Chapter 16 A PICNIC

"Could I hire any of you ladies to swim for me next Tuesday?" inquired Clarice, popping out of the back door and perching on the porch railing.

It was Saturday morning. Patricia, Anne, Frances, Katharine, and Betty had washed their hair, and were strung along the sunny top steps drying it, preparatory to going to town for a wave.

"None of us