"He ought to have milk," said Jess quietly to Henry.
"He shall have milk," replied Henry. "I'll go down the railroad track to the town and get some."
Jess counted out a dollar in ten dimes and handed it to Henry. "By the time our four dollars are gone, you will have some work to do," she said.
All the same Henry did not like to begin his trip. "How I hate to leave you alone, Jess!" he said miserably.
"Oh, don't you worry," began Jess lightly. "We'll have a surprise for you when you come back. You just wait and see!" And she nodded her head wisely as Henry walked slowly off through the woods.
The moment he was out of sight she turned to Benny and Violet. "Now, children," she said, "what do you think we're going to do? Do you know what I saw over in the sunny part of the woods? I saw some blueberries!"
"Oh, oh!" cried Benny, who knew what blueberries were. "Can't we have some blueberries and milk?"
"We certainly—" began Jess. But the sentence never was finished, for a sharp crackle of dry leaves was heard. Something was moving in the woods.