mused Migwan, and fell to dreaming dreams as golden as the
setting sun.

Around the fire the tongues were wagging merrily. "We met a man
with a wagon and he said, 'Jump in,' and we said, 'No, thank
you,' and he said, 'Well, don't, then, ding it.'--"

"We ate our lunch beside a brook and Migwan dropped her
sandwiches in and had bread soup--"

"We met a bull and Hinpoha climbed the fence into a field and
there were two bulls in that field--"

"Nyoda sat down in a potato patch to tie her shoe and the farmer
came out and yelled--"

BANG! There was a terrific explosion that scattered the
firebrands among the girls and showered them with ashes and
fragments of potatoes. They sprang to their feet, extinguishing
the fires that started in various places, and asking what had
happened. Nyoda's glance happened to fall on Hinpoha, who had
sat nearest the fire. The whole front of her middy was plastered
with--_beans!_

On the ground by the fire lay the flattened remains of a tin can.
Migwan had put the beans to heat without opening the can. Shrieks
of laughter arose when the truth dawned on the girls and it was
many a day before they left off teasing Migwan about it. The
fire was built up again, bacon "frizzled," and toast and cocoa