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`` Nor I , '' agreed Tom . `` To have women at work in the fields makes it appear as though the men are too lazy . '' The sight on shore was not interesting enough to claim long attention , so the young canoeists proceeded on their way . At a little after four o'clock , however , they were back at the landing . Not long after , eight young women were sighted riding along in a farm wagon , while Dr. and Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Meade strolled down one of the paths . The wagon reached the pier first , just as a launch in charge of one of the hotel employs came puffing out of a boathouse near by . `` Come here , boys , and help us unload the wagon , '' called Susie Sharp .