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We must look for a high place to spread this waterproof sheet
I have brought along, then nestle down and keep still. The birds will see
us going in, but if we make ourselves inconspicuous, they will soon forget
us. Have you the score?"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Minturn. "Go ahead!"
Leslie had not expected Mrs. Minturn's calm tones and placid acceptance of
the swamp. The girl sent one searching look the woman's way, then came
enlightenment. This was a stunt. Mrs. Minturn had been doing stunts in the
hope of new sensations all her life. What others could do, she could, if
she chose; in this instance she chose to penetrate a tamarack swamp at six
o'clock in the morning, to listen to the notes of a bird.
"I'll select the highest places and go as nearly where we were as I can,"
said Leslie. "If you step in my tracks you'll be all right."
"Why, you're not afraid, are you?" asked Mrs. Minturn.
"Not in the least," said Leslie. "Are you?"
"No!" said Mrs. Minturn. "One strikes almost everything motoring through
the country, in the mountains or at sea, and travelling.


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