"Oh, suppose we did, and had to stay out all night?" cried Dorothy.

"We won't worry until we have to," spoke Nan.

It snowed harder and harder, and grew quite dark. Even Bert was
worried. He and Harry walked on ahead, to keep the wind and snow as
much as possible out of the faces of the girls.

"Bert, I'm sure we're lost!" cried Nan a little later. "We can't see
where we're going! Don't go on any farther."

"We can't stay here on the ice all night," objected Bert.

"Well, it is pretty dark," said Harry. "Are there any houses around
here?"

They gazed at the fast-gathering blackness all about them. They were
beginning to be very much afraid. The wind howled, and the snow came
down harder than ever.

"There's a light!" suddenly called Dorothy.

"Where?" cried all the others eagerly.

"There," answered Dorothy, pointing toward where they had last seen
the land. "Right over in those trees."

"Then let's go toward it," suggested Bert. "Maybe they can tell us
where Snow Lodge is, and if it's too far we'll stay there all night,