"We wouldn't miss it for the world," Letty called back.
CHAPTER XXV
Lost in the Woods
Letty and Edith were soon considerably ahead of Ruth and Mary Lee who stopped often at the many pretty spots along the way.
"Isn't it lovely the way the path trails and yet continues ever upward?" said Mary Lee as the two made their way slowly ahead.
"It seems so far from the city and war and Liberty Bonds," replied Ruth dreamily.
"But it's our country and it simply adds to our reason for being proud of it," the other girl answered. "But you are right, it is far away from things."
At first the voices ahead were clearly distinct but now they were no longer heard. The road, too, in one or two places trailed into the woods and Mary Lee and Ruth found that it was necessary to keep a sharp lookout not to wander off on one of these side trails.
"Here's how we can tell," the former suddenly called to Ruth. "See these trees. Someone must have marked them so as to show how to go."
"It's what they call a blazed trail, I guess," Ruth replied. "I've often heard my brother tell how he and his guide had found it necessary to blaze trails as they go."