"Oh, 'cause I think it would be nice to have a celebration, and you can't celebrate without a hero."
"Do you call Pocahontas a hero?" asked King, quizzically.
"Well, she's a heroine,—it's all the same. When do you s'pose her birthday was, Father?"
"I've no idea, Midget; and Cousin Jack hasn't, either. But if you want to celebrate her, you can choose any day. You see, it isn't like a birthday that's celebrated every year, Washington's, Lincoln's, or yours. If you're just going to celebrate once, you can take one day as well as another."
"Oh, can I, Father? Then, we'll have it next week. I'll choose August first,—that's a nice day."
"What's it all about, Midge?" asked King.
"Oh, nothing; only I took a notion for a celebration. We had such good times on Fourth of July and on my birthday, I want another birthday."
"I think it's a good idea to choose some uncelebrated person like Pocahontas," said Mrs. Maynard; "for if you don't celebrate her I doubt if anybody ever will."
"And you see we can have it all sort of Indian," went on Midget. "You know we've a good many Indian baskets and beads and things,—and, Father, couldn't you build us a wigwam?"
"Oh, yes, a whole reservation, if you like."