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"Every minute counts!" remarked practical Betty. Yet she knew better than to worry her friends. The glow faded, and again the girls advanced. From the fields came the lowing of the cows, as they waited impatiently for the bars of the pastures to be let down. A herd of sheep was driven along the road, raising a cloud of dust. EVERY MINUTE COUNTS REMARKED PRACTICAL BETTY YET SHE KNEW BETTER THAN TO WORRY HER FRIENDS THE GLOW FADED AND AGAIN THE GIRLS ADVANCED FROM THE FIELDS CAME THE LOWING OF THE COWS AS THEY WAITED IMPATIENTLY FOR THE BARS OF THE PASTURE TO BE LET DOWN A HERD OF SHEEP WAS DRIVEN ALONG THE ROAD RAISING A CLOUD OF DUST
etty, firmly. "Of course we can do it. Why, even with going out of our way as we did, we won't have covered more than eighteen miles to-day. And we set twenty as an average." "But this is the first day," said Mollie. "We can--we _must_ get to Rockford to-night," insisted Betty. Rather hopelessly they tramped on. The sun seemed to sink with surprising rapidity after getting to a certain point in the western sky. "It's dropping faster and faster all the while!" cried Amy, as they watched it from a crest of the road. "Never mind--June evenings are the longest of the year," consoled Betty. They hurried on. The sun sank to its nightly rest amid a bed of golden, green, purple, pink and olive clouds, and there followed a glorious maze of colors that reached high up toward zenith. "Girls, we simply must stop and admire this--if it's only for a minute!" exclaimed Grace. "Isn't that wonderful!" and she pointed a slender hand, beautified by exquisitely kept nails, toward the gorgeous sky picture.  TRAGIC AIR WE CAN NEVER DO IT WE MUST DECLARED BETTY FIRMLY OF COURSE WE CAN DO IT WHY EVEN WITH GOING OUT OF OUR WAY AS WE DID WE WON'T HAVE COVERED MORE THAN EIGHTEEN MILES TO DAY AND WE SET TWENTY AS AN AVERAGE BUT THIS IS THE FIRST DAY SAID MOLLY WE CAN WE MUST GET TO ROCHFORD TO NIGHT INSISTED BETTY RATHER HOPELESSLY THEY TRAMPED ON THE SUN SEEMED TO SINK WITH A SURPRISING RAPIDITY AFTER GOING TO A CERTAIN POINT IN THE WESTERN SKY IT'S DROPPING FASTER AND FASTER ALL THE WHILE CRIED AMY AS THEY WATCHED IT FROM A CREST OF THE ROAD NEVER MIND JUNE EVENINGS ARE THE LONGEST OF THE YEAR CONSOLED BETTY THEY HURRIED ON THE SUN SANK TO ITS NIGHTLY REST AMID A BED OF GOLDEN GREEN PURPLE PINK AND OLIVE CLOUDS AND THERE FOLLOWED A GLORIOUS MAZE OF COLORS THAT REACHED HIGH UP TOWARD THE ZENITH GIRLS WE SIMPLY MUST STOP AND ADMIRE THIS IF IT'S ONLY FOR A MINUTE EXCLAIMED GRACE ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL AND SHE POINTED A SLENDER HAND BEAUTIFIED BY EXQUISITELY KEPT NAILS TOWARD A GORGEOUS SKY PICTURE
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