, thought he looked almost handsome. Nevertheless she didn't like Reginald Latham. Bab, however, was delighted. She had a thirs

t, we might carry it to the house in our small express wagon. We could each

ham, Reginald Latham, Naki and Ceally, each supported a corner of the balloon, while Bab solem

at the door of their cabin, transfixed with su

ra. She had forgotten the strangers when she saw the amazed faces of Ruth and Grace

orses, and will bring up his wagon to take your balloon home for you. You really must explain matters to my niece and her friend, Miss Carter, or

m. "I feel so certain I have run across a party of fairies tha

ghed Barbara, "Mollie and I thought you we

bring these young ladies to see my place in Lenox. Reginald and I promise not to talk airships incessantly. But, if you refuse to d

ssing, Mollie announced unexpectedly:

er, who was Mr. Latham's younger brother, is dead. I think Reginald is his uncle's heir. He told me he and his uncle mean to devote

f his age. I don't like him even if he is ever so clever, and though his uncle is a dear. Girls, if I tell

no choice, Molli

what I suddenly thought, when Bab and I saw that great white object come sailing over our he

in spite of her promise. "Oh, y

inquired the puzzled Ruth. "The Gre

always thought 'the great white also' was some strange kind of animal. For a long time I wondered and wondered what it could be. Finally I asked mother and Bab to explain the sentence to me. Of course they thought it a lovely joke; but, just the same,

the bedroom door in her dressing gown. "You will waken the dead with your