The others grinned and Elena frowned momentarily. “Don’t you think it a good plan?”
“Fine plan for a house-painter. But who under the sun is willing to stay home for weeks and paint miles of scenery?” retorted Zan.
“Why it won’t be much trouble. Nita and I will offer to paint the scenes if you girls will make the uprights to fasten the stuff on when finished,” said Elena, anxiously.
“Have you figured out how much this may cost us, Nita?” asked the Guide.
“No because I don’t know how large we may need it. But any cheap cotton goods will do, you know.”
“Miss Miller, we might find out about that,” said Elena.
“The new members can begin first lessons in carpentry, too,” added Jane.
After discussing the idea, and with Elena’s added description of how beautiful it would look—to have Pine Nob showing against the sky in the distance, and Old Baldy back of Fiji’s cave, the Woodcrafters unanimously declared that they must have that scenery or lose all interest in the Winter Camp in the Gymnasium.
Miss Miller shook her head dubiously for she knew what a tremendous undertaking it would prove to be to paint nicely all the yards of material needed to enclose a Council Ring.
“Anyway it will do no harm to get prices on stuff and the necessary paint,” said Zan, and it was so decided.