“Can’t we get what we need at the camp store?” inquired Belinda.
Miss Gordon explained that the camp sold only perishables. Staple foods must be purchased at one of the village stores.
“I’ll go,” offered Veve. “After all, I used up the extra bacon.”
Miss Gordon also named Connie and Rosemary to make the trip, offering to take the three girls in her car some time after lunch. Meanwhile, she told the Brownies they might have a free hour in which to write letters or do whatever they liked.
“I want to make myself a balsam bed,” Veve announced promptly.
“I’ll show you how,” Miss Gordon offered.
The bed did not take long to make. After the balsam boughs had been laid in place, Veve went swimming with Eileen and Jane while the other girls explored the woodland trails.
At noon, the Brownies trooped in, eager for the stew, hot biscuits and canned peaches which Miss Gordon had ready for them.
“Camp is great when someone else does the cooking,” Jane sighed blissfully. “I wish we could stay here forever.”
In the early afternoon the girls played games, loafed on the beach and gathered stones. At three o’clock, Miss Gordon told Connie, Veve and Rosemary it was time to start for Shady Hollow. She had made out a long list of needed supplies.