“Brownies always salute the flag, so it won’t be a bit hard,” declared Jane confidently. “I wish we had speaking parts too!”
Just before the dinner hour, Eva brought nearly all of the children of the circus lot to meet the Brownie Scouts. At first they were a trifle shy, but soon everyone was chattering as if they had known each other for years.
Without intending to make the circus children envious, the Brownies told them about the wonderful camp at Shady Hollow and of the good times their organization had in Rosedale.
“Brownies have so much fun,” sighed one of the little circus girls.
“I wouldn’t mind traveling with the circus if only I could be a Scout,” Eva added wistfully. “But I never can be.”
“Why, you have enough girls of the right age to form your own troop,” declared Miss Gordon, who had overheard the remark.
“You mean we could have a Brownie troop here in the circus?” Eva asked in amazement. She never before had considered such a possibility.
“Certainly.”
“But we have no leader.”
“Is there no one in the circus who likes children and would enjoy helping them with their organization?”