"That's the very idea." Miss Ladd said eagerly.
Katherine was a little startled at this reception of her suggestion. When she spoke, she was merely groping for an idea. But Miss Ladd's approval woke her up to a realization that she had unwittingly hit the nail on the head.
"Yes," she said, picking up the thread of a real idea as she proceeded; "we have got to attract attention. That's the only way we can get the people in whom we are most interested to show an interest in us."
"What shall we do?" Hazel inquired.
"Map out a spectacular program of some sort," Katherine replied. "We might build a big bonfire, for one thing, on the shore tonight and go through some of our gym exercises, including folk dances."
"Good," said Hazel. "Let's start off with that. And tomorrow we can have some games that will make it necessary for us to ran all over the country-hare and hounds, for instance."
"We ought to find a good safe swimming place near our camp, too," Katherine said.
"Let's look for one this afternoon," Miss Ladd suggested.
"How will we test it?" Hazel inquired.
"That's easy," the Guardian replied. "We'll use poles to try the depth and then one of us will swim out with one end of a rope attached to her and the other end in the hands of two of the girls ready to haul in if she needs assistance. In that way we will be able to locate a good swimming place and not run any risk of anybody's being drowned."