“Here’s another message!” she announced. “It’s in the same handwriting as the one attached to the arrow!”
The girls clustered about her.
“What does it say?” Sunny demanded impatiently.
“TO THE BROWNIES,” Connie began, reading aloud.
“Why, that’s us!” laughed Jane. “What about the food?”
“The message says: ‘EVERYTHING HERE IS FOR SIX LITTLE GIRLS WHO LIVE IN A TREE HOUSE.’”
“That IS us!” shouted Jane. “Hurrah!”
“What a glorious surprise!” yelled Veve, capering about. “Especially after our tree house was left in such a mess.”
“Let’s start those steaks to broiling,” urged Jane. “I can eat a dozen of ’em myself.”
“With the lunch we brought from home, we’ll really have a feast,” laughed Miss Gordon. “My, that soup smells delicious!”