The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks

ers?" asked Gladys curiously, as Katherine came into th

and that left only one good one, so I tied that up, too, for safe-keeping and only take it out when I want to use

nd Sahwah-and Sahwah will be here pres

ered Gladys. "She goes over there almost every Saturday afternoon. I be

nely sorry for her-but they never seemed to be able to break down the barrier between them and her. They constantly stood abashed before her aristocratic airs. When the friends went together to get ice cream Veronica had a way of flinging a dollar bill down on the table and bidding the wait

gift was entirely inappropriate. So while they admired her to distraction and each one secretly hoped that V

without her," said Hinpoha, walking impatiently to the wind

a real charity case for us to look into-some old woman-and she's down at Sahwah's house now and we shou

said Kather

?" asked Gladys. "Won't it

en," said Katherine, jabbing he

come, girls," she said, "but I knew you would. Come right upstairs. In here," she said, pausin

shout. "Migwan! My Migwan! When did you come? We thought you weren't coming f

ly, until Gladys remembered her manners. "This is our Katherine," she said, drawing her forwa

the bed beside her with her arm locked in hers, and talking to her as if she had known he

Migwan had to explain how she got through with her work at college two days earlier than she had expected and came home to surprise them. She went to see Sahwah first and Sahwah worked the little stratagem which brought them all down to her house in such a hurry. Each one insisted upon Migwan's going h

he snow comes in a little," said Hinpoha r

hers. "When did the Winnebagos ever ba

he ladder in his excitement and sprained all the portions of his anatomy that

laster and he had been comfortably settled on a pile of bearskins brought down from the bed upstairs. "B

lay the banjo,

on the floor. Sometimes he got his tunes or his time so badly mixed that it was impossible to dance and then the Captain would make him sing and beat time with a hatchet on the floor. Finally Nyoda took pity on him and took over the banjo, producing such

igwan was invited to share them all and chose the bearskins. Katherine had brought a couch hammock, which she declared surpassed them all in comfort. The rest of the girls played John Kempo for the privilege of sleeping with Nyoda, and Veronica got it, and the other two spread their blankets on mattresses on the floor. The fireplace was filled with glowing hard coals, which would keep al

of a cold hand on her face. "Wha

gure standing beside her. "D

yoda, still in a low tone of voice,

ago and felt around for her and she wasn't there. I c

were sound asleep in their beds; Sahwah's clothes lay on a chair, but there was no sign

re?" No answer. All was dark and silent below. When it was evident that S

here was a great uproar when Sahwah's disappearance became known

her bed, Nyoda?" asked Hinpoha anxi

en she gets excited. She's probably gotten out of the barn and is wandering around somewhere and we must find her and bring her in without delay. This is alt

e and there was not a footprint to be seen. They spent some time looking all around the barn and up on the roof and then concluded that she must have gone down the drive, b

Nyoda anxiously after a fruitl

uld have climbed a t

ked Katherine, and they all had t

sleep. You haven't known her as long as we have. Once in camp she climbed to the top of th

ear nothing. "When that breath of wind came in this direction I thought I heard it," said Nyoda. "There it is, again." This t

he red cloak flying out in the breeze. She held her mouth organ to her lips, and the drawing of her breath in and out of it was producing the strains of music which the girls had followed. As they suspected, she was sound asleep. They hurried forward to waken Sahwah, and she turned around and faced them. Her eyes were wide open in the moonlight. A moment she looked at them and then turned suddenly and swung herself onto Sandhelo's back. At her touch on his bridle Sandhelo started and then began running down the road as fast as he could. Sahwah woke up, gave one shriek of fright, and then mechanically dug her

had brought with her. And they made Sahwah run every step of the way back to the

e night to insure her being there in the morning. They had just gotten quieted down

but to all inquirers they stoutly maintained that