Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp. Roy Lillian Elizabeth

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      While the water was heating, Mrs. Vernon showed the girls how to hitch and unhitch Hepsy. If either one needed to do it, she would understand just where all the pieces of harness fitted in. Hepsy was now given a drink and some oats, and turned out to graze about the plateau.

      With five pairs of hands, the clearing away of the dishes did not take long. As they worked, the Captain planned the carpentry work.

      “Don’t you think we ought to repair the old hut first?” asked she. “You see, we need some sort of protection for our dry groceries and other things.”

      “Well, we can do that to-day, and begin on Hepsy’s shed in the morning,” suggested Julie.

      “I doubt if we can complete all the work to be done on the old place in this afternoon’s few hours,” returned Mrs. Vernon.

      “It doesn’t look as if it would take more than two hours at most,” argued Joan.

      “We’ll begin now and then you can find out for yourselves,” the Captain said in reply.

      All the tools they had brought were now unpacked and placed ready for use. Mrs. Vernon then said: “Now we must weed up all the stubble and wild-growth that has filled the interior of the hut. We may find the floor beams good enough to use again when the undergrowth is cleared away.”