“I can tell you, boys, a good way to be better prepared for important work,” said Miss Helpem. “If you are willing to take two more lessons before the Fourth, I feel quite certain Miss Shesa will show you the simplest first-aid bandages. She has been taking a full course in first-aid at the hospital, you know. Then, on the float, you may adjust bandages to each other.”
“That’s awfully kind of Miss Shesa,” said the leader. “Will all you fellows come?”
Everybody said yes, and the class was dismissed.
“Say, I wonder what the girls are going to do,” exclaimed Tom Holden suddenly on the way home.
“That’s so! I wonder why we didn’t ask?” said another boy.
“I’ll try to find out,” said Ibee Brave.
CHAPTER XIII
A Sane Fourth of July
