As was anticipated, hunger prevailed, and when it was found that stores of eatables were in the tonneau of the Whirlwind even the most helpless, nervous ladies at the hotel wanted to help get the refreshments into the house.
"But where can they be cooked?"
"What can we cook on?"
"There is no gas stove!"
"Not even an oil stove!"
"We can't eat bacon raw!"
"The bread is all right, anyway!"
Such was the volley of remarks that came out from the crowd.
"We will manage somehow," said Cora. "Our boys are used to emergency work in the line of eating and fixing meals."
"Seems ter me," whined a wizen old lady, "thet the girls knows somethin' about it, too!"