XVIII
THE GRAND WIND-UP—GIRLS VS. BOYS
One day in late September the Boys' Garden Club received an invitation to Katharine's house for four o'clock the following Saturday.
Never were boys more astonished than these as they were ushered into the girls' garden.
"Well," Albert said quite frankly, "you have beaten us as far as beauty goes. You try vegetables next summer, and we fellows will race you."
"Thank you!" answered Dee, "You are very kind to us, very! You may possibly have noticed those beautiful window boxes at the Inn. Eloise made those herself, stocked the boxes, and has cared for them, too. Elizabeth's borders have grown as well, I should say, as Jack's flowers. Peter will tell you of our sundial. Helena has a beautiful garden. To be sure Leston has helped her but only because he wanted to so badly. Girls are not such bad gardeners, are they?"
"Not bad?" shouted the boys, "you are wonders!"
"Every fellow here give three cheers for the girls," commanded Jay. This was done with a hearty good will.