A SUMMER IN A CANYON: A CALIFORNIA STORY

by Kate Douglas Wiggin




SCENE: A Camping Ground in the Canyon Las Flores.

PEOPLE IN THE TENTS.

DR. PAUL WINSHIP Mine Host
MRS. TRUTH WINSHIP The Guardian Angel
DICKY WINSHIP A Small Scamp of Six Years
BELL WINSHIP The Camp Poetess
POLLY OLIVER A Sweet but Saucy Lass
MARGERY NOBLE A Nut-Brown Mayde
PHILIP NOBLE The Useful Member
GEOFFREY STRONG A Harvard Boy
JACK HOWARD Prince of Mischief
HOP YET A Heathen Chinee.
PANCHO GUTIERREZ A Mexican man-of-all-work.



CHAPTER I: PREPARATION AND DEPARTURE



'One to make ready, and two to prepare.'