After bathing, the girls all walked back to camp, where the cook had prepared a good substantial breakfast for them. They then passed the day quietly as it was Sunday. Late that afternoon, Letty, Mary Lee and Edith said good-bye and started on their homeward journey.
"Wasn't it a delightful trip?" said Mary Lee, as they finally reached the railroad station.
"Just splendid," answered the two other girls in one breath.
"I have some good news for you, too," said Letty.
"Oh, don't keep us in suspense," cried Edith.
"I have invited Cousin Edna and her little French friend Josephine to come and spend a week with us when we go up to our log cabin in the Catskills in July," said Letty. "Mother said I could invite a party of girls for a week, before she begins to fill the house with her company. You see, there will be five of us."
"Oh, Letty, you darling," cried Edith, leaning over and giving her a hug.
"That's the best plan of any," said Mary Lee. "I'd love to go if you will let me devote a part of the time to making those 'housewives' that we have to make. You know, Uncle Sam only provides one housewife for each four soldiers and that is not enough. Each soldier must have his own."
"Indeed he should," said Letty. "Now that brother Ted's number was chosen in the draft, I am going to get right down to serious work and do everything I can to help. We can devote a certain part of each day to our Red Cross work and in that way set a good example to all the nearby summer colonies. You ought to see the quantity of yarn that mother is laying away to take up there for knitting wristlets and scarves."
"It won't be like work up there, either," said Mary Lee. "I've heard it's just wonderful up in the Catskill mountains."