“I think you girls would better get into your clothes,” said Nan, “and then we can consult mother and Aunt Helen about the boys coming before we say anything to Miss Marshall about it. What did Effie say, Daniella?”
“She said she did so wish she could have a few weeks here with us and that she and Hartley were tired of the seashore and did I know of any camp for masculines in the neighborhood? If so she and Hartley could come together even if they stayed at different places.”
“Then we can certainly count on them. Let me see, two would be cousins and two would be friends, so there should be no objections and it certainly would made it livelier.”
There was a consultation in Mrs. Corner’s cabin and then a committee was deputized to go to Miss Marshall, Miss Helen consenting to head the investigating party. The upshot of the matter was that Miss Marshall readily gave her consent to the boys’ coming. “We often have men in September,” she said, “when other members of their families are already here, though we never take in any who do not belong in a way to those who are here. If Miss Glenn comes, surely her brother may too, while your cousins will, of course, be quite as acceptable. As for Dr. Woods, though he is not exactly a relative——”
“He is the next thing to it,” declared Mary Lee, “for he is just like a brother.”
“And it would be very handy to have such a good doctor in camp,” observed Jack.
Miss Marshall laughed. “Let us hope his services will not be required, but we certainly will welcome him on your recommendation.”
So there was a speedy sending forth of letters and when it was announced that the camp’s number would probably be augmented by three or four young men it must be confessed that those who had determined to go elsewhere were a little regretful.
“You might have told us they were coming,” said Florence Yardley.
“We don’t know yet that they are,” Nan told her; “besides their coming depends on the going of you all, you see.”