peremptory order. Just then a shout was heard to the rear of them. A
man came running toward them.

"Hey, there!" he called. The girls halted. "Are you the Meadow-Brook
Gals?"

"Yes, sir," answered Miss Elting, brightly.

"Well, I'm mighty glad to know about it. 'Pears as if you didn't know
where you was going."

"And who are you, sir?" demanded the guardian.

"I'm the guide, Janus Grubb."

"Will you listen to the man!" chuckled Jane.

Harriet nodded with satisfaction.

"Janus Grubb? Why, sir, I don't understand. We have already met Mr.
Grubb," cried Miss Elting.

"Somebody is crazy," muttered Jane, "I think the man with the green
goggles is the lunatic."

"Show me the man who said he was myself," roared the newcomer.

Miss Elting turned to point out the man who had been piloting them
along the platform. She uttered a little exclamation. The man with
the goggles was nowhere in sight. "Why, where did Mr. Grubb go?" she