"But how shall we get to them?" shouted Just, instantly alive with
excitement. "Why, they're a mile away! There's no road over there, nor
any houses. They're right out in the fields."
Then the sifting snow shut down again. The three looked at one another
in the yellow glare from the automobile headlight.
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CHAPTER VI
"Don't they see our light?" Charlotte asked, eagerly.
"I think perhaps they have seen it," Doctor Churchill answered, "and
that's why they were blowing their horns. Probably some of them will
start toward us. If they're not stuck, they'll begin to drive this way.
I believe the thing to do will be for Charlotte to stay here in the
sleigh, keeping the headlight pointed just to the left of that big
tree--I noticed that was where the flash of their fire came--and for
Just and me to start across the fields. I'll turn the horses with their
backs to the wind and blanket them. Then--hold on, I've a better plan.
Let's make a fire of our own. That will insure Charlotte's keeping
warm."
"Everything's too wet," objected Just.
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