“We’ll line the inside of the logs and when the fire shines through, make it look like a big blaze, eh?” asked Jane.
“No such thing!” said Zan. “We’ll get the janitor to change that electric bulb from the chandelier and drop it, by wire, down to our fire. Then it will shine as long as we need it.”
“I’ll run and see if the janitor is around. Will he do it, do you think, Miss Miller?” came from Hilda.
“I think so, he is very obliging, you know,” replied the Guide.
“And I’ll get the paper,” remarked Elena.
“You won’t need to do that, Lena, because I have orange crêpe paper in the closet that I bought when I got the mats. I had much the same idea in mind for those logs,” said Miss Miller, going to the closet while one of the girls ran for the janitor.
The care-taker of the building not only changed the bulb in a short time but assisted Miss Miller in rolling the logs from the closet to the place where the Council Ring could be arranged. The girls built up a square fire-place with a hollow opening in the middle where the electric bulb soon depended. The paper was fitted inside the square and when the electric current was turned on it looked like a glowing fire.
This done, four candles were placed at the fire—one at each corner of the square to denote the four corners of the earth.
“I purchased extra long candles so they would burn two hours, at least. Now that we have the electric bulb we need not waste the extra candles for fire-light but save them for some other occasion,” remarked Miss Miller.
“Everything ready now for Council?” asked Zan, looking around at the members.