“Really, Aunt Bella,” said Kate, as the girls were receiving their honors, “I feel that you deserve some of these beads.”
CHAPTER VIII
THE SCOUTS ARRIVE
Great was the surprise of the girls when the next afternoon they beheld walking towards the Camp two young men in Scout costume. They were none other than Harvey Bigelow and young Teddy Kip, the Master and assistant Scout Master of the “Flying Eagles” Scout Patrol. Each wore a small flag, and upon a red ground was a black and white eagle. As they advanced they gave their cry—“Yeh—yeh—yeh!”
“Oh! Harvey,” screamed Ethel, and rushed forward, greeting them warmly.
Then Cousin Kate came and welcomed them cordially, introducing them to the nine girls.
“Why, Mrs. Hollister,” said Harvey, catching sight of her in her tent, “it does seem good to see you here,” and he gazed at her thoughtfully and curiously. “’Pon my word you’ve grown so young I thought you were Ethel at first.”
She wore one of her daughter’s costumes and really she did look wonderfully youthful.
“Well, you can’t complain. The Camp life has done you some good, and there you were so down on it.”
“Yes, I was, but people change. Look at yourself,” replied she seriously.