hand, which had been divested of its glove. "Wasn't it dreadful?"

"Very," sighed Cecilia. "And my poor little machine! Jack, how
can I ever - "

"You can never," he insisted with a wink. "I never saw such a
rambunctious ram. Didn't he ramify, though?"

"What in the world was it?" asked Cecilia. She was sitting on the
grass and seemed almost prepared to laugh. "I thought I must be
seeing things. Then I - "

"Felt things," said Jack. "That's the regular course of the
disease. Here come the others. Hello, Daisy has the veil tied
up, and Maud is limping."

"What happened to them?" asked Cecilia.

"Same thing that happened to you," replied Jack. "The ram. That
was the most happening thing I have seen in some time."

Maud was limping, and had Ed's arm. Daisy kept her hand to her
face, and she clung to Walter. Hazel flashed a meaning look to
Cora. The girls might not be very badly injured, but they needed
help - that sort of help.

"Well!" exclaimed Cora. "You look as if something did happen."

"Oh, I'm all scratched," fluttered Daisy. "That is, my face feels
like a grater." She took her handkerchief from the abused face.