I think they must mellow occasionally into fun and jollity and wholesome nonsense . Well , I 'm off to the shore . I want to get that photograph of the Cove this evening , if possible . I 've set my heart on taking first prize at the Amateur Photographers ' Exhibition this fall , and if I can only get that Cove with all its beautiful lights and shadows , it will be the gem of my collection . '' Pauline , on her return from the shore , reached the beech lane just as the Embree cows were swinging down it . Behind them came a tall , brown-haired , brown-faced girl in a neat print dress . Her hat was hung over her arm , and the low evening sunlight shone redly over her smooth glossy head . She carried herself with a pretty dignity , but when her eyes met Pauline 's , she looked as if she would smile on the slightest provocation . Pauline promptly gave her the provocation . `` Good evening , Miss Cameron , '' she called blithely . `` Wo n't you please stop a few moments and look me over ? I want to see if you think me a likely person for a summer chum . '' Ada Cameron did more than smile . She laughed outright and went over to the fence where Pauline was sitting on a stump . She looked down into the merry black eyes of the town girl she had been half envying for a week and said humorously : `` Yes , I think you very likely , indeed . But it takes two to make a friendship -- like a bargain . If I 'm one , you 'll have to be the other . '' `` I 'm the other . Shake , '' said Pauline , holding out her hand . That was the beginning of a friendship that made poor Mrs. Wallace groan outwardly as well as inwardly .
Pauline and Ada found that they liked each other even more than they had expected XXXXX .
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