“Must keep ’em busy in Washington,” Lena observed.
“It does. Jim is forever saluting it when he is out with me,” Laura replied, “but he never seems to tire of it, and I like to see him do it.”
“The girls salute it in the schools—you know we have Flag Day every year,” Frances added.
“Yes, and it is a good thing. There is no danger of any of us caring too much for our country or the flag that represents it. When I catch sight of our flag in a foreign land I always want to kiss it.”
“Can’t we have one in our Camp Fire room when we go back?” Lena asked.
“We surely will. I’m really quite ashamed of myself for not having one long ago. We owe something—do we not?—to a going-to-be Boy Scout for reminding us?” Laura said.
They admitted that they did. “But, anyhow,” Frances Chapin added, “even if they do think more about the flag, I won’t admit that Scouts love their country any more than we Camp Fire Girls do. We are quite as patriotic as any Boy Scouts.”
“And that’s right!” Lena flung out as the group separated.