“Where do the ships land?” was readily answered “Beech,” and “What is the dandified tree?” was “Spruce.”
Delight had an easy one. She was asked, “What tree is most warmly clad?” and she said, “Fir” at once.
Other questions were asked, some were missed, and some answered correctly, and then King covered himself with glory by replying “Peach” to “What is the tell-tale tree?”
Nearer and nearer Marjorie’s turn came.
At last, Mr. Abercrombie looked at her and said, “What is the historian’s tree?”
Marjorie breathed a sigh of relief. She was safe for this round, anyway, and she said, “Date,” with a smiling face. Then she listened, as the questions went round again.
Many missed this time, and it was a second scoring for some.
Again Marjorie had good luck.
“What tree is found in a bottle?” was the question.
She hesitated a moment, for she had hazy visions of tiny trees growing in bottles, then her wits returned like a flash, and she said, “Cork,” which was right.