When Eddie and Bob returned the girls said nothing about forgetting the matches, but waited to see the fun.
But Bob fooled them. He brought forth some matches from his pocket and lighted the fire in the approved way.
"Did you have them all the time?" asked Letty, somewhat crestfallen.
"Why, of course," answered Bob as if he could never forget so important a thing, when, as a matter of fact, he had only recalled that he would need matches at the last moment.
As soon as the big flat stone Eddie found had been cleaned and heated in the fire, the chops were well seasoned and placed upon it.
The meat smelled and looked so appetizing that the girls stopped their own preparations to watch it cook.
Bob turned the chops with a would-be fork which he had made from a small branch, and soon the first supply was ready.
"Isn't Bob clever, to be able to do this?" said Mary Lee as she ate her chop.
"Aren't they delicious?" commented Letty, while Ruth nodded in assent.
The boys were even more enthusiastic and everyone took a second helping. It made Bob very happy to have his experiment turn out so successfully. In addition to the chops there were delightful sandwiches, and Mrs. Quinn had furnished some delicious fruit and fresh cake.