The Merryweathers
and tents; hammocks swung between the trees, fishing-rods ranged along the sides of the building. This was the Camp. As the wagons drove up, Mrs. Merryweather hurried from the house, and Mr
,' SAID BELL; '
No? that is good! Well, but you must be hungry, I am sure. There ar
cannot be hungry at three o'clock. Dined at Wayport, Ferrer
Where is Bell, Mammy? Oh, there she is! Bell, he
eneral aspect of a snow apple, greeted the guests with
ou want to come out to your tent? Here, I'll take your bag, Margaret
king eagerly. A row of flagstones led past the boat-house, and on under solem
this big one; we are three, you see. Yours
w perfect everything is! Oh, what ducky beds! the red blankets are just li
ance showed her how compactly and conveniently everything was arranged. The narrow cots, with their scarlet blankets and blue check pillows, stood on either side; between them was a table, with blotter of birch bark, and an inkstand made by hollowing out a quaintly shaped piece
be happy!" said Margaret,
overed, or the squirrels will carry them off. I hope you will not mind a squirrel coming in now and then? th
ame squirrels. Ours at home will come an
t now and then, just to show me how they are growing. There, now, we go on chattering, when I know you ought to rest awhile, and unpack and stow away. It takes quite a b
slip that led to the floating wharf, and sat
" said Gertr
said Bel
hem? Isn't she lovely?
ere it is; not in the features, certainly, nor in the coloring. I think it is in the brow and eyes; a kind of noble look; I don't know how else to put it. You wouldn't say an
anyhow, it is a joy to have them here, and dear Colonel Ferrers, to
e or four inches above the six-foot Merryweathers, he still kept his boyish slenderness and spring, though the awkward angles were somehow softened away. He no longer stooped and shambled, but held his
asked Gerald; "o
just beginning to plan the eveni
they had passed one and twenty-stretched them
ald. "Prose will not express
e brain is
fire is g
ain b
the
he moonlight'
guson. Go on; t
said Phil. "We
gree with
s fire is
u wou
ing I'
'll go a s
l take them a day or two to get used to camp ways, Margaret at least; and we want t
he song upraise, Tintinnabula! no es
Bell, laughing. "I refuse to be fe
orbear your
this hasty
k, wit
wise an
moonlight
urn, T
u know I cannot, Bell. Besides
re telling, and you know what happens to
l, yodel
r, stutter
hen y
ll no
u're only
uld? It's really a dreadful thing to be the only prose member of a large
said Jack. "Never cou
c!" said Gertrude. "That is t
s one of the many delightful things
t it up for
ows and pleas
age! Compliment, unless paid to mysel
eplied the oth
cial stunts in the
It's our turn to get supper, isn't it? and I have an idea-just
it, guard i
idea-thy
Ger
while, cons
the last
seized him by the shoulders, an
e bard, the
thy soul
truth, I o
hy tearfu
!" said Bell. "You
rs I would have dried. Tears, idle tears, I know not whence
d Jack, dipping Gerald's
!" proclaimed Phil. "Law
fire!" said Bell, rising. "Leave him t
to me conscienc
le me with s
sy! hear it
had followed the others to the house, leaving the two Reds, as their mother c
. "Nice little red-haired, cream-colored, comfortable sister! If I were as good-looking
, Je
you think
, she is a
ed Gerald. "Th