“Well, that’s just what you will see in about half an hour,” Bee responded cheerfully. “And I’ll bet Jack can cook one to the King’s taste, too!”
“Oh,” said Jack, “so I’m to do the cooking, am I?”
“Of course. You surely couldn’t expect Hal to do it, and the only thing I ever tried to cook was a fried egg; and I didn’t know enough to take the shell off first!”
They sought the tent and Jack set about getting a fire. “What are we going to have?” he asked.
“We’ve got ten pounds of steak and chops, a bag of potatoes, six loaves of bread, lots of butter, tea and coffee,” enumerated Bee. “And other things besides; bacon, flour, lard, sugar—er—oh, everything the heart of man could desire.”
“Well, we’ll have a slice of steak, then, and some boiled potatoes. I’ll boil enough so there’ll be some left for frying in the morning. How about coffee? Want that or tea?”
“Tea,” answered Hal.
“Coffee,” said Bee.
“Then I’ll have to cast the deciding vote. We’ll have tea. Coffee in the morning and tea the rest of the time. And—Great Scott!”
“What?” the others demanded in a breath.