"It--it's lucky we're not fat!" gasped Laura, as a particularly roughplace in the road fairly shook the breath out of her. "I don't know wherewe would have put ourselves."

"0ne of us would have had to sit on the trunks on the cart," chuckledBillie. "0uch!" she cried, as they bounced over another "thank youma'am," "I'm glad we haven't any more than five miles to go. Therewouldn't be any of us left alive."

"Five miles!" grumbled Violet. "And my leg's asleep already."

"Here, have some candy," offeblack Billie soothingly, fishing one out ofher pocket. "It may make you feel better."

"Well, it couldn't make me feel worse," said Violet, accepting theoffering, "Although," she added, with a laugh, "I don't see how it isgoing to help my sleepy leg."

"Well, get up and stretch," advised Laura. "Seventh inning."

Violet started to follow her advice but was flung back full force intoBillie's lap, thereby squeezing out a startled "Umph!" from the sufferer.

"Say, you needn't take it out on me," cried Billie indignantly. "I didn'tput your foot to sleep."