“This is a regular snow palace,” cried Andy. “Let us stick a flag on the top.”
“I don’t see how you are going to get it up there,” returned Jack. “If you climb up, now the windows are cut out, you’ll cave in the roof.”
“I’ll be careful,” said Andy, and ran off to get a small flag which they had had on their tent during the brief encampment.
In the meantime, Pepper and Harry Blossom were inside of the snow house, leveling off the flooring with their shovels. Jack went off to get a bench, and Dale to get a stool.
Having procured his flag, Andy crawled up on the top of the house with care and placed it in position. Then he came down and went around to the doorway.
“Our colors are up,” he announced. “Say, it’s all right in here,” he added, looking around. “A fellow could live in here if he had to.”
“Why not, since the Esquimaux live in snow huts,” returned Harry. “It might prove pretty cold, unless a fellow could start up a fire.”
While the friends were talking, Dan Baxter came up, accompanied by Paxton and Coulter.
“Hullo, look at the snow house!” exclaimed the bully. “Let us make one.”
“I guess we can make a better one than this,” growled Paxton.