Four-footed Americans and their kin . FOOTED AMERICANS Exactly, and we will split the difference by stayingat home Avith the ladies on Thursday and having for dinner and our story in the evening. ThenFriday we will start for Nez camp, going by rail toChestnut Ridge Station, and driving over from there,so as to lose as little time as possible on the way. Dodos face came from under the coat-collar, and herarms tightened around Dr. Roys neck so suddenly thathe coughed. Wait a minute, that is not all. I think we musthave a party ourselves before long and invite all thecamp people to come
Four-footed Americans and their kin . FOOTED AMERICANS Exactly, and we will split the difference by stayingat home Avith the ladies on Thursday and having for dinner and our story in the evening. ThenFriday we will start for Nez camp, going by rail toChestnut Ridge Station, and driving over from there,so as to lose as little time as possible on the way. Dodos face came from under the coat-collar, and herarms tightened around Dr. Roys neck so suddenly thathe coughed. Wait a minute, that is not all. I think we musthave a party ourselves before long and invite all thecamp people to come down here. What do you say toa Christmas party, sister Cherry, with a tree and songsand Santa Clans ? Will it be too much trouble ? No ?Then talk it over with Olive and Dodo while we areaway, and decide what you want to do and how to doit, and you may put your hand in my pocket for a realChristmas at Camp Saturday. My pockets have something in them, too, said Our bank is choking, chimed in Nat and Dodo. X MONARCHS IN EXILE. EFORE dusk, on Thanksgiving- Day,dinner was over, and the familyhad all gathered in Camp Satur-day. Mr. Gobble, with his chest-nut stuffing, proved so tempt-ing that two small people evenbegged for a third piece, andevery one agreed to have onlya light supper before bedtime,and tell stories Turkey a real American, or did he come overwith House People ? asked Dodo. I suppose he did,because hes a farm bird and very cranky to raise, Rodsays. Turkey is not only a true American, and theemblem of Thanksgiving Day, but our native wildTurkey is the great-grandfather of all the other Tur-keys that live everywhere on farms. The camp was quite in order now, for Dr. Roy hadsent to various places for chests of odds and ends thathad been stored away and almost forgotten. Theboard floor was nearly covered by the furry pelts ofvarious beasts, while others were fastened against thewalls, where some fine Deers heads spread their 115 116 FOUR-FOOTED AMERICA
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