You see, I am just as anxious to play this trick as the rest of you girls." Harriet laughed merrily at the prospect of the coming fun, then stepped out into the rowboat that Hazel had pulled close to the stern of the houseboat.

A few moments later Hazel left her companion on the west bank at the lower end of the little stream.

Harriet slipped away through the bushes almost noiselessly.

If everything worked smoothly the Tramp Club were to receive an overwhelming surprise..