At that, Jane felt sure she had stumbled over the Guide's secret but she kept it to herself, and eagerly abetted all effort to get the girls away from the Bluff as soon as could be.
During the walk that morning they found enough wild flowers to make their fifty varieties so that each could claim a coup. Jane determined to keep on and find fifty more to win a grand coup.
On the return walk, Miss Miller found some splendid rushes and the place was marked so that it could be quickly found again when they had more time to stop and cut the rushes.
"We ought to be able to make some lovely mats and baskets from them, don't you think so?" asked Nita, eagerly.
"Yes, indeed! But we have other work for to-day, and rushes will wait better here than at camp," replied the Guide, who appeared to be very anxious to get back to camp. She frequently consulted her watch and felt impatient when one of the girls wanted to stop and examine a plant or leaf.
"You're sure you all have your Tally Books up to date?" queried Miss Miller, as they drew near the Big Bridge.
"Sure! Didn't you ask us to bring them right up to yesterday's Council!" wondered Zan.
Jane almost laughed aloud at the puzzled expression of the other girls, but she held her peace like a martyr.
Just as they passed through Sherwoods' grass-plot Zan spied the carry-all from Hamilton's, standing in the road. Two heavy horses were hitched to it, but they were tied to a post while their noses were buried in feed-bags.