again, just to hear him join in, until Nyoda, looking at her
watch, exclaimed, "Ten minutes until tent inspection!"

The girls scattered to their tents, and began a hasty cleaning
up. Gladys had never made a bed before, and had trouble getting
hers straight and smooth, but Migwan took a hand and showed her
how to spread the sheets evenly and tuck them in neatly. Her
night gown she folded and tucked under the pillow. "One quarter
of this swinging shelf belongs to you, Gladys, so you might as
well put some of your stuff up here," she said when the bed was
finished, "as well as part of the table and the washstand." She
moved things around as she spoke, leaving spaces clear for
Gladys's possessions. "We aren't supposed to have anything
hanging over the edge of the shelf, or out of the compartment of
the table," she explained as she moved about. "Nothing is to be
left on the bed except one sweater or one folded up blanket, and
not more than two pairs of shoes under the bed. Our towels and
bathing suits are to be hung on the tent flies as
inconspicuously as possible. We also clean up our dooryards and
see that there is no waste paper about."

"What happens if everything isn't in applepie order?" asked
Gladys, mentally remarking that such rules were an unnecessary
nuisance.

"We get marked down in tent inspection, and if our things are
left in very bad order we forfeit our swimming hour for that day.
Besides, we are all working for the Camp Craft honor of doing the
work in a tent for a week, and if the tent isn't properly cared
for it doesn't count toward the honor. More than all that, the