“I hope,” remarked Mrs. Hilton apprehensively, “that you girls didn’t write home and say that you were being starved here, did you?”
“Oh no!” replied Marjorie, with assurance. “We just said we wanted a party.”
“And you certainly got it!” laughed Mr. Hilton.
“Does anybody feel like dancing?” asked Bob, after almost everyone had finished eating.
“Yes—always!” answered Doris, without the slightest hesitation.
The party moved into the front room now, and soon everyone was stepping to the music the old talking-machine was playing. Marjorie looked about the room and saw that everybody was taking part in the gaiety; even Kirk Smith, who was dancing with Daisy, seemed to be enjoying himself.
The party lasted until nearly eleven o’clock, when Lily suggested that they wind it up with the latest scout song. Gathering into a close circle, the eight girls put their heads together and sang:
“There are Girl Scouts in the cities,
There are Girl Scouts East and West;
But of all the scouts in khaki,