Yet he could not throw off anxiety as easily as Dot could. As long as she was not hungry, and was warm, the smallest Corner House girl felt quite cheerful.
They could see a little better in their cozy nest now, and being assured that there were no mice, thought of other wild creatures of the forest did not disturb Dot Kenway.
“Let’s play something,” said Dot. “Cum-ge-cum!”
“What do you come by?” asked Tess quickly. This was an old, old game of guessing that Aunt Sarah Maltby had taught the little folks.
“I come by the letter ‘S,’” declared Dot.
“Snow,” guessed Sammy promptly.
“No.”
“It’s got to be the ’nitial of something in this—this house,” Tess observed. “Shoes, Dottie?”
“No. ’Tisn’t shoes. And ’tis in the house—if you call this a house.”
“Shirt,” Sammy declared.