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hing she needed to set her facing around in the right direction. She walked beside Agony as they went home through the woods, talking cheerfully all the way, and made no comment on Agony's unusual silence. Agony shed some tears into her pillow that night after Oh-Pshaw was asleep in the bed beside her, smiling happily in the moonlight that streamed in through the window. Then her gameness came to the top and she made up her mind to let Oh-Pshaw make the most of her one triumph over her and not spoil it by acting jealous. "And some day I'll do something myself that will make me worthy to be called Torch Bearer," she resolved as she reached under the pillow for a dry handkerchief. * * * * * Sahwah stood before the portrait of Elizabeth Carver in the long drawing room, paying her fare-well visit. The suitcases of the departing Winnebagos were piled on the porch outside, waiting for the moment of departure. The great air of respect and deference, tinged with envy, that Sahwah had heretofore worn when she addressed Elizabeth Carver had given way to an air of conscious equality. "Elizabeth," said Sahwah solemnly, "I've had a romantic adventure, too. We're twins now, you and I. I don't believe I'd care to go back and change places with you after all; a modern girl has so much more chance for adventure! Life is very interesting, Elizabeth, and I'm _so_ thankful to have been a part of things that were happening." Her mind went back over all the events that had taken place since the first time she had stood in the long drawing room at Carver House and looked up at the picture of Elizabeth Carver. "Hasn't it been a summer, though!" she said with a reminiscent sigh. "What _do_ you suppose will happen next?" And Elizabeth Carver, looking down from her frame, smiled knowingly. THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit by Hildegard G. Frey *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS DO THEIR BIT *** ***** This file should be named 11664.txt or 11664.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/6/6/11664/ Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United St
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