Miss Gordon told the girls that if they liked they might use the free period to watch the sea birds and learn their habits.
The teacher did not think to warn the Brownies that they were to stay close to Starfish Cottage. Anyway, she knew all the girls could be trusted to use good judgment.
Now none of the Brownies lived at Silver Beach. Instead, their homes were at Rosedale, a town many miles away.
At Rosedale, Connie and Vevi were next door neighbors. Always they had been close friends, enjoying many good times together even before both had joined the Brownie troop.
Miss Gordon’s unit was a very active one. With her as the leader, the girls had spent several exciting days at Snow Valley.
Another time, Vevi and Connie had been carried away with a circus. However, that had been an accident.
On one occasion the Brownies had taken part in a wonderful cherry festival. At Rosedale, the troop met either in private homes or their own little tree house which had been built in the metropolitan park. If you wonder how they ever acquired a tree house, read the book called, “The Brownie Scouts and their Tree House.”
The Brownies now raced off to the bathhouse to dress.
Connie and Vevi dressed faster than the other girls. They both took showers, washing salt water from their bathing suits. Then they put on their pinchecked brown gingham uniforms with white stitching. On the right side of each collar was a tiny Brownie pin.
Vevi gave her dark hair a quick brush and put on her brown felt beanie. “Come on, slow poke,” she said to Connie. “Let’s walk up to the hotel beach.”