"That's too ridiculous," cried he.

"Why, I wouldn't have missed this adventure for anything in the world." His manner was convincing enough, but she did not give in until moonrise came without her having thought of any other plan.

He was to be Bob Peters, she his sister Kate, and they were to hail from a farm in the Kentucky hills back of Milton.

They practiced the dialect of the region and found that they could talk it well enough to pass the test of a few sentences They packed the fishing bag; she wrapped the two eggs in paper and put them in the empty milk bottle.

They descended by the path--a slow journey in the darkness of that side of the rock, as there were many dangers, including the danger of making a noise that might be heard by some restless person at the house.