“I thought they were fine when we barked them but now that we are at home and a better idea has been given us I approve of following Miss Miller’s suggestion,” replied Jane.
“Dad brought home some more of those short fire-place logs when he came back from the farm yesterday. He says we may want these thin logs for some other purpose; and besides, since enrolling our new members we haven’t enough of these present logs for all to use. They ought to be uniform so I say we use the mats until we have the thick logs ready to present the Lodge,” explained Zan.
“Girls—I have an idea!” cried Elena, the artistic.
“Hold fast to it or it’ll get away from you,” taunted Hilda, jokingly.
“S-sh!” said Zan. “Let her go, Lena.”
“About those thin logs we have on hand: Let’s build an imitation fire-place for our Council Ring to make it look as much as possible like one in a woodland camp!”
“Couldn’t we place our dish of smoking tinder inside it and make the artifice still better?” asked Jane.
“Oh I say!” shouted Zan with such emphasis that everyone jumped, and the speaker laughed.
“Where’s that red tissue paper we had for Decoration Day trimming of the school auditorium?” asked Zan.
“You’ll find it in the property-room with the other stuff,” replied Elena, who had charge of decorations at school.