CHAPTER XVIII
BREAKING CAMP
There were but a few days left of camp life. Hartley must return to Harvard, Effie would enter upon her last year at the Wadsworth school where Daniella, too, would go. Ran would go back to his law school, Ashby to the university, Jo was looking forward with some misgivings to her first year at college, but was so rejoiced that Nan was to be one of her classmates that she averred it took away half her dread. Mary Lee and the twins would return to Miss Cameron, and on the way home the Corners would stop for a day at Cousin Maria Hooper’s.
“We must do something to celebrate,” declared the boys.
“What shall it be?” asked Ran. “We might send off fireworks on the lake.”
“That would be one thing if we could get them in time,” Hartley fell in with this.
“No doubt Al Davis has some left over from his Fourth of July stock; we’ll see,” Ran rejoined.
“We might have a regular breaking camp the way the darkies do at camp-meeting,” suggested Mary Lee.
“We could do that,” agreed the others.
“Let’s arrange a programme,” proposed Ashby, taking out his note-book and pencil.