Jack was so delighted at the failure of Polly's scheme to sew him in
his tent, that he simply radiated amiability, and spent the whole
morning helping Elsie and Margery with a set of elaborate dinner-
cards, executed on half-sheets of note-paper.

The dinner itself was a grand success. Half of the cards bore a
caricature of Polly in the shape of a parrot, with the inscription
'Polly want a cracker?' The rest were adorned with pretty sketches
of her in her camping-dress, a kettle in one hand, and underneath,


'Polly, put the kettle on,
We'll all have tea.'


This was the bill of fare arranged by Bell and Geoffrey, and written
on the reverse side of the dinner-cards


DINNER A LA MOTHER GOOSE.
CAMP CHAPARRAL.
August 15, 18-.

'Come with a whoop, come with a call;
Come with a good will, or not at all.'

'VICTUALS AND DRINK.'

BEAN SOUP.