II
INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM
“You did enjoy it, didn’t you?” Anne said as the two walked back through the woods-path to camp.
“I loved every bit of it,” was the enthusiastic response. “It’s so different from anything else—so fresh and picturesque and full of interest! I should think girls would be wild to belong.”
“They are. Camp Fires are being organised all over the country. The trouble is that there are not yet enough older girls trained for Guardians.”
“Where can they get the training?”
“In New York there is a regular training class, and there will soon be others in other cities,” Anne returned, and then, with a laugh, “I believe you’ve caught the fever already, Laura.”
“I have—hard. You know, Anne, all the time we were abroad I was trying to decide what kind of work I could take up, among girls, and this appeals to me as nothing else has done. It seems to me there are great possibilities in it. I’d like to be a Guardian. Do you think I’m fit?”