“I’ll mention it when we get home tonight,” said Meredith.
“There’s one thing they’ve overlooked thus far, boys,” said Jinks.
“Yes—what?” queried the others.
“Some scheme to get rid of these mosquitoes and flies! That always takes the fun out of camping, I think,” replied Jinks.
“Maybe they have something planned, but it ought to work. That’s another item we’ll ask him about tonight,” said Ned.
It happened that night, after everyone was seated on the piazza of Miss Selina’s house, that the topics were mentioned and Uncle Ben had to admit that he had not yet taken care of ridding the camp of flies and mosquitoes.
“I’ll tell you what, boys! I wish you’d take charge of those two important matters and I’ll attend to the bee idea. I believe the care of bees will help the boys at camp a lot, and give them honey as well as pastime.”
“We’ll do the fly and mosquito business, all right, Uncle Ben, but we must have crude oil to sprinkle over the marshy or pool spots in the woods,” said Ned.
“Easy enough to secure oil, and whatever else you may need for the pests,” agreed Uncle Ben.
So the Bobolinks found an important work to do while they visited at Happy Hills, and not only were the Little Citizens more comfortable thereafter, but they found out how to keep free of flies and malarial mosquitoes.