“Don’t use up all your resources the first day,” warned Miss Helen. “There is still novelty in eating out-of-doors on the verandah, and in living in a tent. Wait till those things begin to pall upon you.”
“There is the excursion to the mountain; we must take that while the weather is good.”
“But I would not undertake it right away. Remember you have several weeks to employ; I should scatter the novelties at due distances along the way.”
Acting upon this advice they restrained their ardor and spent the remainder of the day in reverse order; those who had devoted the morning to the lake, spending the afternoon in the woods and vice versa, so that it was a tired lot of girls who were very ready for bed when nine o’clock came. Mrs. Corner and Miss Helen had been wise enough not to overfatigue themselves and had simply rested after their tiring journey of the day before.
“Those are two right nice girls who were with us this morning,” Nan told Mary Lee as they were on their way to the tents.
“And I liked those who were with us this afternoon,” returned Mary Lee.
Nan laughed. “So we shall not want for company if we get mad with one another. There will be no flocking by one’s self and sulking this trip. There is just a pleasant number in the camp. We can become acquainted with them all, and yet there are enough of us to feel perfectly independent if we want to go by ourselves. How did you get along with your paddling?”
“Only fairly well,” returned Mary Lee somewhat dubiously. “I suppose one can’t expect perfection at first. Daniella took to it like a duck. She always does such things well.”
“She is in her element, and doesn’t she look great in this rough costume?”
“Yes, you see she was born a maid of the woods. She is never much of a talker, but any one can see how happy she is.”