“Just what I have in mind, Eleanor. I shall have you all start practical and cumbersome work this time,” smiled Miss Miller, but to the eager questions of the girls, she maintained strict silence, merely saying:
“‘Sufficient unto the day’—then you’ll see what I have in mind for you.”
[CHAPTER FOURTEEN—WINTER WOODCRAFT WORK]
“Girls, how many are willing to start making a tent?” said the Guide, at the next meeting in the gymnasium.
“A tent! Good gracious!” exclaimed Zan, while the other girls echoed their Chief’s amazement.
“Easy as hemming a towel, if you know how,” laughed Miss Miller.
“It sounds like a stupendous work, but I suppose Miss Miller will explain it so that a child like Teddy Remington can sit down and make one every day,” laughed Jane.
“If you will try I will order the material to-day and show you how to begin the work,” urged the Guide.
“All right, go ahead! I’m willing to sew my fingers to the bone if you say so,” sighed Zan, who detested sewing.
The other girls laughed and Miss Miller immediately took up the telephone receiver and called up a department store. Her conversation showed that she had already priced materials and had all information at hand to start the tents without delay.