Natalie laughed. “I meant the book, Rachie,” explained she.
Mrs. James looked up with a half absentminded manner. “What did you say about the book, dear?”
“I asked you what it was. Who wrote it?”
“Oh, it is the new book ‘Scouting for Girls,’ that Miss Mason gave me last night. It is certainly very interesting, Natalie.”
“Is that the Scout Girls’ Manual?” said Natalie, surprised at the thickness of it.
“Yes, and ever so good! It is filled, from cover to cover, with wonderful information. I never dreamed so much could be found in Nature that is so absorbing to read about or study.”
“I wonder why Miss Mason did not give me a copy?” was Natalie’s rejoinder.
“She spoke of it. She said she would send it by one of the girls this morning. Didn’t you get it?” asked Mrs. James.
“I wonder if it is in that box?”
As she spoke, Natalie began undoing the cord that wrapped the long box, and having removed the paper and then the box-cover, she found not only the Manual inside, but a hand-trowel and a weeder.