Well, I felt more excited than ever, and a little bit frightened--just a very, very, tiny, little bit, you know, and I teased Ethel to go to the cone.

Well, the stranger kept in sight all the time, you know, and I _felt_ his eyes on me--I really _felt_ them.

So, you know, when we got at the foot of the cone, I was so excited that I was really quite beside myself, and I teased and teased, till at last Ethel consented to go up.

So the men took us up on chairs, and all the time the stranger was in sight.

He walked up by himself with great, big, long, strong strides.